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| | Operetta, Part I |
 | | This article is the first of two articles designed to give an overview of the world of operetta, or light opera. |
 | | The fact is, though, that the operetta that people in the English-speaking world generally know best has to be the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. |
 | | (A good list of operettas performed in the 1890s, with libretti and cast lists, is available.) The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, led first by Richard D'Oyly Carte's widow Helen, and then by his son Rupert and his daughter Bridget, continued to perform G&S and other light opera through most of the 20th century, until 1982. |
| www.suite101.com /article.cfm/opera_retired/6981/1 (335 words) |
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