Blanche Roosevelt
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Blanche Roosevelt was an American opera singer, author and journalist. She is best remembered for creating the role of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan when that opera premiere
Blanche Roosevelt by José María Mora, c. 1870s
Photograph by Napoleon Sarony, circa 1879
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London
The Pirates of Penzance
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The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New Y
Blanche Roosevelt
…Tucker; 2 October 1853 – 10 September 1898) was an American opera singer, author and journalist. She is best remembered for creating the role of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan when that opera premiered on Broadway in 1879. She made her opera debut in 1876 at the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden…
Drawing of the Act I finale
The Pirate Publisher – An International Burlesque that has the Longest Run on Record, from Puck, 1886: Gilbert is seen as one of the British authors whose works are stolen by the pirate publisher.
George Grossmith as General Stanley, wearing Wolseley's trademark moustache
Marion Hood: "Yes, 'tis Mabel!"