The Pirates of Penzance

Movements

1. Overture

Act I

1. no. 1. “Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry” (Samuel, Pirates)
2. no. 2. “When Fred’ric was a little lad” (Ruth)
3. no. 3. “Oh, better far to live and die” … “I am a Pirate King!” (Pirate King, Pirates)
4. no. 4. “Oh, false one, you have deceiv’d me … You told me you were fair as gold” (Frederic, Ruth)
5. no. 5. “Climbing over rocky mountain” (Girls, Edith, Kate)
6. no. 6. “Stop, ladies, pray!” (Frederic, Girls, Edith, Kate)
7. no. 7. “Oh, is there not one maiden breast?” (Frederic, Girls, Mabel)
8. no. 8. “Oh, sisters, deaf to pity’s name” (Mabel, Girls)
9. no. 8. “Poor wand’ring one …” (Mabel, Girls)
10. no. 9. “What ought we to do?” (Edith, Kate, Girls)
11. no. 10 “How beautifully blue the sky” (Girls, Mabel, Frederic)
12. no. 11. “Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses” (Frederic, Girls)
13. no. 11. “Here’s a First-Rate Opportunity” (Pirates, Girls)
14. no. 12. “Hold, Monsters!” (Mabel, Samuel, Girls, Major‐General, Pirates)
15. no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major‐General” (Major‐General, Chorus)

1. Act I Finale, no. 14 “Oh, Men of dark and dismal fate” (Major‐General)
2. Act I Finale, no. 14. “I’m telling a terrible story” (General, Ensemble)
3. Act I Finale, no. 14 “Hail, Poetry, Thou Heav’n Born Maid” (Ensemble)
4. Act I Finale, no. 14 “You may go, for you’re at liberty” (Pirate King, Samuel, Major‐General, Chorus)
5. Act I Finale, no. 14 “Oh Happy Day, With Joyous Glee” (Ruth, Frederic, Pirates, Ensemble)
6. Act I Finale, no. 14 “Oh, Master, Hear One Word” (Ruth, Frederic)
7. Act I Finale, no. 14 “Pray Observe the Magnanimity” (Ensemble)

Act II

1. no. 15. “Oh, dry the glist’ning tear” (Mabel, Girls)
2. no. 16. “Then, Frederic, let your escort lion‐hearted” (Frederic, Major‐General)
3. no. 17. “When the foeman bares his steel” (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, Policemen, Girls)
4. no. 18 “Now for the Pirates’ Lair!” (Frederic)
5. no. 18 “Young Frederic!” (Pirate King, Frederic, Ruth)
6. no. 19. “When you had left our pirate fold” (Ruth, Frederic, Pirate King)
7. “My Eyes Are Fully Open” (Frederic, Pirate King, Ruth)
8. no. 20. “Away, away, my heart’s on fire” (Ruth, Frederic, Pirate King)
9. no. 21. “All is prepar’d! Your gallant crew await you” (Mabel, Frederic)
10. no. 22. “Stay, Fred’ric stay!” (Mabel, Frederic)
11. no. 22. “Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine” (Mabel, Frederic)
12. no. 22. “In 1940 I of Age Shall Be” (Frederic, Mabel)
13. no. 22. “Oh, Here Is Love, and Here Is Truth” (Ensemble)
14. no. 23. “No, I’ll be brave” (Mabel)
15. no. 23. “Though in Body and in Mind” (Sergeant, Police)
16. no. 24. “When a felon’s not engaged in his employment” (Sergeant, Policemen)
17. no. 25. “A Rollicking Band of Pirates We” (Sergeant, Pirates, Policemen)
18. no. 26. “With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal” (Samuel, Pirates, Policemen)
19. no. 27. “Hush! Hush! Not a word” (Frederic, Pirate King, Major‐General, Policemen, Pirates)

1. Act II Finale, no. 28. “Sighing softly to the river” (Major‐General, Men)
2. Act II Finale, no. 28 “Now What Is This” (Daughters, Pirate King, Pirates)
3. Act II Finale, no. 28 “Frederic Here” (General, Mabel, Frederic, Pirate King, Pirates, Police)
4. Act II Finale, no. 28 “We Triumph Now” (Sergeant, Pirate King, Police, Pirates)
5. Act II Finale, no. 28 “Away with them” (Major‐General, Ruth, Ensemble)
6. Act II Finale, no. 28 “Hymn to the Nobility” (General, Sergeant, Ensemble)
7. Act II Finale, no. 28 “Poor Wand’ring Ones!” (Ensemble)

Act I

1. no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (Major-General, Chorus)

1. Act II Finale, no. 28 “To Queen Victoria’s Name” (Mabel, Pirate King, Frederic, Ruth)
2. Grand Fantasia

Elsewhere

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