The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance takes its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the more frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Its successful 1981 Broadway revival by Joseph Papp refreshed its popularity. Titles: Pour, Oh Pour, the Pirate Sherry * When Fred’ric Was a Little Lad * Oh, Better Far to Live and Die * Oh! False One, You Have Deceived Me * Climbing Over Rocky Mountain * Stop, Ladies, Pray! * Oh! Is There Not One Maiden Breast * Poor Wand’ring One * What Ought We to Do? * How Beautifully Blue the Sky * Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses * Hold, Monsters! * I Am the Very Pattern of a Modern Major-General * Oh! Men of Dark and Dismal Fate.