[VadeRetro]

... there is only one real American/British language opera which is Porgy and Bess.

The Mikado deserves better than this. So does The Pirates of Penzance.

[nopardons]

So does YOMEN, IOLATHE,and almost ALL of the others!

PORGY & BESS is American and has nothing, even remotely ( shared language, in part only, since some words are American Negro slang )in common with the British.