H.M.S. Pinafore

Probably the first big success for Gilbert & Sullivan, although it was their fourth collaboration. The opera pokes good-natured fun at the Royal Navy, parliamentary politics and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority.

Titles: We Sail The Ocean Blue; Hail! Men-O'-War's Men; I'm Called Little Buttercup; But Tell Me Who's The Youth; The Nightingale; A Maiden Fair To See; My Gallant Crew, Good Morning; Sir, You Are Sad; Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well; Over The Bright Blue Sea; Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen; Now Give Three Cheers; When I Was A Lad; For I Hold That On The Sea; A British Tar; Refrain, Audacious Tar; Can I Survive This Overbearing?; Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing; Things Are Seldom What They Seem; The Hours Creep On Apace; Never Mind The Why And Wherefore; Kind Captain, I've Important Information; Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing; Pretty Daughter Of Mine; He Is An Englishman; Farewell, My Own; A Many Years Ago; Here, Take Her, Sir; Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen.