 After both "Princess Ida" and "Ruddigore", which were less successful than the seven other operas from "H.M.S.Pinafore" to "The Gondoliers", Sullivan asked to leave the partnership, saying that he found Gilbert's plots repetitive and that the operas were not artistically satisfying to him.While the two artists worked out their differences, Carte kept the Savoy open with revivals of their earlier works.