The Mountaineers is an English "romantic comic opera" in three acts with a libretto by Guy Eden and Reginald Somerville (1867–1948), lyrics by Eden and music by Somerville. The story concerns Clarice, who challenges her two suitors to retrieve an edelweiss for her from the highest peak.
Cover of vocal selections
1909 caricature of C. H. Workman in The Mountaineers
Flemming and Spain
Workman as Pierre
Charles Herbert Workman was a singer and actor best known as a successor to George Grossmith in the comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. He was variously credited as Charles H. Workman, C. Herbert Workman and C. H. Workman.
As Bunthorne in Patience, with Clara Dow (left) and Louie René
Gilbert, Workman and German at a rehearsal of Fallen Fairies