Pirates in Melrose!

I just got back from seeing the Greater Worcester Opera perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. It was part of a concert series in Melrose and it was a lot of fun! (The story is slightly complicated but the gist is that a former pirate decides he wants to not be a pirate anymore and marry the girl of his dreams, he is barred from doing this by the pirate gang he's part of that won't let him leave until he turns 21. Since his birthday is on February 29th so really he only has a birthday every 5 years.  The only consolation is that the girl of his dreams named Mabel agrees to wait for him no matter what. The story probably sounds kind of sad but it really is funny.) Anyway, I always like watching live performances and the actors and actresses who performed this evening had beautiful voices so it was a nice way to spend a Saturday night.  If you want to learn more about the Greater Worcester Opera, go to this link : http://www.greaterworcesteropera.org.