DOYLY CARTE

• 90010 - Performing arts

Over the next couple of decades the duo wrote a succession of operas, all of which are as famous now as they were then - The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Mikado,Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Gondoliers, Utopia, Limited and The Grand Duke... The success of the operas enabled them to build the Savoy Theatre and later on the Savoy Hotel... The partnership of W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan began in 1871. The manager of the Gaiety Theatre asked Sullivan to compose music for a Christmas piece by Gilbert; the result was Thespis. After a respectable run for 63 performances the two went their separate ways.

Also known as: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED(THE)

Registration numbers: 00682766 (CH)

Primary location: London United Kingdom