The Grand Duke, or 'The Statutory Duel', was the final operetta written by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. It had its premiere at the Savoy Theatre on March 7, 1896 and ran for 123 performances. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (November 18, 1836 - May 29, 1911) was a British dramatist and librettist best known for his operatic collaborations with the composer Arthur Sullivan. ... Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13, 1842–November 22, 1900) was a British composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist William S. Gilbert. ... 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... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
External Links
The whole operetta online (http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/grand_duke/html/index.html)
Grossherzog), a title borne by princes ranking between king and duke.
The dignity was first bestowed in 1567 by Pope Pius V. on DukeCosimo I. of Florence, his son Francis obtaining the emperor's confirmation in 1576; and the predicate "Royal Highness" was added in 1699.
In 1806 Napoleon created his brother-in-law Joachim Murat, grand-duke of Berg, and in the same year the title was assumed by the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, the elector of Baden, and the new ruler of the secularized bishopric of Wiirzburg (formerly Ferdinand III., grand-duke of Tuscany) on joining the Confederation of the Rhine.
GrandDuke Nikolai Nikolaevich (1856-1929) was Commander in Chief of the Russian army during the first year of the First World War and, for the briefest moment, at the end of Tsar Nicholas II's reign.
The GrandDuke was consequently dispatched to the Caucasian front and made Commander in Chief of Russian forces in the region already operating most successfully under the direction of Nikolai Yudenich.
The Tsar's last official act was to re-appoint the GrandDuke as Commander in Chief, an action that was promptly rescinded by Prince Georgy Lvov, the head of the Provisional Government.
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