As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems. English National Opera staging directed by Mike Leigh.
Joshua Bloom
as The Pirate King
Andrew Shore
as Major-General Stanley
Jonathan Lemalu
as Sergeant of Police
Claudia Boyle
as Mabel Stanley
Rebecca de Pont Davies
as Ruth
Robert Murray
as Frederic
Angharad Lyddon
as Kate
Soraya Mafi
as Edith
Lydia Marchione
as Isabel
Alexander Robin Baker
as Samuel
