The Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in München presents Der Mikado, oder Die Stadt Titipu in a new production as follows:  21 Mar, 2 Apr 7.30. Musical Director Benjamin Reiners; director Holger Seitz.  www.staatstheater-am-gaertnerplatz.de

The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players' 2011-2012 season includes the following, all at Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, New York, New York: 11 Mar: Patience; 19-20 May: Iolanthe. Also: I've Got a Little Twist (Where Broadway meets G&S) Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ 26 Feb 3pm; Clark Center Performing Arts Association, Arroyo Grande, CA 25 Mar 7pm;  The Pirates of Penzance: Cerritos Center for the Arts, Cerritos, CA 23/4 Mar 8pm; Kent State University Tuscarawas, New Philadelphia, OH 26 Apr 7.30; The Whiting, Flint, MI 27 Apr 8pm; The Wand'ring Minstrels Pirates (i.e. chamber version) Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna, BC Canada 20 Apr 7.30; Stocker Arts Center, Elyria, OH 29 Apr 3pm; H.M.S. Pinafore Reading Area Community College: The Miller Center, Reading, PA 22 Apr 3pm; The Mikado Southern Theatre, Columbus OH 8/9 Jun 8pm, 10 Jun 2pm.  www.nygasp.org

Charles Court Opera present The Mikado at the King's Head, Islingon ("London's Little Opera House": 27 Feb at 7.15; 4 Mar at 3pm and 7.15. Tickets £17-50: 0207-478-0160 www.kingsheadtheatre.com

The Union Theatre presents Patience at the Union Theatre, 203 Union Street London SE1 0LX as follows: 21/22/23/24/25/28/29 Feb and 1/2/3/6/7/8/9 March at 7.30; 26 Feb and 4 Mar at 2pm and 6pm; 10 Mar at 2pm and 6.30. Directed by Sasha Regan; choreography by Drew McOnie;  musical supervision by Michael England; Musical Director Richard Bates; design by Kingsley Hall; Lighting design by Steve Miller.

This all-male version follows the successful all-male versions of The Pirates of Penzance (which is to tour Australia this autumn) and Iolanthe from the same director. Tickets £18 (£15 concessions). Bookings 020-7261-9876; www.uniontheatre.biz

Much Loved Productions Ltd present A Feast of Gilbert and Sullivan as follows: 24 Feb 7.30 Take 2 Theatre, Barnsley 01226-744442; 26 Feb 7.30 Marine Theatre, Lowestoft 01502-533200; 8 Apr 7.30 Scarborough Spa 01723-357869 - all with piano accompaniment by David Smith - and 9 Sep 7.30 Floral Pavilion New Brighton 0151-666-0000 with the British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

The Sudbury Savoyards present Ruddigore in Sudbury, Massachusetts on February 24-26 and March 2-3. More information and tickets are available at www.sudburysavoyards.org.

Valley Light Opera present Haddon Hall on 8 (private performance) and 17 Mar at Amherst Regional High School, 21 Mattoon St, Amnerst, Ma 01002, USA. Tickets around $15.  www.vlo.org or wcvenman@gmail.com for more information.

Virginia Opera presents The Mikado: Harrison Opera House, Norfolk VA: 10/16 Mar 8pm, 14 Mar 7.30, 18 Mar 2.30; George Mason University's Center for  the Arts, Fairfax VA: 23 Mar 8pm, 25 Mar 2pm; Carpenter Theatre, Richmond VA: 30 Mar 8pm; 1 Apr 2.30. Conductor Steven White; Director Dorothy Danner. www.vaopera.org 

Raymond Gubbay presents H.M.S. Pinafore in the Barbican Hall, London on 11 Mar at 3pm; Symphony Hall, Birmingham 16 Mar 7.30 and the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 18 Mar 7.30. Semi-staged concert performances with full chorus and orchestra conducted by Fraser Goulding. With Russell Grant as Sir Joseph and Bruce Graham, Oliver White, Charlotte Page, Rosemary Ashe, Louise Crane, Mark Evans www.raymondgubbay.co.uk/whatson/hms-pinafore

The Boots Orchestra, conducted by John Sheppard, will be including the incidental music (Mascarade) from The Merchant of Venice in their next concert on March 24 in Long Eaton Methodist Church.  Other music will include the Dances from German's Tom Jones and items by by Offenbach, Strauss, Faure and Schumann, all under the title of A Literary Evening.  Tickets will be available on the door.

Southwell Orchestral Society and the Burton Joyce Choral Society, conducted by John Sheppard, present Royal Connections at St. Paul's church, Carlton, Nottingham, on 31 March. The programme will include Sullivan's Jubilee Hymn (Bighopgarth) to the original words and Riviere's The Queen's Grand Solemn March, as well as music by Mozart, Haydn and Vaughan Williams.

