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2016-06-26 00:53:39 Post No. 1333031
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2016-06-26 00:53:39
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Was H.M.S. Pinafore the first real worldwide blockbuster sort of sensation?
Consider how it was initially staged in London to modest audiences, but seemed to explode all at once in America, Australia, and London again after awhile.
I'll come out and say I'm a Pinafore-fan, but I'm really curious as to why Pinafore in particular seemed to get everybody so excited across the globe, what is it about Pinafore that made it so universal that other G&S Operas (Trial by Jury, Iolanthe, the Gondoliers) might have lacked?
Also one more question, do you think that Pinafore and light Opera in general was the unique expression of nationalism that the U.K. seemed to express, almost like its version of the unification in Germany and Italy?
