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Gilbert & Sullivan
Gilbert & Sullivan were a Victorian-era partnership between librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. They wrote fourteen comic operettas...
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Gilbert & Sullivan were a Victorian-era partnership between librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. They wrote fourteen comic operettas together, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. These works were performed at London's Savoy Theatre with a regular company of singers like George Grossmith and Rutland Barrington.
Their shows combined Gilbert's clever, satirical lyrics with Sullivan's memorable melodies. Songs like For He Is An Englishman from H.M.S. Pinafore show their knack for catchy tunes wrapped in gentle social commentary. The partnership had its tensions over artistic control, but they kept working together through the 1870s and 1880s.
Their operettas remain in regular production by amateur and professional companies. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company originally staged them, and that tradition of performance has continued long after both men were gone.
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