By Arthur Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas are a few of the world’s best-loved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit, topsy-turvy good judgment and lavish wordplay. this excellent treasury is the definitive annotated variation of all fourteen in their operas.
From the in part misplaced paintings Thespis, the 1st collaboration among W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, throughout the victorious comedian romps The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, to lesser-performed gem stones corresponding to the fanciful The Sorcerer and the acerbic lampoon Patience, Gilbert’s libretti are accrued right here of their so much exact and trustworthy shape. there's a attention-grabbing observation on each one paintings, telling the intense tales at the back of the muse for the opera and its functionality historical past, and giving plot summaries and unique forged lists.
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