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The Pirates of Penzance, in full The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty, in two acts with by and an English. To secure an American copyright—so as to avoid pirated American productions, the like of those that had followed English production of H.M.S. Pinafore—the work premiered with a single performance in Paignton, on December 30, 1879, and in on December 31, 1879. One of the most famed of all Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, it contains the brisk and comic type of rhymed known as a patter song. Pirates of Penzance, The Poster for The Pirates of Penzance, c. Theatrical Poster Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no.
LC-USZ61-860) Background and contextThe Pirates of Penzance was written in haste but nonetheless was carefully crafted. The well-known, witty “Major-General’s Song,” with its rapid-fire delivery of preposterous, is but one example of its overall polish. The operetta’s characters too are thoughtfully drawn.
Sullivan writes leading lady Mabel as a very light coloratura, a characteristic that helps her stand out from the many other women in the cast. He also uses some -style techniques with utterly different melodies sung and played simultaneously; though they sometimes have different metres (for example, three beats set against four), he manages to make everything fit.Sullivan also spoofs operatic conventions, particularly one employed by many serious operas of the time that called for characters to sing onstage at the same time yet remain oblivious to each other’s presence. The trick is especially humorous in Act II, when the pirate-hunting policemen fail to notice those pirates who have just stalked onstage singing “With Cat-Like Tread,” for which Sullivan specified a fortissimo.
Another opera insiders’ joke occurs in Mabel’s entrance aria, in which she and a solo engage in a highly ornamented duet that would have brought to many opera lovers’ minds the similar interchange in the mad scene of ’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Like what you’re reading?Act INow celebrating his 21st birthday, Frederic was in his youth indentured to a band of pirates. (His nurse, Ruth, who through his apprenticeship stayed with him as the pirates’ maid, had misheard the instruction that he was to be apprenticed to a pilot.) Having come of age, Frederic announces that he loathes and, since his term of indenture is complete, he will be leaving.
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He hopes to find a suitable wife for himself, being skeptical of Ruth’s assertions that she herself is young and pretty enough for that role. Almost as soon as Frederic goes ashore, he happens upon a group of young women, wards in chancery to Major-General Stanley. At first, the girls are cautious of Frederic, but one—Mabel—receives him more kindly, and romance is born.While Frederic has been chatting with the girls, the pirates have crept up, intent upon finding their own sweethearts. They are on the verge of abducting them all when the opportune appearance of Major-General Stanley saves them.
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His recitation of his notable skills derails their plan, and, when he declares himself to be an orphan with no one in the world but these court-appointed daughters, the pirates depart empty-handed. Themselves orphans, they have pledged never to harm other orphans. Act IIThe Major-General, having admitted to the girls that, in fact, he is no orphan, is pleased to hear from Frederic that the young man wants to join a band of policemen against the pirates. Before Frederic can do so, however, Ruth and the Pirate King come to inform him of a new discovery. Frederic, it seems, was born on Leap Day (February 29), a day that occurs every four years, and so, though he has lived 21 years, he has had far fewer birthdays. His indenture papers commit him to remain a pirate until his “21st birthday,” not his “21st year.” This will not occur for more than half a century. Frederic—a “slave of duty,” as the operetta’s subtitle has it—acknowledges his duty and returns to the pirates, first extracting Mabel’s promise to wait for him until he officially comes of age.The policemen hide as the pirates approach.
Pirates Of Penzance 1994 Music Festival
Having learned that Major-General Stanley diverted them with a lie, the pirates assault his house and pounce upon the Major-General and his daughters. A melee ensues, brought to a close only when the Police Sergeant demands that the pirates yield “in Queen Victoria’s name.” Declaring themselves to be loyal to their queen, the pirates give in and are nearly led away to. Ruth, however, saves them by declaring that all are “noblemen gone wrong,” a class of people whom the English admire. The Major-General gives the girls in to the various pirates, though Mabel is reserved for Frederic.
Recordings of The Pirates of PenzanceNone of the three vintage recordings of Pirates is fully satisfactory.Both the andsets have non-D'Oyly Carte performers in numerous roles, while theset is abridged. Of the more recentrecordings,(a vivid performance with complete dialogue) and(musically superb and completeexcept for the overture) share highest honors. NRAcouElecNRElec AbrgNRElec1931 LPNRAbrgMonoSterSterMono HltsNRMono HltsNRSter HltsNRDialNRSter HltsSterSter DialNRSterNRSterSter AbrgNRAbrgSter BonusDialDial BonusNRVideoNRSter HltsNRSter DialNRSter DialDigDigDig DialNRDigNRDig Dial.