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Versatile opera singer who could move effortlessly between Wagner and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Review of Iolanthe by GASP (Gilbert and Sullivan Productions) in Bembridge Village Hall.

To hear the score of the century-and-a-half-old comic operetta live was an unparalleled treat.

Maybe the Met should stop thinking about THE MERRY WIDOW and DIE FLEDERMAUS when it takes a turn at operetta—let alone the bevy of comic operas by Rossini and Donizetti that are given more than their due on a regular basis—and let Gilbert & Sullivan (G&S) have a turn at bat.

I read somewhere years ago — I have forgotten where — that if a person cannot relish the puncturing of a flaming hypocrite, that person has lost all zest for life.

I read somewhere years ago — I have forgotten where — that if a person cannot relish the puncturing of a flaming hypocrite, that person has lost all zest for life.

I read somewhere years ago — I have forgotten where — that if a person cannot relish the puncturing of a flaming hypocrite, that person has lost all zest for life.

I read somewhere years ago — I have forgotten where — that if a person cannot relish the puncturing of a flaming hypocrite, that person has lost all zest for life.

I read somewhere years ago — I have forgotten where — that if a person cannot relish the puncturing of a flaming hypocrite, that person has lost all zest for life.

UNTIL now I thought that Partygate should take second place to big national and world events, especially as Boris Johnson seemed to be handling them…