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THE 14 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYS

William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan collaborated on 14 operas in
the period from 1871 to 1896. The are the following:
GONDOLIERS GRAND DUKE H.M.S. PINAFORE IOLANTHE
THE MIKADO PIRATES OF PENZANCE PRINCESS IDA
RUDDIGORE THE SORCERER THESPIS TRIAL BY JURY
UTOPIA, LIMITED YEOMEN OF THE GUARD PATIENCE
The Gondoliers
or
The King of Barataria
Libretto by William S. Gilbert Music by Arthur S. Sullivan
DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO (a Grandee of Spain) LUIZ (his
attendant) DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO (the Grand
Inquisitioner)
Venetian Gondoliers MARCO PALMIERI GIUSEPPE PALMIERI
ANTONIO FRANCESCO GIORGIO ANNIBALE
THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA-TORO CASILDA (her Daughter)
Contadine GIANETTA TESSA FIAMETTA VITTORIA GIULIA
INEZ (the King's Foster-mother)
Chorus of Gondoliers and Contadine, Men-at-Arms, Heralds and Pages
ACT I The Piazzetta, Venice
ACT II Pavilion in the Palace of Barataria
(An interval of three months is supposed to elapse between Acts I and
II)
DATE 1750 ACT I
Scene.-- the Piazzetta, Venice. The Ducal Palace on the right.
Fiametta, Giulia, Vittoria, and other Contadine discovered, each tying a
bouquet of roses.
CHORUS OF CONTADINE.
List and learn, ye dainty roses, Roses white and roses red, Why we bind
you into posies Ere your morning bloom has fled. By a law of maiden's
making, Accents of a heart that's aching, Even though that heart be
breaking, Should by maiden be unsaid: Though they love with love
exceeding, They must seem to be unheeding-- Go ye then and do their
pleading, Roses white and roses red!
FIAMETTA.
Two there are for whom in duty, Every maid in Venice sighs-- Two so
peerless in their beauty That they shame the summer skies. We have
hearts for them, in plenty, They have hearts, but all too few, We, alas,
are four-and-twenty! They, alas, are only two! We, alas!
CHORUS. Alas!
FIA. Are four-and-twenty, They, alas!
CHORUS. Alas!
FIA. Are only two.
CHORUS. They, alas, are only two, alas! Now ye know, ye dainty
roses, Roses white and roses red, Why we bind you into posies, Ere
your morning bloom has fled, Roses white and roses red!
(During this chorus Antonio, Francesco, Giorgio, and other Gondoliers

have entered unobserved by the Girls--at first two, then two more, then
four, then half a dozen, then the remainder of the Chorus.)
SOLI.
FRANC. Good morrow, pretty maids; for whom prepare ye These
floral tributes extraordinary?
FIA. For Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri, The pink and flower of all the
Gondolieri.
GIU. They're coming here, as we have heard but lately, To choose two
brides from us who sit sedately.
ANT. Do all you maidens love them?
ALL. Passionately!
ANT. These gondoliers are to be envied greatly!
GIOR. But what of us, who one and all adore you? Have pity on our
passion, we implore you!
FIA. These gentlemen must make their choice before you;
VIT. In the meantime we tacitly ignore you.
GIU. When they have chosen two that leaves you plenty-- Two dozen
we, and ye are four-and-twenty.
FIA. and VIT. Till then, enjoy your dolce far niente.
ANT. With pleasure, nobody contradicente!
SONG--ANTONIO and CHORUS.
For the merriest fellows are we, tra la, That ply on the emerald sea, tra
la; With loving and laughing, And quipping and quaffing, We're happy
as happy can be, tra la-- With loving and laughing, etc.
With sorrow we've nothing to do, tra la, And care is a thing to
pooh-pooh, tra la; And Jealousy yellow, Unfortunate fellow, We drown
in the shimmering blue, tra la-- And Jealousy yellow, etc.
FIA. (looking off). See, see,