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The Pirate King, Mabel, Ruth, Frederic, Major-General Stanley, Samuel, Sergeant of Police, Edith Conductor, Theater and orchestra Label 1961 James Milligan, Elsie Morison, Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis, George Baker, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Heather Harper: Malcolm Sargent, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus EMI [2] 1968 ...
Drawing of the Act I finale. 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 Pirate Movie, a 1982 modern musical parody of The Pirates of Penzance, features many songs from the opera, including this song. Contemporary references were introduced, as when the Major-General adds to the song "Man, I'm older than The Beatles, but I'm younger than The Rolling Stones."
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here is an American popular song first published in 1917. The lyrics, written by D. A. Esrom (pseudonym of Theodora Morse) to a tune composed by Arthur Sullivan for the 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, [1] are:
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.
Arthur Sullivan in 1888. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.
The Major-General (a patter-singing character in The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan) depicted in a drawing by W. S. Gilbert [10]. W. S. Gilbert wrote several opera parodies before he moved on to comic operas with Arthur Sullivan. [11]
For example, the song, "My eyes are fully open" (often referred to as the "Matter Patter Trio") from Ruddigore is used (with some changed lyrics) in Papp's Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance, and the tune of the song is used as "The Speed Test" in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie and is heard in a season 5 episode of Spitting ...