This vocal score is part of a ground-breaking new edition of one of the most popular and enduring Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy operas. This critical performing edition presents the opera as it was originally conceived, correcting errors found in older editions (regarding music, dialogue, and stage directions) and including unpublished songs and alternative endings. The vocal score is clear and practical as well as scholarly and authoritative, reflecting the editor"s experience as a conductor. Full scores and clearly printed orchestral parts are available on hire, matching exactly the text found in the vocal score. In a further break with older editions, the vocal score and full score include the complete libretto.