Gilbert and Sullivan Archive

I have three main favorite operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan.

H.M.S. Pinafore. Composer: Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Lawlor Conductor: Simon Phipps, Linda Ormiston Performer: Christopher Gillett, Nickolas Grace, et al. Label: Jay Records - #1324 Audio CD (July 13, 1999). This is just about the silliest thing ever -- except for other Gilbert and Sullivan opperettas. There's a classic double-pair of lovers plot, lots of great songs, and it all works out in the end...as long as you don't look at it too closely.

The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan. The son of the Mikado disguises himself as a second trombone to evade the matrimonial clutches of a woman who's "something awful." Meanwhile, a tailor is made the Lord High Executioner...

The Pirates of Penzance relies almost completely on logical tricks...except for the part about how they're all members of the House of Peers, but that's not too important because we only find that out at the very end, and it only gets a couple lines. Besides, I think it's a political joke.