The actual line is, "When I was a lad, I served a term / as office-boy to an attorney's firm." It's the entrance aria of Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., the "ruler of the queen's navee," and is probably the most famous number from one of Gilbert and Sullivan's best-known operettas, H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass That Loved a Sailor. It doesn't open the operetta, however; the sailor's chorus "We Sail the Ocean Blue" opens the first act.
While much of Gilbert and Sullivan is suitable for children, none of their operettas were written FOR children.
HMS Pinafore.
The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipoo)
The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "HMS Pinafore" was written in 1878. It premiered on May 25 of that year at the Opera Comique in London. The work quickly gained popularity, becoming one of the duo's most famous and enduring pieces.
While much of Gilbert and Sullivan is suitable for children, none of their operettas were written FOR children.
HMS Pinafore.
The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipoo)
The Pirates of Penzance, or the Slave of Duty
The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu
It is an operetta, not a play, and it was called "Iolanthe, or the Peer and the Peri."
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "HMS Pinafore" was written in 1878. It premiered on May 25 of that year at the Opera Comique in London. The work quickly gained popularity, becoming one of the duo's most famous and enduring pieces.
Gilbert & Sullivan,"HMS Pinafore"
Two people who never meet are Box and Cox from the one act operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan
Princess Ida. The operetta being Princess Ida or Castle Adamant and opened at the Savoy Theatre on 5th January 1884.
The movie 'The Pirates of Penzance', was released on the 18th of February 1983, the movie is an adaptation of the comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Mikado