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A Famous Ship Docks at the Forum

By Bill Snyder | April 23, 2019

Stage Director Nicholas Wuehrmann

Tri-Cities Opera is presenting the Gilbert and Sullivan favorite ‘HMS Pinafore.’ Singers Aaron Stepanek and Jake Stamatis talk with WSKG’s Sam Goodyear about this funny and tuneful light opera.

Photo credit: Randy Cummings for Bunn Hill Photo

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