The New Actors Company, directed by Martin Milnes, presents The Grand Duke at the Finborough Theatre,  118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED (tube: West Brompton) on 1/2/8/9/15/16 April at 7.30. Tickets £18 (£15 concessions): 0844-847-1652; www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk. These are the first fully staged professional performances of The Grand Duke in the UK since April 1897.

The Collegiate Chorale, with the American Symphony Orchestra, director and conductor Ted Sperling, presents The Mikado on 10 Apr at 6.30 in Carnegie Hall, New York. Cast includes Jason Daniely (Nanki-Poo), Kelli O'Hara (Yum-Yum), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ko-Ko) and Marilyn Horne (Katisha). Tickets $12-50 -  $200: www.collegiatechorale.org/performances/the-mikado

Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society, with the Haddo Orchestra, presents Patience at Haddo House Hall (about 20 miles north of Aberdeen) 12/13/14 Apr at 7.30.  Tickets on sale Feb 2012. www.hhcos.org.uk/events.

The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by John Wilson, presents The Yeomen of the Guard on 15 April  at 3pm in London's Royal Festival Hall.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ochestra, conducted by John Wilson, presents The Yeomen of the Guard on 21 Apr. It is to be semi-staged in full costume. Cast includes Simon Butteriss (Point), Sarah Fox (Elsie), Jill Pert (Dame Carruthers), Richard Angas (Shadbolt), Andrew Kennedy (Fairfax) and Heather Shipp (Phoebe). The concert is linked to Discover the Classics – William and Arthur—No More Mr Nice Guy! Classic FM 21 April 11am- 1pm.

The RLPO brochure states:- "With its story of love and loss under the shadow of the executioner’s block, it’s actually the pair’s darkest show, with a bittersweet sting in the tail. It might be the greatest British opera of the 19th Century - and with John Wilson on the podium, we think you’ll be bowled over. This semi-staged performance should be a magnificent salute to a true British masterpiece."

Tickets are £13 - £36. Booking is either online at www.liverpoolphil.com or by post/in person at Box Office, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP.  0151-709-3789.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey, presents Trial by Jury on 28 Apr at 8pm and 29 April at 2pm in the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, and on 30 Apr at 8pm in the Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver. Richard Suart as the Learned Judge with the UBC Opera Ensemble. Prgramme also includes works by Walton and Ireland. www.vancouversymphony.ca

The Birmingham Royal Ballet presents Pineapple Poll as part of a mixed programme as follows: 8/9 May Gala Theatre Durham 0191-332-4041 www.galadurham.co.uk; 11/12 May Theatre Royal York 01904-623568 www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk; 15/16 May Buxton Opera House 0845-127-2190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

The Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival presents The Pirates of Penzance at the Avon Theatre, 99 Downie Street, Stratford ON as follows: 3 May 2.30; 5/19 May 8pm; 8/9/12/14/17/21/23/25/28/31 May 2pm; 26 May 1pm; 1 Jun 2pm & 8pm; 2/8/9/16/21/23 Jun 8pm; 6/10/12/14/17/19/22/27/30 Jun 2pm; 4/18/22/25/27 Jul 8pm; 7/11/12/14/20/28/31 Jul 8pm; 2/8/16/21/22/29/30 Aug 2pm; 3/7/10/14/17/18/24/25 Aug 8pm; 2/6/11/13/16/18/20/25/27 Sep 2pm; 8/15/21/22/29 Sep 8pm; 2/4/6/9/10/14/16/18/19/20/24/25/26/27 Oct 2pm; 5/11 Oct 8pm.

Cast includes Sean Arbuckle (pirate King); Kyle Blair (Frederic); Amy Wallis (Mabel); Gabrielle Jones (Ruth); Steve Ross (Sergeant). director Ethan McSweeney. tickets $Can 49 - 106: www.stratfordfestival.ca

Opera North presents Ruddigore at the Lyceum, Sheffield 31 May, 1/2 Jun 7.30 2 Jun 2.15  0114-249-6000; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 7/8 Jun 7.30 and 9 Jun 2.15 0131-529-6000; Grand Opera House, Belfast 13/14/15/16 Jun at 7.30 and 16 Jun 2pm 028-9024-1919.

