About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 122. Chapters: Albert Herring, Alfredo il grande, Aroldo, Assassinio nella cattedrale, At the Boar's Head, Derby Day (light opera), Der Templer und die Judin, Die schweigsame Frau, Dorothy (opera), Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, Falstaff (opera), Gawain (opera), Gloriana, Gwendoline (opera), Haddon Hall (opera), Henry Clifford (opera), Hugh the Drover, Il castello di Kenilworth, Ivanhoe (opera), I puritani, John Socman, King Arthur (opera), Lord Byron (opera), Mansfield Park (opera), Maria, regina d'Inghilterra, Maria Stuarda, Martha (opera), Merlin (opera), Merrie England (opera), Milton (opera), Monsieur Beaucaire (operetta), Nelson (opera), Owen Wingrave, Patience (opera), Peter Grimes, Peter Ibbetson (opera), Roberto Devereux, Rosmonda d'Inghilterra, Ruddigore, Sir John in Love, Taverner (opera), The Canterbury Pilgrims, The End of the Affair (opera), The English Cat, The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera), The Mines of Sulphur, The Miserly Knight, The Pirates of Penzance, The Rake's Progress, The Wreckers (opera), The Yeomen of the Guard, Tom Jones (opera), Trial by Jury, Wuthering Heights (Floyd), Wuthering Heights (Herrmann). Excerpt: The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics. Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for a very successful 363 performances, having already been playing successfully for over three months in New York. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two...
