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The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where it was well received by both audiences and critics. [ 1 ]
The Pirates of Penzance is a 1983 romantic musical comedy film written and directed by Wilford Leach based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera of the same name.The story takes place in the 1870s and centers around the pirate apprentice, Frederic, who leaves a Penzance-based pirate band of tenderhearted orphans and soon falls in love with Mabel, the daughter of an incompetent Major-General.
The Pirates of Penzance: Norman Campbell: Brent Carver, Jeff Hyslop, Caralyn Tomlin: Television film musical Treasure Island: United Kingdom France United States Raúl Ruiz: Melvil Poupaud, Martin Landau, Vic Tayback: Based on Treasure Island: 1986 Castle in the Sky: Japan Hayao Miyazaki: Animated science fiction film Pirates: France Tunisia ...
Joseph Papp's Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance was put on record in 1981. [145] [146] Since 1994, the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival has released numerous professional and amateur CDs and videos of its productions. [147] Ohio Light Opera has recorded several of the operas in the 21st century. [148]
Theatre poster, 1879. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert.It opened at the Opera Comique in London on 25 May 1878, and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time.
"Climbing over rocky mountain" was reused in Gilbert and Sullivan's fifth opera together, The Pirates of Penzance. "Climbing over rocky mountain" is the best known piece from Thespis, as it was transplanted in 1879 into one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful operas, The Pirates of Penzance. In 1902, Gilbert told a correspondent that this ...
Henry Lytton as the Major-General (1919) Drawing from 1884 children's Pirates "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (often referred to as the "Major-General's Song" or "Modern Major-General's Song") is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.
Pirates of Penzance – The Ballet! is a comic ballet adapted from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 Savoy Opera The Pirates of Penzance. The plot is the same as in the opera, and the music is arrangements of Arthur Sullivan's original music for the opera.