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"Princess Ida" is "A respectful operatic per-version of Tennyson's 'Princess' " by this duo

Trivia about gilbert & sullivan

  • "Jeopardy!" announcer Johnny & '60s TV variety show host Ed
  • Their last joint operetta, "The Grand Duke", premiered in 1896
  • This duo's comic opera of "The Yeomen of the Guard" premiered at the Savoy Theatre on Oct. 3, 1888
  • This pair's 1881 comic opera "Patience" parodies aesthetes like Oscar Wilde
  • Together they wrote "The Pirates of Penzance" in 1879
  • This duo famous for their late 19th century operettas were both Freemasons
  • Lillian Russell made her debut in this duo's "H.M.S. Pinafore" & later became a star of burlesque
  • The operetta output of this beknighted pair runs from "Thespis" in 1871 to "The Grand Duke" in 1896
  • A village milkmaid is the heroine of this 1881 operetta "Patience" by this duo
  • The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company was founded to perform the works of this British duo
  • A Savoyard is a fan of this duo's works, which were 1st presented at the Savoy Theater
  • Their first commission was "Thespis" for London's Gaiety Theatre in 1871
  • "Pineapple Poll" is a ballet with music from works by this "Pinafore" pair
  • "Ruddigore", first published in 1887, is one of their lesser known operettas
  • First performed in London in 1896, "The Grand Duke" was the final one of their Savoy operettas
  • The 1884 satiric opera "Princess Ida" by this pair was inspired by a poem
  • A song in this duo's operetta "Iolanthe" says, "What a joy to breathe the balmy air of Grosvenor Square"

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