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    Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)...
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    suggested changing his name from Ray to Gilbert as a play on the name of the light opera partnership Gilbert and Sullivan. He was paid an advance of £12 (equivalent...
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  • Gilbert and Sullivan have pervasively influenced popular culture in the English-speaking world. Lines and quotations from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas...
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    year-round performances of them, in Britain and abroad, by the repertory company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded...
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    first opera with W. S. Gilbert, Thespis, in 1871. Four years later, the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte engaged Gilbert and Sullivan to create a one-act...
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  • (Gilbert and Sullivan) Iolanthe, Iolanthe (Gilbert and Sullivan) Mad Margaret, Ruddigore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Melissa, Princess Ida (Gilbert and Sullivan) Pitti-Sing...
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  • Sullivan and Gilbert is a jukebox musical by Ken Ludwig with music and lyrics by Gilbert and Sullivan. Sullivan and Gilbert features over 15 Gilbert and...
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  • Trial by Jury (Gilbert and Sullivan) Alexis, The Sorcerer (Gilbert and Sullivan) Ralph Rackstraw H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Frederic, The...
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  • The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (also known as Gilbert & Sullivan and The Great Gilbert and Sullivan) is a 1953 British musical drama film dramatisation...
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  • Chorus" Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand: Cox and Box – "My Master Is Punctual" (Mr. Cox) Gilbert and Sullivan (referred to below as "Sullivan"): The Gondoliers –...
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    The International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival was founded in 1994 by Ian Smith and his son Neil and is held every summer in England. The two- or three-week...
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    Trial by Jury (category Operas by Gilbert and Sullivan)
    Jury is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was first produced on 25 March 1875, at London's Royalty...
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    Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened...
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    Flute (Papageno), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck) and The Tales of Hoffmann. Warlow's Gilbert and Sullivan roles for Opera Australia include the featured...
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  • Patter song (category Gilbert and Sullivan)
    is a staple of comic opera, especially Gilbert and Sullivan, but it has also been used in musical theatre and elsewhere. The lyric of a patter song generally...
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    H.M.S. Pinafore (category Operas by Gilbert and Sullivan)
    acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London on 25 May 1878, and ran for 571 performances...
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  • and Sullivan) Klytemnestra*, Elektra (Richard Strauss) Lel, The Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov) Little Buttercup, H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Lucretia...
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    The Pirates of Penzance (category Operas by Gilbert and Sullivan)
    Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in...
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  • Dave Ross (category American reporters and correspondents)
    Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Born into a Catholic family in Yorktown Heights, New York, Ross is the son of a commercial artist and has a brother and...
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    a Grade II* listed building. In addition to The Mikado and other famous Gilbert and Sullivan premières, the theatre has hosted such premières as the...
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    opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by Edwardian...
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    Williamson obtained the right to present H.M.S. Pinafore and then other Gilbert and Sullivan operas in Australia. He soon formed his Royal Comic Opera...
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  • comic parts in the tradition of the previous century's comic bass by Gilbert and Sullivan in many of their productions. This did not prevent the French master...
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    Savoy opera (category Gilbert and Sullivan)
    Victorian England in the late 19th century, with W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as the original and most successful practitioners. The name is derived...
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    father Frank, his mother Phyllis Shannaw, and his half-sister Antoinette. His grandfather was the Gilbert and Sullivan conductor François Cellier. Cellier started...
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  • Sullivan (band), an alternative rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), composer, of the team Gilbert and Sullivan...
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    Ruddigore (category Operas by Gilbert and Sullivan)
    Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written together by Gilbert and Sullivan...
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  • The Gondoliers, Gilbert and Sullivan, 1889 Götterdämmerung, Wagner, 1876 Goyescas, Granados, 1916 The Grand Duke, Gilbert and Sullivan, 1896 Le Grand Macabre...
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    Opera Company. Reed has been called "the last great exponent" of the Gilbert and Sullivan comedy roles. The son of a butcher from County Durham, Reed began...
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  • Claggart, Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten All of the Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy operas, except Patience and The Yeomen of the Guard, have at least one lead...
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