This opera uses the melody of a traditional hornpipe in several of its vocal lines, including one in which a man sings about his promotion from an office boy at a law firm to his current position. In a song from this opera quoting "Der Erlkonig" and parodying Il trovatore, a woman confesses to a "long-concealed crime." A character in this opera changes his answer from "No, never" to "Well, hardly ever," as he is repeatedly asked "What, never?" A character in this opera decides to elope with her lover when her suitor pleads that "love levels all ranks," prompting her father to yell "Why, (*) damme, it's too bad!," breaking his oath never to swear. Several lines of dialogue for Cousin Hebe were cut from this opera, in which Josephine's marriage to Joseph is stopped i
This opera uses the melody of a traditional hornpipe in several of its vocal lines, including one in which a man sings about his promotion from an office boy at a law firm to his current position. In a song from this opera quoting "Der Erlkonig" and parodying Il trovatore, a woman confesses to a "long-concealed crime." A character in this opera changes his answer from "No, never" to "Well, hardly ever," as he is repeatedly asked "What, never?" A character in this opera decides to elope with her lover when her suitor pleads that "love levels all ranks," prompting her father to yell "Why, (*) damme, it's too bad!," breaking his oath never to swear. Several lines of dialogue for Cousin Hebe were cut from this opera, in which Josephine's marriage to Joseph is stopped in its tracks after Little Buttercup reveals that she had switched the high-born Ralph at birth with the low-born Captain. For 10 points, name this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta set aboard the title ship.
This opera uses the melody of a traditional hornpipe in several of its vocal lines, including one in which a man sings about his promotion from an office boy at a law firm to his current position.