Title: The pirates of Penzance
Description: The Kennedy Center in association with James M. Nederlander, by arrangement with The D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust Limited and Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte present D'Oyly Carte in Gilbert & Sullivan, musical director Royston Nash, production director Michael Heyland. "The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty," written by W.S. Gilbert, composed by Arthur Sullivan, setting by Peter Croffin, first performance Bijou Theatre, Paignton, December 30, 1879, first London performanc, Opera Comique, April 3, 1880.