The Gondoliers, or the King of Barataria

The Gondoliers or the King of Barataria by W.S. Gilbert is a Savoy Opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story of the opera concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of the fictional kingdom of Barataria who arrives in Venice to join her husband. Excerpt: "List and learn, ye dainty roses, Roses white and roses red, Why we bind you into posies, Ere your morning bloom has fled."