Comedic Operettas

Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular show, The Pirates of Penzance, is a rollicking, delightfully...

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Since its premiere in 1885 at the Savoy Theatre in London, The Mikado (or The Town of Titipu) has...

Since its premiere in 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan’s wildly popular operetta H.M.S. Pinafore has...

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The twelfth collaboration between composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S. Gilbert, The...

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On New Year’s Eve, Eisenstein is being forced to go to jail for punching a police officer, however...

Although Ruddigore’s 1887 premiere did not enjoy the same success as its predecessor, The Mikado...

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Since its sparkling 1882 premiere at London’s new Savoy Theatre (the first to be fitted with...

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Hanna Glawari, recently widowed multi-millionairess, and citizen of Pontevedro, has suitors vying...

Can you sue someone for breaking off an engagement? In Gilbert and Sullivan’s courtroom farce...

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All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet,...

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Young Edwin, son and heir to Prince Lippert-Weylersheim, has fallen deeply in love with Sylva...

A hilarious twist on a traditional medieval fairy tale, Princess Ida tells the tale of a Princess,...

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