The Pirates Of Penzance
Product Details
Description
The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a comic opera in two acts. One of the Savoy Operas, the official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York on December 31, 1879, where it was a hit with audiences and critics. The London premiere was on April 3, 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for 363 performances, having already been playing successfully for over three months in New York.
Pirates remains popular today, taking its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the most frequently played Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Its successful 1981 Broadway revival by Joseph Papp refreshed its popularity.
Contents
When Fred’ric Was A Little Lad
Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
Oh! False One, You Have Deceived Me
Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
Stop, Ladies, Pray!
Oh! Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Poor Wand’ring One
What Ought We To Do?
How Beautfully Blue The Sky
Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
Hold, Monsters!
I Am The Very Pattern of a Modern Major-General
Oh! Men Of Dark And Dismal Fate