My mother in law just gave us this as a gift recently,a nd we watched it this afternoon. For the most part, it was very enjoyable. The one part my husband and I did not like, in fact we down right hated it, was the fact that the actor portraying Sir Joseph Porter spoke his songs, not sang them. Sir Joseph's songs are some of the best in the whole operetta of HMS Pinafore, and it was very disappointing to see this not done the way it could be. On the other hand, all the other actors were superb. It was wierd seeing Peter Marshall sing, I am so used to seeing him behind a game show host type console asking questions. Except for the detail mentioned above, a good production. I only wish our group in Pittsburgh had more of a budget to do the staging like the opera world productions have.