Pirates of Penzance

American  

noun

1. an operetta (1879) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.

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Example Sentences

Lehrer's most enduring songs include The Elements, a list of the chemical elements set to the tune of I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General from The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera.

From BBC

That evening, she stepped into the orchestra pit for a San Juan Community Theatre rehearsal, joining several other county employees in the cast and crew putting on Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance.”

From Seattle Times

Roundabout Theater Company, the biggest nonprofit operating on Broadway, is planning to stage a jazz-inflected production of “The Pirates of Penzance,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s famed 19th-century comic operetta, in the spring of 2025, the organization said Tuesday.

From New York Times

But its summaries of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” and of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Left Hand of Darkness” – both slightly more niche but far from obscure – come close to playing Mad Libs with the character and place names.

From Scientific American

Williams’ stage appearances included Broadway shows, including “Grease” and “Pirates of Penzance.”

From Seattle Times