Patience

Jan 1, 1995

2h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

Rival poets Reginald Bunthorne (a 'fleshy poet') and Archibald Grosvenor (an 'idyllic poet') vie for the affections of the lovely milkmaid Patience. A 1995 Opera Australia performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta, recorded at the Sydney Opera House.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Opera Australia

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Cast

Patience

Christine Douglas

The Lady Jane

Heather Begg

Archibald Grosvenor

Anthony Warlow

Reginald Bunthorne

Dennis Olsen

Colonel Calverley

John Germain

The Duke of Dunstable

Graeme Ewer

The Lady Angela

Jennifer Bermingham

The Lady Saphir

Roxane Hislop

Major Murgatroyd

Neil Kirkby

The Lady Ella

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