'Princess Ida" at Howard Conn Fine Arts

March 4, 2018 at 8:00PM
Joe Allen, Doug Freeman and Allesio Tranchell in "Princess Ida."
Joe Allen, Doug Freeman and Alessio Tranchell in “Princess Ida.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

'Princess Ida'

The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company offers a steampunk version of the duo's satire on feminism and Darwinian evolution in Victorian England. W.S. Gilbert based "Princess Ida" on a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. As usual, there are familial conflicts, love troubles and various disguises, all leading to comical misunderstandings. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., through March 25. $12-$22, 651-255-6947 or gsvloc.org. Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 Nicollet Av. S., Mpls. 55403).

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