![]() Buttercup darkly hints that a change is in store. Little Buttercup expresses sympathy, but the captain also points out that any relationship between them is also impossible due to his own exalted position. The Act opens with Captain Corcoran recounting his concerns about Josephine’s love for someone beneath her social position. Devastated, he is about to commit suicide only to be stopped by Josephine, who reveals her love and the couple plan to elope. When Ralph tells her his feelings she rejects him. Josephine is unimpressed, but feels she must marry him. He soon shows himself to be pompous with an unshakeable sense of his own superiority, despite being totally unqualified for his position. Sir Joseph comes onboard along with several female relatives. We’re now introduced to Josephine, who confesses to her father that she is in love with a lowly sailor, but her duty as his daughter means she will never reveal her love to the sailor. The captain enters to greet his crew the sailors leave and Corcoran informs Little Buttercup that Sir Joseph, First Lord of the Admiralty, seeks Josephine’s hand in marriage. She is followed by Ralph Rackstaw, who declares his love for Captain Corcoran’s daughter Josephine. The opera opens with the crew of the HMS Pinafore polishing the brasswork and scrubbing the decks as Little Buttercup arrives with her basket of wares. However, a surprise disclosure about Ralph’s true identity changes things dramatically. Her father, Captain Corcoran, forbids the affair because of their very different social standings, hoping instead for a marriage between Josephine and Sir Joseph, the First Lord of the Admiralty. ‘Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen’ (ensemble) StoryĪlso known as The Lass Who Loved a Sailor, this satirical operetta is set aboard the titular ship and revolves around the love between lowly sailor Ralph Rackstraw and Josephine, the captain’s daughter. ‘Here, take her, sir’ (Sir Joseph, Josephine, Ralph, Cousin Hebe and chorus) ![]() ‘A many years ago’ (Buttercup and chorus) ![]() ‘Farewell, my own’ (Ralph, Josephine, Sir Joseph, Buttercup and chorus) ![]() ‘He is an Englishman’ (Boatswain and ensemble) ‘Pretty daughter of mine’ (Captain and ensemble) ‘Carefully on tiptoe stealing’ (Soli and chorus) ‘Kind Captain, I’ve important information’ (Captain and Dick Deadeye) ‘Never mind the why and wherefore’ (Josephine, Captain and Sir Joseph) ‘Things are seldom what they seem’ (Buttercup and Captain) ‘Let’s give three cheers for the sailor’s bride’ (ensemble) ‘Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen’ (ensemble) ‘Can I survive this overbearing?’ (ensemble) ‘Refrain, audacious tar’ (Josephine and Ralph) ‘A British tar’ (Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter’s mate and chorus of sailors) ‘For I hold that on the sea’ (Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe and chorus) ‘When I was a lad’ (Sir Joseph and chorus) ![]() ‘Now give three cheers … I am the monarch of the sea’ (Captain, Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe and chorus) ‘Sir Joseph’s barge is seen’ (chorus of sailors and female relatives) ‘Over the bright blue sea’ (chorus of female relatives) ‘Reflect, my child’ (Captain and Josephine) ‘Sorry her lot who loves too well’ (Josephine) ‘Sir, you are sad’ (Buttercup and Captain) ‘My gallant crew, good morning … I am the captain of the Pinafore’ (Captain and chorus of sailors) ‘A maiden fair to see’ (Ralph and chorus of sailors) ‘The nightingale’ (Ralph and chorus of sailors) ‘But tell me who’s the youth’ (Buttercup and Boatswain) ‘Hail! men-o’-war’s men … I’m called Little Buttercup’ (Buttercup) Mrs Cripps (Little Buttercup): a Portsmouth bumboat woman, contraltoĬhorus of the First Lord’s sisters, his cousins, his aunts, sailors, marines and so on Musical numbers Josephine: the Captain’s daughter, sopranoĬousin Hebe: Sir Joseph’s first cousin, mezzo-soprano The Rt Hon Sir Joseph Porter, KCB: First Lord of the Admiralty, comic baritoneĬaptain Corcoran: commander of the Pinafore, lyric baritone Written by: Gilbert (libretto) and Sullivan (music) ![]()
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