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The Mikado

The Mikado is an 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera set in a fantasy Japan and the most internationally successful Sa...

Japan Satire English Gilbert Sullivan

9.6 Brilliant

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The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance is an 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, officially premiered in New York to counter America...

Satire English Pirates Gilbert Sullivan

9.4 Excellent

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H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore is an 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera whose 571-performance London run made it their first interna...

Satire English Naval Gilbert Sullivan

9.3 Excellent

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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is Offenbach's 1867 opéra bouffe satirizing militarism, premiered in Paris with Hortens...

Military French Satire 1860S

9.0 Excellent

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Iolanthe

Iolanthe is an 1882 Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera, the first new theatre production staged with full electric lightin...

Satire English Fairy Gilbert Sullivan

8.8 Great

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The Gondoliers

The Gondoliers is an 1889 Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera about Venetian gondoliers, with a successful 554-performance...

Satire English Venice Gilbert Sullivan

8.7 Great

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Barbe-bleue

Barbe-bleue is Offenbach's 1866 opéra bouffe after Perrault's Bluebeard, with a Meilhac-Halévy libretto and Hortense Sch...

French Satire Fairy Tale 1860S

8.3 Great

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La princesse de Trébizonde

La princesse de Trébizonde is Offenbach's 1869 opéra bouffe, premiered at Baden-Baden and revised for Paris in the same...

French Comedy Circus 1860S

7.5 Good

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Le roi Carotte

Le roi Carotte is Offenbach's 1872 opéra-bouffe-féerie with a Victorien Sardou libretto, noted for its political satire...

Fantasy French Satire Offenbach

7.5 Good

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Le pont des soupirs

Le pont des soupirs is Offenbach's Venice-set 1861 opéra bouffe, with a Crémieux-Halévy libretto and a later four-act Pa...

French Comedy Venice 1860S

7.4 Good

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Robinson Crusoé

Robinson Crusoé is Offenbach's 1867 opéra comique after Daniel Defoe, written for the Paris Opéra-Comique and known for...

Adventure French Literary 1860S

7.4 Good

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Geneviève de Brabant

Geneviève de Brabant is an 1859 opéra bouffe by Offenbach based on a medieval legend; its Gendarmes' Duet formed a basis...

French Satire Medieval 1850S

7.2 Good

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M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le...

M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le... is Offenbach's one-act 1861 opéra bouffe, a Paris drawing-room parody of Italian be...

French Parody Salon 1860S

7.2 Good

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Le docteur Ox

Le docteur Ox is Offenbach's 1877 opéra bouffe adapted from Jules Verne's short story, premiered at Paris's Théâtre des...

French Science Satire Offenbach

7.2 Good

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Les chevaliers de la Table Ronde

Les chevaliers de la Table Ronde is Hervé's 1866 French opera bouffe, his first full-length work in the genre at the Bou...

French Satire Arthurian 1860S

7.1 Good

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L'oeil crevé

L'oeil crevé is Hervé's 1867 French opera bouffe, a Folies-Dramatiques hit whose first year reached 345 performances in...

French Satire Comedy 1860S

7.0 Good

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L'île de Tulipatan

L'île de Tulipatan is Offenbach's one-act 1868 opéra bouffe, with a Chivot-Duru libretto and a comic plot centered on mi...

French Satire 1860S Offenbach

7.0 Good

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Vert-Vert

Vert-Vert is Offenbach's 1869 opéra comique after Gresset's parrot poem, premiered at the Paris Opéra-Comique and only o...

French Comedy 1860S Offenbach

6.7 Fair

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Les cent vierges

Les cent vierges is an 1872 opérette by Charles Lecocq, premiered in Brussels and built around a comic scheme to send br...

French Satire Comedy Lecocq

6.4 Fair

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Fleur de thé

Fleur de thé is Charles Lecocq's 1868 three-act opéra-bouffe, a Chinoiserie piece and his first substantial Paris stage...

Exotic French Comedy 1860S

6.2 Fair