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Pinafore ( 1878 ); Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, who is an expert at everything except " military knowledge " ( 1880 ); the aesthetic poet, Reginald Bunthorne in Patience ( 1881 ); the love-lonely Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe ( 1882 ); the sarcastic cripple, King Gama, in Princess Ida ( 1884 ); Ko-Ko the cheap tailor, elevated to the post of Lord High Executioner, in The Mikado ( 1885 ); the accursed Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore ( 1887 ); and the pathetic jester, Jack Point, in The Yeomen of the Guard ( 1888 ).
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Pinafore and 1878
Pinafore ( 1878 ), satirising the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority and poking good-natured fun at the Royal Navy and the English obsession with social status ( building on a theme introduced in The Sorcerer, love between members of different social classes ).
Gilbert had referred to the new technology in Pinafore in 1878, only two years after the device was invented and before London even had telephone service.
Pinafore in 1878. Business for the new opera was slow at first.
After the success of Pinafore, Gilbert was eager to get started on the next opera, and he began working on the libretto in December 1878.
Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan visited Portsmouth in April 1878 to inspect ships.
Pinafore opened on 25 May 1878 at the Opera Comique.
Pinafore opened on 25 May 1878 at the Opera Comique, before an enthusiastic audience, with Sullivan conducting.
In late August 1878, Sullivan used some of the Pinafore music, arranged by his assistant Hamilton Clarke, during several successful promenade concerts at Covent Garden that generated interest and stimulated ticket sales.
Meanwhile, numerous pirated versions of Pinafore began playing in America with great success, beginning with a production in Boston that opened on 25 November 1878.
Approximately 150 unauthorised productions of Pinafore sprang up in the United States in 1878 and 1879, and none of these paid royalties to the authors.
At least one D ' Oyly Carte company, and sometimes as many as three, played Pinafore under Carte's aegis every year between 1878 and 1888, including its first London revival in 1887.
Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor ( 1878 )
Pinafore in 1878, and Alfred Cellier and B. C. Stephenson's 1886 hit, Dorothy, ran for 931 performances.
Pinafore ( 1878 ), the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance ( 1880 ) and Ko-Ko in The Mikado ( 1885 – 87 ).
Over Christmas 1878, during the run of Pinafore, the theatre was renovated and redecorated by E. W. Bradwell, reopening on 1 February 1879.
; a Children's Pinafore with an entirely juvenile cast ( 1878 ); In the Sulks ( 1880 ); and Uncle Samuel ( 1881 ).
Pinafore in 1878, were imported to New York ( by the authors and also in numerous pirated productions ).
Pinafore, 1878, m Arthur Sullivan, lb W. S. Gilbert ( 571 in London ) ( first G & S smash hit and second longest-running piece of musical theatre in history until it was edged out by Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience in 1881.
In 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta HMS Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor was staged.
It has been claimed that Smith's appointment was the inspiration for the character of Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1878 comic opera, H. M. S. Pinafore ).
Pinafore in 1878, which was a satire of the blue pottery craze.
Pinafore at the Opera Comique in 1878 and on tour.
Pinafore ( 1878 — for which he wrote the overture, based on themes from the opera ), Trial by Jury ( 1878 ), George Grossmith's Cups and Saucers ( 1878 – 79 ), and three of his own one-act works: Dora's Dream ( 1877 – 78 revival ), The Spectre Knight ( 1878 ), and After All!
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Pinafore relied on stock character types, many of which were familiar from European opera ( and some of which grew out of Gilbert's earlier association with the German Reeds ): the heroic protagonist ( tenor ) and his love-interest ( soprano ); the older woman with a secret or a sharp tongue ( contralto ); the baffled lyric baritone — the girl's father ; and a classic villain ( bass-baritone ).
Pinafore is still performed around the world by opera companies such as the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen ; Australian Opera ( and Essgee Entertainment and others in Australia ); in Kassel, Germany ; and even Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Pinafore ( Captain Corcoran ); 1931 Gondoliers ( Duke of Plaza-Toro ); 1931 Pirates ( Major-General ); 1931 Ruddigore ( Robin Oakapple ) 1931 Yeomen ( Jack Point ); 1932 Princess Ida ( Florian ); and 1933 The Sorcerer ( John Wellington Wells ).
On the Sir Malcolm Sargent / Glyndebourne series, he recorded: 1958 Pinafore ( Sir Joseph Porter ); 1959 Iolanthe ( Lord Chancellor ); 1961 Pirates ( Major-General ); 1961 Trial ( The Learned Judge ); 1963 Patience ( Bunthorne ); and 1963 Ruddigore ( Robin Oakapple ).
Pinafore and Major-General
Pinafore, then join the army as Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, and so on.
A monocle is a distinctive part of the costume of at least three Gilbert & Sullivan characters: Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore, and Reginald Bunthorne in Patience, and composer Sullivan used one himself.
Pinafore, the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance, Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard and the Duke of Plaza Toro in The Gondoliers, among others.
Pinafore, Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance ( a role that he gave up in 1969 ), Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe, King Gama in Princess Ida, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven in Ruddigore, Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard, the Duke of Plaza-Toro in The Gondoliers, and John Wellington Wells in The Sorcerer ( beginning with the 1971 revival ).
In September 1951, exactly six years after joining the company, Pratt became the principal comedian following Green's departure, and he served in that capacity for the next eight seasons, playing Sir Joseph Porter in Pinafore, the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance, Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Robin in Ruddigore, Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard, the Duke of Plaza-Toro in The Gondoliers and King Gama in Princess Ida.
Pinafore, the Major-General in Pirates, Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard and the Duke of Plaza Toro in The Gondoliers, among others.
Pinafore and Pirates
It produced full scale productions of popular musicals and operettas including Oklahoma !, Carousel, The Mikado, Guys and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance, Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady, The Yeoman of the Guard, Gigi, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gondoliers, Anything Goes, The Merry Widow, Iolanthe, The Producers and HMS Pinafore.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.
Similarly, Mrs. Partlet in The Sorcerer transformed into Little Buttercup in Pinafore, then into Ruth, the piratical maid-of-all-work in Pirates.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, continue to enjoy regular performances throughout the English-speaking world.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.
Pinafore became an international sensation, as did The Pirates of Penzance ( 1879 ) and Patience ( 1881 ).
They made a special effort to claim American rights for their next work after Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, by giving the official premiere in New York.
Shortly thereafter, Carte sent three touring companies around the United States East Coast and Midwest, playing Pinafore alongside Pirates.
In 2003, the company revived Pinafore, followed by Bea Arthur at The Savoy, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Peter Pan and Pirates.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.
Other songs, from Pirates, Pinafore and Ruddigore, are parodied.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, which became popular around the world.
Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, that continue to be popular.
Pinafore ), Phyllis ( Iolanthe ) and Ruth ( The Pirates of Penzance ).
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