W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan\u2019s first operatic collaboration was a Christmas piece for the Gaiety Theatre, London, in 1871, called Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old<\/i>. Although the result was a success, the pair did not work together again until 1875 with Trial by Jury<\/i> at the Royalty Theater. Then, under the management of Richard D\u2019Oyly Carte, they produced a string of successes\u2014The Sorcerer<\/i> (1877), H.M.S. Pinafore<\/i> (1878), The Pirates of Penzance<\/i> (1879), Patience<\/i> (1881), Iolanthe<\/i> (1882), Princess Ida<\/i> (1884), The Mikado<\/i> (1885), Ruddigore<\/i> (1887), The Yeomen of the Guard<\/i> (1888), and The Gondoliers<\/i> (1889) at the Opera Comique and, beginning in 1882, the Savoy. A rift between Gilbert and Carte (reluctantly backed by Sullivan), known as the \u201ccarpet quarrel,\u201d severed the relationship for a time. Gilbert and Sullivan were reunited in 1893 (for Utopia Limited<\/i>) and again in 1896 (for The Grand Duke<\/i>), but neither of these operas succeeded their predecessors.<\/p>\n
Featured here are exhibit items from each Gilbert and Sullivan opera from Thespis<\/i> through The Grand Duke<\/i>. In addition, they include memorabilia from Continental productions of The Mikado<\/i>, the one opera to attain real popularity in non-English speaking countries.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"gseurope","added":"2017-03-29 13:18:17","modified":"2023-03-28 14:33:51","owner_id":6,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":209},"item":{"id":784,"item_type_id":6,"collection_id":1,"featured":1,"public":1,"added":"2017-03-13 09:39:26","modified":"2017-06-07 13:59:08","owner_id":3}}