The pirates of Penzance. Very ribald and funny Opera. Made fun of the British way of conducting the navy.
The Major-General's Song is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.
Patience.
Light opera [or comic opera] is of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending. There are many styles and countries developed their own styles of light [comic] opera. This is especially shown by England's Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
I am guessing you mean 'The Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan. This is a comic opera and their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on 14th March 1885. By setting the opera in Japan Gilbert was able to satirize British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese.
Mikado
The Major-General's Song is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.
patience
In "The Pirates of Penzance" the Major General sings about "that infernal nonsense, Pinafore," referring to "H.M.S. Pinafore."
Patience.
The Yeomen of the Guard.
Light opera [or comic opera] is of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending. There are many styles and countries developed their own styles of light [comic] opera. This is especially shown by England's Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
I am guessing you mean 'The Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan. This is a comic opera and their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on 14th March 1885. By setting the opera in Japan Gilbert was able to satirize British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese.
Mikado
Trial by Jury.
The Savoy operas were the original name for the operas of Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, aka Gilbert and Sullivan.
Gilbert & Sullivan
It was about a ship named "HMS Pinafore" in the navy.