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Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. English National Opera staging directed by Cal McCrystal.
Scottish Opera’s double bill pairs the courtroom comedy, which was the first major success for collaboration between the librettist team of William Schwenck Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, alongside a new operetta set at the heart of modern British government by Emma Jenkins and Toby Hession.
