The Pirate King

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comic character fictional character opera character

The Pirate King is a flamboyant, comically noble leader of a band of pirates in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."

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Surface form Occurrences
Pirate King 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
alignment antihero ⓘ
comic villain ⓘ
appearsIn The Pirates of Penzance NERFINISHED ⓘ
artForm opera ⓘ
associatedWith Frederic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Major-General Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Victorian-era parody of pirates ⓘ
characterTrait comically noble ⓘ
flamboyant ⓘ
honorable ⓘ
romanticized outlaw ⓘ
copyrightStatusOfWork public domain ⓘ
creator Arthur Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ
W. S. Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Pirates of Penzance NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceInWork 1879 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfCharacter parody of melodramatic villain ⓘ
hasMusicalNumberIn Act I of The Pirates of Penzance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Act II of The Pirates of Penzance NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle King ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
narrativeFunction foil to Frederic ⓘ
source of comedy ⓘ
nationalityInFiction British ⓘ
notableWork song "Oh, better far to live and die" NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation pirate ⓘ
originalLanguageOfWork English ⓘ
partOf D'Oyly Carte Opera Company repertoire ⓘ
performedBy baritone singer ⓘ
roleInWork leader of a band of pirates ⓘ
settingOfActivity Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ
coast of England ⓘ
toneOfPortrayal humorous ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
workGenre comic opera ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Pirates of Penzance → hasCharacter → The Pirate King ⓘ
Brethren Court → hasLeader → The Pirate King ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pirate King