The Savoy Operas are a series of operettas written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Strictly speaking, the term refers only to those whose first run or part thereof occurred at the Savoy Theatre in London (those from Patience onwards); in practice, the term is used more generally to refer to all the operas written by this collaboration and produced by Richard D'Oyly Carte. Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... 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. ... Savoy Theatre London, December 2003 The Savoy Theatre, which opened on 10 October 1881, was built by Richard DOyly Carte (1844 - 1901) on the site of the old Savoy Palace in London as a showcase for the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, which became known as the Savoy Operas... St. ... Richard DOyly Carte (May 3, 1844 – April 3, 1901) was a London theatrical impresario during the latter half of the nineteenth century. ...

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 (1880)

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)

Trial by Jury is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in one act (the only single-act Savoy Opera). ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Sorcerer The Sorcerer is the earliest surviving two-act Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: HMS Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts, with music by composer Arthur S. Sullivan and libretto by William S. Gilbert. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta in two acts. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Patience (operetta) This article refers to the operetta. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri, is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Princess Ida Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Princess (Tennyson) Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant, is the eighth operetta written by Gilbert and Sullivan. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu, is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Ruddigore, or The Witchs Curse, is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts, with music by composer Arthur S. Sullivan and libretto by William S. Gilbert. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid, is the eleventh of Gilbert and Sullivans operettas. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Gondoliers is a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta written by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. ... 1889 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Utopia, Limited or, The Flowers of Progress, is the second-to-last collaboration between composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist/satirist W.S. Gilbert. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel, was the final operetta written by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Bibliography

• The Savoy Operas - Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Hertfordshire, England (1994)
• The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan - W. W. Norton and Company, inc - New York, USA (1976)

• Leslie Ayre, The Gilbert & Sullivan Companion - (Foreword by Martyn Green) - Pan Books Ltd, London, England (1972)
• Leslie Baily, Gilbert & Sullivan and their world - Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, England (1973)
• Ian Bradley, The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan - Penguin Books Ltd, Middlesex, England (1982)
• Ian Bradley, The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan 2 - Penguin Books Ltd, Middlesex, England (1984)
• Michael Ffinch, Gilbert and Sullivan - Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, England (1993)
• Martyn Green, Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan - Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York, USA (1961)
• Christopher Hibbert, Gilbert & Sullivan and Their Victorian World - American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc, New York, USA (1976)
• Alan James Gilbert & Sullivan - Omnibus Press, Wiltshire, England (1989)
• Geoffrey Smith, The Savoy Operas - Robert Hale Limited, London, England (1983)
• Robin Wilson & Frederic Lloyd, Gilbert & Sullivan - The Official D'Oyly Carte Picture History - Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, USA (1984)
• John Wolfson, Final Curtain - The Last Gilbert and Sullivan Operas - Chappell & Company Limited, London, England (1976)

External link

• A Comprehensive Gilbert and Sullivan page at Boise State University