The Gondoliers

Libretto by William S. Gilbert

Music by Arthur S. Sullivan

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO (a Grandee of Spain)
LUIZ (his attendant)
DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO (the Grand Inquisitioner)

Venetian Gondoliers
     MARCO PALMIERI
     GIUSEPPE PALMIERI
     ANTONIO
     FRANCESCO
     GIORGIO
     ANNIBALE

THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA-TORO
CASILDA (her Daughter)

Contadine
     GIANETTA
     TESSA
     FIAMETTA
     VITTORIA
     GIULIA

INEZ (the King’s Foster-mother)

Chorus of Gondoliers and Contadine, Men-at-Arms, Heralds and
Pages

ACT I
The Piazzetta, Venice

ACT II
Pavilion in the Palace of Barataria

(An interval of three months is supposed to elapse between Acts I and II)

DATE
1750