The Pirates of Penzance - Sullivan, Arthur

"Composed: 1879. Movements: 2 acts: ;*'''Overture''' :"With cat-like tread" -"Ah, leave me not to pine" -"Pray observe the magnanimity" -"When you had left our pirate fold" -"Climbing over rocky mountain" -"How beautifully blue the sky" ;*'''Act I''' :1. "Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates) :2. "When Fred'ric was a little lad" (Ruth) :3. "Oh, better far to live and die" (Pirate King and Chorus of Pirates) :4. "Oh! false one, you have deceiv'd me" (Frederic and Ruth) :5. "Climbing over rocky mountain" (Chorus of Girls) :6. "Stop, ladies, pray" (Edith, Kate, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls) :7. "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls) :8. "Poor wand'ring one" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls) :9. "What ought we to do?" (Edith, Kate, and Chorus of Girls) :10. "How beautifully blue the sky" (Mabel, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls) :11. "Stay, we must not lose our senses" ... "Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity" ::(Frederic and Chorus of Girls and Pirates) :12. "Hold, monsters" (Mabel, Major-General, Samuel, and Chorus) :13. "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General and Chorus) :14. Finale Act I (Mabel, Kate, Edith, Ruth, Frederic, Samuel, King, Major-General, and Chorus) ::"Oh, men of dark and dismal fate" ::"I’m telling a terrible story" ::"Hail, Poetry" ::"Oh, happy day, with joyous glee" ::"Pray observe the magnanimity" (reprise of "Here's a first-rate opportunity") ;*'''Act II''' :15. "Oh, dry the glist'ning tear" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls) :16. "Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted" (Frederic and Major-General) :17. "When the foeman bares his steel" (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, and Chorus of Policemen and Girls) :18. "Now for the pirates' lair!" (Frederic, Ruth, and King) :19. "When you had left our pirate fold" [The "paradox" trio] (Ruth, Frederic, and King) :20. "Away, away! My heart's on fire!" (Ruth, Frederic, and King) :21. "All is prepar'd; your gallant crew await you" (Mabel and Frederic) :22. "Stay, Fred'ric, stay" ... "Ah, leave me not to pine" ... "Oh, here is love, and here is truth" ::(Mabel and Frederic) :23. "No, I'll be brave" ... "Though in body and in mind" ::(Reprise of "When the foeman bares his steel") (Mabel, Sergeant, and Chorus of Police) :23a. "Sergeant, approach!" (Mabel, Sergeant of Police, and Chorus of Police) :24. "When a felon's not engaged in his employment" (Sergeant and Chorus of Police) :25. "A rollicking band of pirates we" (Sergeant and Chorus of Pirates and Police) :26. "With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates and Police) :27. "Hush, hush, not a word!" (Frederic, King, Major-General, and Chorus of Police and Pirates) :28. Finale, Act II (Ensemble) ::"Sighing softly to the river" ::"Now what is this, and what is that?" ::"You/We triumph now" ::"Away with them, and place them at the bar!" ::"Poor wandering ones!""

◈ Genre / Form → Romantik ♬ Besetzung → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Virtuos (Oberstufe)

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 4

Instrumente voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra

Schlagwörter

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