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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Opera Comique was formed in Portsmouth as a charitable trust and has raised many thousands of pounds for numerous local and national causes since it was formed in 1976. Opera Comique's personnel are all experienced Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiasts drawn from a wide area of the South of England and perform together several times each year.

Opera Comique has given concerts in the Portsmouth Guildhall and also in many venues in Hampshire, Sussex and Dorset including Portchester and Southsea Castles and in the Guildhall, London and at Basing House. HMS Pinafore and the Pirates of Penzance have been performed on board HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860 and TS Foudroyant. Overseas tours have taken Opera Comique to Duisburg in Germany, Rauma in Finland, several locations including Portsmouth New Hampshire in New England USA and Venice - where the Gondoliers has been performed.

Opera Comique has twice arranged events to sing through all the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in a day, involving many different societies coming to perform an operetta.  Sullivan's rarely performed grand opera Ivanhoe has also been performed as a concert version.

Following this link for pictures of the 9 October 2010 Sing-In (provided by Trevor Coffey)

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