The brainchild of Stuart Maunder, Artistic Director of State Opera of South Australia (SOSA), G&S Fest presents the versatility of British humourists, composer Arthur Sullivan and lyricist William S Gilbert, when it opens in Adelaide this week.
Maunder tells ArtsHub: ‘I have been wanting to create a G&S festival for many years and, as far as I know, this is the first festival of its kind ever in Australia. I have a tremendous sense of pride in the fact that nobody else is doing this. We had planned it a few years ago, but COVID prevented that. In my last year as Artistic Director at SOSA, it was now or never, as I believed this festival just cries out to be staged in Adelaide.’
