# The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan

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- Authors: [Arthur Sullivan](https://www.bookquiver.com/arthur-sullivan), [W. S. Gilbert](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-s-gilbert)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-10-30

## Description

Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas are some of the world’s best-loved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit, topsy-turvy logic and extravagant wordplay. This glorious treasury is the definitive annotated edition of all fourteen of their operas. From the partially lost work Thespis , the first collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, through the triumphant comic romps The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado , to lesser-performed gems such as the fanciful The Sorcerer and the acerbic lampoon Patience , Gilbert’s libretti are collected here in their most accurate and faithful form. There is a fascinating commentary on each work, telling the extraordinary stories behind the inspiration for the opera and its performance history, and giving plot summaries and original cast lists.

## Editions

### The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-014-8
- Published: 2008-10-30
- Language: en_GB