The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria is a two-act style of comic opera written by Gilbert and Sullivan. It is the 14th time that Gilbert and Sullivan worked together on an opera and the piece is the 5th longest theatre performance. Played between 1889 and 1891, it is the last success of the two authors. It has been played 554 times in London and received such a great success from the audience that even the Queen Victoria ordered a performance of the Gondoliers in 1891 at Windsor Castle with all the royal family. The story makes a satire of the class society system. The action takes place in Venice.
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