Those characters in this opera lament their choice of profession because the "capacity for innocent enjoyment" of most criminals is "just the same as any honest man's."
Several characters in this opera, upon being questioned about an expedition to death and glory, declare, "that is not a pleasant way of putting it!" Those characters in this opera lament their choice of profession because the "capacity for innocent enjoyment" of most criminals is "just the same as any honest man's." A "fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard" in this opera's (*) loudest musical number, which takes place as some men advance "with cat-like tread." The target of that burglary in this opera falsely claimed to be an orphan after delivering a rapid-fire song about how he is the very model of a modern Major-General. For 10 points, name this comic opera about some seafaring lawbreakers by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Several characters in this opera, upon being questioned about an expedition to death and glory, declare, "that is not a pleasant way of putting it!"
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty 