(Counterclockwise from bottom left) Soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel, tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic, baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King, and tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

(Counterclockwise from bottom left) Soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel, tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic, baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King, and tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

(Counterclockwise from bottom left) Soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel, tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic, baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King, and tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King, tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic, tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley, and soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King, tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic, tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley, and soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King, tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic, tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley, and soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley, soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel, and baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley, soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel, and baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King and tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino as The Pirate King and tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Tenor Gary Briggle is full of many "cheerful facts" as Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

As Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. in "matters vegetable, animal and mineral," tenor Gary Briggle is the very model of a modern Major General.

Tenor Gary Briggle as Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

As Major General Stanley in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. in "matters vegetable, animal and mineral," tenor Gary Briggle is the very model of a modern Major General.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Baritone Dominic M. Aquilino in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Soprano Alicia Berneche as Mabel in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Richmond-native tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Richmond-native tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Richmond-native tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Richmond-native tenor William Ferguson as the pirate apprentice Frederic in Virginia Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.