[DOC] [TLE] The Rose of Persia - Wikipedia [PAR] The Rose of Persia; or, The Story-Teller and the Slave, is a two-act comic opera, 
with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Basil Hood. ... Unlike W. S. Gilbert, 
Hood did not direct his own works, and the Savoy's stage manager, ... By 10 
December, however, he wrote in his diary that Yaw was "improving rapidly" and "
sang... [DOC] [TLE] Basil Hood - Wikipedia [PAR] Hood also wrote the libretti for two short companion ... Pretty Polly, which ran with 
The Rose of Persia in 1900 ... soon writing a second opera, The Emerald Isle (
1901). ... Hood wrote that, at the time of Sullivan's death, he and ... Of Merrie 
England, The Observer wrote, "It is not too... [DOC] [TLE] The Rose of Persia Home Page - The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive [PAR] Sullivan's last completed opera, The Rose of Persia, with libretto by Basil Hood. 
... written by Basil Hood. ... (and to give himself a little holiday), the Sultan takes 
him to the palace and commands his court to treat Hassan as if he were sultan. [DOC] [TLE] Review/Operetta - Sullivan's 'Rose of Persia' - NYTimes.com [PAR] Jun 22, 1990 ... ''The Rose of Persia,'' composed in 1899, was Sullivan's last finished opera ... Its 
libretto, by Basil Hood, is in the Gilbert tradition, with situations set in exotic ... the 
jaunty, bright style for which he was famous, ''The Rose of Persia'' is unlikely ... 
What the Gilbert and Sullivan Society offered was not so much a... [DOC] [TLE] Arthur Sullivan - Sullivan: Rose of Persia - Amazon.com Music [PAR] The Rose of Persia (The Story-Teller and the Slave), operetta: Act 1. .... I 
completely agree with Mr Deutsch in his assessment of the contribution of 
librettist Basil Hood: it ... The spoken dialog between the musical numbers is not 
recorded, but cpo ... Persia" score is inferior to the music he composed for Gilbert, 
I can't hear it. [DOC] [TLE] Gilbert and Sullivan - Emporia State University [PAR] Sullivan's music sparkled with fresh melody, and Gilbert's librettos blended 
silliness ... Opera Comique, he convinced G&S to adapt one of Gilbert's satirical 
poems. ... Gilbert, in Utopia Limited (1893) and The Grand Duke (1896), did not 
reach ... and The Rose of Persia (1889), with Basil Hood, who also wrote the 
libretto for... [DOC] [TLE] Valley Light Opera -- The Rose of Persia 2004 [PAR] He helps them to hide from the Sultan's guards in Hassan's house, where a 
crowd of ... "I care not if the cup I hold", Yussuf and Chorus ... In the 1890s, 
relations between Gilbert and Sullivan were strained at best. ... Sullivan also 
worked with other collaborators, among them the librettist for The Rose of Persia, 
Basil Hood. [DOC] [TLE] Next by Same Author - LISTSERV 15.5 - OPERA-L Archives [PAR] Oct 3, 2012 ... "The Savoy Operas", wiki writes, "denote a style of comic opera that ... "During the 
years when the Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S) operas were being written, Richard 
... the G&S pieces, or to fill the theatre when no G&S piece was available. ... was 
The Rose of Persia (music by Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood),... [DOC] [TLE] Biography | The Sir Arthur Sullivan Society [PAR] "He was essentially the most broad-minded musician in perhaps the most narrow 
... pantomime, Thespis, which, although successful, did not lead anywhere. 
Sullivan and Gilbert were re-united in 1875 by Richard D'Oyly Carte for Trial by 
Jury, ... He wrote a successful operetta, The Rose of Persia, to a libretto by Basil 
Hood... [DOC] [TLE] Opera Today : SULLIVAN: The Rose of Persia [PAR] Nov 18, 2005 ... Not that the Gilbert & Sullivan collaborative works were unpopular

Question: He composed the operetta "The Rose of Persia" to a libretto by Basil Hood, not Gilbert
Answer: Sullivan