Savoy Opera - Complete List

Complete List

The following table shows all of the full-length operas that could be considered "Savoy Operas" under any of the definitions mentioned above. Only first runs are shown. Curtain-raisers and afterpieces that played with the Savoy Operas are included in the next table below.

Title Librettist(s) Composer(s) Theatre Opening Date Closing
Date		 Perf's.
Thespis W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Gaiety 26 December 1871 8 March 1872 64
Trial by Jury W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Royalty 25 March 1875 18 December 1875 131
The Sorcerer W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Opera Comique 17 November 1877 24 May 1878 178
H.M.S. Pinafore W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Opera Comique 25 May 1878 20 February 1880 571
The Pirates of Penzance W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Bijou, Paignton 30 December 1879 30 December 1879 1
Fifth Avenue, NY 31 December 1879 5 June 1879 100
Opera Comique 3 April 1880 2 April 1881 363
Patience W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Opera Comique 23 April 1881 8 October 1881 170
Savoy 10 October 1881 22 November 1882 408
Iolanthe W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 25 November 1882 1 January 1884 398
Princess Ida W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 5 January 1884 9 October 1884 246
The Mikado W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 14 March 1885 19 January 1887 672
Ruddygore W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 22 January 1887 5 November 1887 288
The Yeomen of the Guard W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 3 October 1888 30 November 1889 423
The Gondoliers W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 7 December 1889 20 June 1891 554
The Nautch Girl George Dance & Frank Desprez Edward Solomon Savoy 30 June 1891 16 January 1892 200
The Vicar of Bray Sydney Grundy Edward Solomon Savoy 28 January 1892 18 June 1892 143
Haddon Hall Sydney Grundy Arthur Sullivan Savoy 24 September 1892 15 April 1893 204
Jane Annie J. M. Barrie & Arthur Conan Doyle Ernest Ford Savoy 13 May 1893 1 July 1893 50
Utopia Limited W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 7 October 1893 9 June 1894 245
Mirette Harry Greenbank & Fred E. Weatherly (revised by Adrian Ross) André Messager Savoy 3 July 1893 11 August 1894 41
6 October 1894 6 December 1894 61
The Chieftain F. C. Burnand Arthur Sullivan Savoy 12 December 1894 16 March 1895 97
The Grand Duke W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Savoy 7 March 1896 10 July 1896 123
His Majesty F. C. Burnand, R. C. Lehmann, & Adrian Ross Alexander Mackenzie Savoy 20 February 1897 24 April 1897 61
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein Charles H. Brookfield & Adrian Ross Jacques Offenbach Savoy 4 December 1897 12 March 1898 104
The Beauty Stone A. W. Pinero & J. Comyns Carr Arthur Sullivan Savoy 28 May 1898 16 July 1898 50
The Lucky Star Charles H. Brookfield, Adrian Ross, & Aubrey Hopwood Ivan Caryll Savoy 7 January 1899 31 May 1899 143
The Rose of Persia Basil Hood Arthur Sullivan Savoy 29 November 1899 28 June 1900 213
The Emerald Isle Basil Hood Arthur Sullivan & Edward German Savoy 27 April 1901 9 November 1901 205
Ib and Little Christina Basil Hood Franco Leoni Savoy 14 November 1901 29 November 1901 16
The Willow Pattern Basil Hood Cecil Cook
Merrie England Basil Hood Edward German Savoy 2 April 1902 30 July 1902 120
24 November 1902 17 January 1903 56
A Princess of Kensington Basil Hood Edward German Savoy 22 January 1903 16 May 1903 115
The Mountaineers Guy Eden Reginald Somerville Savoy 29 September 1909 27 November 1909 61
Fallen Fairies W. S. Gilbert Edward German Savoy 15 December 1909 29 January 1910 51
Two Merry Monarchs Arthur Anderson, George Levy, & Hartley Carrick Orlando Morgan Savoy 10 March 1910 23 April 1910 43

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