The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty by William Schwenk Gilbert is about Samuel the pirate lieutenant and his ship of pirates. Excerpt: "Scene. A rocky

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi

This book is the complete libretto for the classic pirate opera.

Saint Francis: Religion of Love is a historical drama by Lisa Monde based on the historical facts and hagiographies. This is a story about the life and coming i

Upon the death of the Italian writer and humanist Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi had admired all his adult life, Verdi resolved to complete a Requiem for Manzon