January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
Pedal/peddle/pedlar/pedaller
Horde/hoard (I blame WSGilbert and Yeomen of the Guard for this one)
Horde/hoard (I blame WSGilbert and Yeomen of the Guard for this one)
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Pedal/peddle/pedlar/pedaller
Horde/hoard (I blame WSGilbert and Yeomen of the Guard for this one)
Horde/hoard (I blame WSGilbert and Yeomen of the Guard for this one)
🎭#OTD in #Theatre #History 14 March 1885, #GilbertAndSullivan's smash hit two-act comic #opera THE MIKADO premiered at the #SavoyTheatre in London. The 9th of their 14 collaborations, #ArthurSullivan wrote the music, #WSGilbert the libretto. It ran for 672 performances.
March 14, 2026 at 5:14 AM
🎭#OTD in #Theatre #History 14 March 1885, #GilbertAndSullivan's smash hit two-act comic #opera THE MIKADO premiered at the #SavoyTheatre in London. The 9th of their 14 collaborations, #ArthurSullivan wrote the music, #WSGilbert the libretto. It ran for 672 performances.
145 years ago today, #WSGilbert and #ArthurSullivan's comic opera "Patience" premieres at The Opera Comique, London.
April 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
145 years ago today, #WSGilbert and #ArthurSullivan's comic opera "Patience" premieres at The Opera Comique, London.
"It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs."
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
May 29, 2026 at 2:54 AM
"It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs."
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
On May 25, 1878: #WSGilbert and #ArthurSullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" premieres in London, their first international success.
May 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
On May 25, 1878: #WSGilbert and #ArthurSullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" premieres in London, their first international success.
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
December 31, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
Under the brave black flag I fly...
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 31 Dec 1879, the two act comic #opera
"The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty", music by #ArthurSullivan and libretto by #WSGilbert, premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York.
📆December 7, 1889 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera “The Gondoliers” premieres at the #SavoyTheatre, #London
#Opera #TheGondoliers #Composer #WSGilbert #Dramatist #ArthurSullivan
#MusicHistory
#ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusicHistory
#Opera #TheGondoliers #Composer #WSGilbert #Dramatist #ArthurSullivan
#MusicHistory
#ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusicHistory
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📆December 7, 1889 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera “The Gondoliers” premieres at the #SavoyTheatre, #London
#Opera #TheGondoliers #Composer #WSGilbert #Dramatist #ArthurSullivan
#MusicHistory
#ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusicHistory
#Opera #TheGondoliers #Composer #WSGilbert #Dramatist #ArthurSullivan
#MusicHistory
#ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusicHistory
115 years ago today, #WSGilbert, English #dramatist, poet librettist remembered for his comic operas with Arthur Sullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S. Pinafore; The Mikado), died of a #heartattack at 74.
#RIP 💐
#RIP 💐
May 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
115 years ago today, #WSGilbert, English #dramatist, poet librettist remembered for his comic operas with Arthur Sullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S. Pinafore; The Mikado), died of a #heartattack at 74.
#RIP 💐
#RIP 💐
"It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs."
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet, and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet, and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs."
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet, and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
✒️ #WSGilbert, English dramatist, poet, and librettist, remembered for his comic operas with #ArthurSullivan (The Pirates of Penzance; H.M.S.Pinafore; The Mikdao), #DOTD 29 May 1911. #Opera #Theatre
🎭#OTD in #Theatre #History 14 March 1885, #GilbertAndSullivan's smash hit two-act comic #opera THE MIKADO premiered at the #SavoyTheatre in London. The 9th of their 14 collaborations, #ArthurSullivan wrote the music, #WSGilbert the libretto. It ran for 672 performances.
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
🎭#OTD in #Theatre #History 14 March 1885, #GilbertAndSullivan's smash hit two-act comic #opera THE MIKADO premiered at the #SavoyTheatre in London. The 9th of their 14 collaborations, #ArthurSullivan wrote the music, #WSGilbert the libretto. It ran for 672 performances.
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #MusicMap
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Philharmonia Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 The Mikado - Overture
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #PhilharmoniaOrchestra #CharlesMackerras
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #MusicMap
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Philharmonia Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 The Mikado - Overture
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #PhilharmoniaOrchestra #CharlesMackerras
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #MusicMap
W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan & Lesley Garrett:
🎵 Aria: The Sun Whose Rays
#BBCRadio3 #WSGilbert #ArthurSullivan #LesleyGarrett
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #MusicMap
W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan & Lesley Garrett:
🎵 Aria: The Sun Whose Rays
#BBCRadio3 #WSGilbert #ArthurSullivan #LesleyGarrett
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #WordsAndMusic
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert & The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company:
🎵 We Sail the Ocean Blue
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #TheDOylyCarteOperaCompany
August 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #WordsAndMusic
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert & The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company:
🎵 We Sail the Ocean Blue
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #TheDOylyCarteOperaCompany
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #EssentialClassics
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Regina Hanley, New D'Oyly Carte Opera & John Pryce-Jones:
🎵 When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers)
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #ReginaHanley #NewDOylyCarteOpera #JohnPryceJones
September 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #EssentialClassics
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Regina Hanley, New D'Oyly Carte Opera & John Pryce-Jones:
🎵 When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers)
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #ReginaHanley #NewDOylyCarteOpera #JohnPryceJones
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #InTune
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Thomas Allen, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 Fair moon to thee I sing (H.M.S. Pinafore)
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #ThomasAllen #WelshNationalOperaOrchestra #CharlesMackerras
September 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #InTune
Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Thomas Allen, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 Fair moon to thee I sing (H.M.S. Pinafore)
#BBCRadio3 #ArthurSullivan #WSGilbert #ThomasAllen #WelshNationalOperaOrchestra #CharlesMackerras