3118 - Pinafore, Pirates, and The Mikado (Peter Campos)
Course Description
Peter Campos
Join me for a summer concert consisting of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most iconic and popular operettas: HMS Pinafore; The Pirates of Penzance; and The Mikado. Over the next seven weeks we will be entertained by the rapturous music of Sir Arthur Sullivan as he adapted the brilliant libretti of Sir William Gilbert to these works. Week 1 will be an introduction to the pair, their body of work, and to these three plays. Thereafter, we will devote two weeks to Act I and Act II respectively for each operetta in that order. I will provide you with lyrics so you may sing along if you wish. Note that for each performance, I will be using YouTube or DVD videos from various performing companies, including amateur groups. We will use traditional and some avant-garde productions to illustrate the diversity of how G&S has been tackled for contemporary and current audiences.
Bio: I was trained as a Clinical Psychologist, and I owned an evaluation and statistical consulting company. I was formerly on faculty at Emory Medical School’s Psychiatry Department and SUNY-Binghamton’s Psychology Department and taught undergraduate and graduate level courses for almost 40 years. When not enjoying OLLI, I enjoy my retirement reading British and Roman culture and history, tracing family roots, writing, and travelling.