Full casting has been announced for the upcoming English National Opera production of HMS Pinafore, which is set to run at the London Coliseum on select dates between 29 October-11 December.

Joining the previously announced Les Dennis, who will be making his operatic debut in the piece, will be John Savournin as Captain Corcoran, Alexandra Oomens as Josephine, Elgan Llyr Thomas as Ralph Rackstraw, Marcus Farnsworth as the Boatswain, Henry Waddington as Dick Deadeye, Hilary Summers as Buttercup, Bethan Langford as Hebe and Ossian Huskinson as Bob Becket. 

Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera HMS Pinafore is a hilarious tale of love, honour and duty.

Packed with absurd characters, unforeseen plot twists and a delightfully farcical finale, Pinafore is a satirical take on the British class system and the promotion of unqualified people to positions of power.

When Josephine, the daughter of Captain Corcoran, falls for the lowly sailor Ralph Rackstraw, she’s torn between her heart’s true love, and her desire to honour her father’s wish for her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty.

Director Cal McCrystal said: ‘“I am so excited to be back at the ENO. After the last year we all badly need a jolly good laugh and I promise that ‘HMS Pinafore’ will be just that. It is a joy to work with my creative team, the amazing cast and the always superb ENO Chorus.”

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