Gilbert and Sullivan

Playwright/lyricist William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur S. Sullivan (1842-1900) defined operetta or comic operas in Victorian England with a series of their internationally successful and timeless works known as the Savoy Operas.

Collaborations

• Thespis, or, The Gods Grown Old (1871)
• Trial by Jury (1875)
• The Sorcerer (1877)
• HMS Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor (1878)
• The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty (1879)
• The Martyr of Antioch (cantata) (1880) (Gilbert modified the poem by Dean Milman)
• Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride (1881)
• Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri (1882)
• Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant (1884))
• The Mikado, or, The Town of Titipu (1885)
• Ruddigore, or, The Witch's Curse (1887)
• The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and his Maid (1888)
• The Gondoliers, or, The King of Barataria (1889)
• Utopia, Limited, or, The Flowers of Progress (1893)
• The Grand Duke, or, The Statutory Duel (1896)

A Gilbert & Sullivan inspired Ballet

• Pineapple Poll - from a story by Gilbert and music by Sullivan