The programme of this year's English Music Festival does not, alas, include any major works by Sullivan, although 'The absent-minded beggar' is included in an interesting Kipling-based concert in the Silk Hall of Radley College on 5 June at 2.30. The soloists are Elizabeth Traill (soprano) and Alexander Knox (baritone); the accompanist is Tom Higgins, who conducted the 1999 BBC recording of The Rose of Persia. All told, the music of more than fifty British composers will be featured during the five days of the Festival (1 - 5 June), as well as three Americans and a couple of Australians. The full running order of some of the vocal concerts has not yet been announced, so it is quite possible that Sullivan will make further appearances. For more information visit www.englishmusicfestival.org

Ohio Light Opera presents The Mikado and Utopia Limited as part of its 2012  festival in Wooster, OH:  The Mikado: 28 Jun, 6/10/20, 4 Aug 2pm; 13/27 Jul, 11 Aug 7.30 (pre-show talk 6.30).  Utopia Limited: 18 Jul, 1/9 Aug 2pm; 21 Jul, 4 Aug 7.30 (pre-show talk 6.30); 25 Jul 7.30 (no talk). www.ohiolightopera.org

The Buxton Festival presents An Acquired Taste, a G&S entertainment with Richard Suart, Janis Kelly and Wyn Davies, on 12 and 17 July.

Glitter and Twisted Theatre Company presents The Contrabandista at Cheltenham Playhouse on 28 Jul at 8pm. director: Simon Moss, Musical Director Suzanne Barnes. www.c20th.com/contrabandista.htm

The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company presents the following in Buxton Opera House as part of the nineteenth international Gilbert and Sullivan Festival:

The Mikado 28/29 Jul 2.30, 28 Jul 7.30, 5 Aug 2.30 & 7.30. Director Alan Spencer, Musical Director Timothy Henty; cast includes Simon Butteriss (Ko-Ko), Sylvia Clarke (Katisha), Bruce Graham (Pooh-Bah), Oliver White (Nanki-Poo).

The Gondoliers 3 Aug 7.30, 4 Aug 2.30 & 7.30, 12 Aug 2.30 & 7.30. Director Jeff Clarke, Musical Director John Owen Edwards; cast includes Richard Gauntlett (Duke), Jill Pert (Duchess), Donald Maxwell (Don Alhambra), Victoria Byron (Tessa).

H.M.S. Pinafore 10 Aug 7.30, 11 Aug 2.30 & 7.30, 18 Aug 7.30. Director Alan Spencer, Musical Director Timothy Henty; cast includes Simon Butteriss (Sir Joseph), Oliver White (Ralph), Sylvia Clarke (Buttercup).

The Grand Duke 17 Aug 7.30, 18 Aug 2.30. Director Andrew Nicklin, Musical Director John Owen Edwards; cast includes Richard Suart (Rudolph), Jill Pert (Baroness), Bruce Graham (Notary), James Cleverton (Ludwig), Catrine Kirkman (Princess), Victoria Byron (Lisa) and Donald Maxwell (Prince of Monte Carlo).

Other events at the 19th G&S Festival in Buxton:

A La Carte presents The Prodigal Son on 5 Aug at 2.30 in St. John's church.

Glitter and Twisted Theatre Company presents The Contrabandista on 5 Aug at 7.30 in the Pavilion Arts Centre.

Stephen Turnbull and Martin Yates will give a background talk / esposition of The Grand Duke on 17 Aug in the Pavilion Arts Centre on 17 Aug. Time to be confirmed, but expected to be 10.30am.

Egos Theatre of Madrid present their chamber version of Ruddigore in Spanish on 17 Aug at 2.30 and 7.30 in the Pavilion Arts Centre.

Public booking for all the G&S Festival events opens in April. Buxton Opera House 01298-72190. For more information visit www.gsfestivals.org

The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company presents H.M.S. Pinafore on 25 Aug 2.30 & 7.30 and The Mikado 27 Aug 2.30 & 7.30 in the Royal Hall, Harrogate. Casts as Buxton above.

The St. Andrews Chorus, conducted by Michael Downes, presents The Prodigal Son in the Younger Hall, St. Andrews, on the evening of 25 Nov. Full chorus and orchestra; professional soloists to be announced. There will be a pre-performance background talk by the Revd. Dr. Ian Bradley. Fuller details will be published when available. There is a possibility that a further mostly Sullivan concert may take place in St. Andrews during the same weekend: watch this space for details.

Vancouver Opera presents The Pirates of Penzance at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Hamilton at Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1 on 1/4/6/8 Dec at 7.30; 2/9 Dec 1.30. Frederic: Roger Honeywell; Mabel: Rachel Fenlon;  Major-General: Christopher Gaze (who also directs); Pirate King: Aaron St. Clair Nicholson; Ruth: Judith Forst. Conducted by Jonathan Darlington; Associate Director/Choreographer Allison Grant. www.vancouveropera.ca