I Am a Pirate King

Opera details:

Opera title:	The Pirates of Penzance
Composer:	Arthur Sullivan
Language:	English
Synopsis:	The Pirates of Penzance Synopsis
Libretto:	The Pirates of Penzance Libretto
Translation(s):	Not entered yet.

Aria details:

Type:	aria
Role(s):	Not entered yet.
Voice(s):	Baritone or Bass
Act:	Not entered yet.

Next scene:	I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

Ein Pirat, das ist kein Ehrenmann (Oh, better far to live and die)

Singer: Gerd Nienstedt

0 views
Large Small Description

"Oh, better far to live and die" from the 1968 Cologne Radio Cast of "Die Piraten" (Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" in German). Conductor Franz Marszalek, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Members of the Bonn Philharmonic Chorus. Principal singers: Gerd Nienstedt (Pirate King), Arleen Auger (Mabel), Peter Bahrig (Frederic), Martha MÃ¶dl (Ruth) and Arwed Sandner (Major-General Stanley). #piratesofpenzance #thepiratesofpenzance #gilbertandsullivan #williamschwenkgilbert #arthursullivan #franzmarszalek #kÃ¶lnrundfunkorchester #cologneradioorchestra

NOTE: This adaptation takes several substantial liberties with the standard plot of "The Pirates of Penzance" in its original English. Some English titles of movements are in place only to correspond with their original musical ideas and may have no relevance to the German titles.