num_pages: 1214
description: The comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan are a performing arts phenomenon. Wildly popular when first produced, they are if anything even more popular today. The Complete Annotated Gilbert &amp; Sullivan provides the complete text of all thirteen of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas still being performed today, including H.M.S. Pinafore , The Pirates of Penzance , and The Mikado . Each work is thoroughly annotated, with the text, including stage directions, given on the right-hand page, and the notes on the left. The annotations provide a wealth of information--everything from the identity of real-life people mentioned in the opera, to clear explanations of obscure words and phrases (such as legal terms) and other literary references, to comments from first-night critics, and much more. In addition, Bradley has written a marvelously informative introduction to the book as well as superb introductions to each piece, describing the genesis of the work, its performance history, and otherfascinating tidbits. A goldmine of information, The Complete Annotated Gilbert &amp; Sullivan will delight the hearts of Savoyards everywhere.
language: English
title: The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
titlecomplete: The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
genres: Musicals, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Drama, Reference, Music, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Oxford University Press