Gilbert & Sullivan

Iolanthe was Gilbert & Sullivan's seventh Savoy opera. In this work, the House of Lords is lampooned as a bastion of the ineffective, privileged and dim-witted.

The Gondoliers was Gilbert and Sullivan's last great success. In this opera, Gilbert returns to the subject of class distinctions and it's background connected with Venice and Venetian life.

Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written together by Gilbert and Sulliv...

The Sorcerer is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. It opened on November 17, 1877 at the Opera Comique in the Strand in London, where it ran for 178...

Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant, is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5, 1884, for a run of 246 performances. By Savo...

The Pirates of Penzance takes its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the more frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Its successful 1981 Broadway revival by Joseph Pa...

In this version for 2-part chorus, M. J. Arnold has expertly adapted Gilbert and Sullivan's classic work to a length and level of musical accessibility happily within the capability of upper elementar...