TRIAL BY JURY - Gilbert & Sullivan's short comedy

Although I've never actually been in the show, a friend gave me a copy of the vocal score. After downloading MIDI versions of the songs (I'm not a very good piano player), I fell in love with the comedic songs. This is light opera at its best! If you are involved with an amateur/high school group, this is an ideal production. It is approx. 30-45 minutes in length and is full of comedy and wit.

However, I only rate it 3 stars do to the fact that this is British humor (not that I don't like British humor--some people have a hard time understanding it) and the tunes (though funny) are hardly "catchy."

The score contains 15 songs (and my personal favorite is the Judge's "When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar")

It should be noted that this particular version of the score contains optional notes for amateur groups.