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.

Pinafore is at anchor off Portsmouth.

One of the songs on this album is a fat man's lament, " I'm Called Little Butterball ," parodying " I'm Called Little Buttercup " from Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta HMS Pinafore.

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 ).

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.

Starship Pinafore: The Next Generation is a Star Trek adaptation of two famous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas ( HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury ).

The Pinafore is at its starbase being readied for further space exploration.

This team is responsible for Watermill productions of ' Pinafore Swing ', ' A Star Danced ' and ' Ten Cents a Dance ', and more recently with the highly successful Sweeney Todd and Mack and Mabel both of which have gone on from the Watermill to tour the UK and transfer to the West End.

As well as musicals, season's in the late 2000's usually saw a Shakespeare play in conjunction with the Watermill based Propeller company, directed by Edward Hall, often in a reinterpreted format, and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, again a re-arranged version which may only superficially resemble the original, sometimes even the title was altered ( such as ' Pinafore Swing '; an actor musician version of HMS Pinafore with music arranged by Sarah Travis, and the more recent Hot Mikado ; a condensed actor musician version of the already existing Hot Mikado, which in turn is a jazzed up version of the Gilbert and Sullivan comedy opera The Mikado !).

There are some wonderful tunes, including the ' Mary Poppins '- ish ' Cut Every Corner ,' Bart and Sideshow Bob performing the score to ' HMS Pinafore ,' the SUV parody commercial ' Canyonero ,' and Homer and Marge's take on the All in the Family theme [...], but too much of it is filler.

Pinafore did not begin the mockery of Smith: This Punch ( magazine ) | Punch cartoon is from 13 October 1877, months before the premiere of Pinafore.

A song and album title by the English art rock group Stackridge is called Pinafore Days.

The D ' Oyly Carte company performed Pinafore before Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family at Windsor Castle on 16 June 1977, during the queen's Silver Jubilee year, the first royal command performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera since 1891.

Shortly thereafter, Carte sent three touring companies around the United States East Coast and Midwest, playing Pinafore alongside Pirates.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, which became popular around the world.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, continue to enjoy regular performances throughout the English-speaking world.

An early poster showing scenes from The Sorcerer, Pinafore, and Trial by Jury

Pinafore and Trial by Jury

After promotional efforts by Carte and Sullivan, who included some of the Pinafore music in several promenade concerts at Covent Garden, Pinafore became a hit.

On 31 July 1879, the last day of their agreement with Carte, the directors of the Comedy Opera Company attempted to repossess the Pinafore set by force during a performance, causing a celebrated fracas.

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.

Carte put the matter beyond doubt by taking a six-month personal lease of the theatre beginning on 1 February 1879, the date of its re-opening, when Pinafore resumed.

Hoping to join in on the profits to be made in America from Pinafore, Carte left in June for New York to make arrangements for an " authentic " production there to be rehearsed personally by the author and composer.

Boston alone saw at least a dozen productions, including a juvenile version described by Louisa May Alcott in her 1879 story, " Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore ".

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.

Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte met by 24 April 1879 to make plans for a production of Pinafore in America.

In the winter of 1940 – 41, the D ' Oyly Carte Opera Company's scenery and costumes for Pinafore and three other operas were destroyed by German bombs during World War II.

The extraordinary initial success of Pinafore in America was seen first-hand by J. C. Williamson.

In 2003, the company revived Pinafore, followed by Bea Arthur at The Savoy, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Peter Pan and Pirates.

* From HMS Pinafore: ( words by W. S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan )

* Fred: The True History of a Boy Raised as a Girl ( 1913 ) by Don Brennus Alera, pseudonym of Roland Brévannes – classic story of humiliating petticoat punishment ( Pinafore eroticism ).

His Cups and Saucers was revived and played with Pinafore and also played by the company on tour.

Pinafore with the mention of the telephone ), by mentioning George Eastman's new product, the Kodak camera, and its slogan.

Pinafore " / " Trial by Jury " — Opera Australia production ( 2005 )

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, the D ' Oyly Carte repertory and production system was cemented, and each opera would make use of these stock character types.

Pinafore in 1878. Business for the new opera was slow at first.

To try to counter this copyright piracy and make some money from the popularity of their opera in America, Carte travelled to New York with the authors and the company to present an " authentic " production of Pinafore there, beginning in December 1879, as well as American tours.

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.

He arranged to rent a theatre and auditioned chorus members for the American production of Pinafore and a new Gilbert and Sullivan opera to be premiered in New York, and for tours.

Among the professional repertory companies continuing to present Pinafore regularly in the U. S. are Opera a la Carte, based in California, Ohio Light Opera and the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, which tours the opera annually and often includes it in its New York seasons.

Pinafore, and Debussy includes the chord in a setting of the phrase ' je suis triste ' in his opera Pelléas et Mélisande.

Pinafore in the Gilbert and Sullivan Comic opera

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, a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, uses the word in its title as a comical name for a warship.

Pinafore "-Gilbert and Sullivan Discography and review about the State Opera of South Australia's production of the opera

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!