It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen.

Sullivan created the role of Apollo in his brother's first operatic collaboration with W. S. Gilbert, Thespis, at the Gaiety Theatre, which ran from December 1871 until March 1872.

The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations.

It was the British duo's third operatic collaboration.

Patience was the sixth operatic collaboration of fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan.

"Einstein," the operatic collaboration with Philip Glass that was Mr. Wilson's debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1976, introduced him to a wider New York audience.

H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation.

Arabella is a lyric comedy or opera in 3 acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.

He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

There has been talk of recording the operatic collaborations.