The Gondoliers
/ðə ˌɡɒndəˈlɪəz/
/ðə ˌɡɑːndəˈlɪrz/
- a comic opera (1889) by Gilbert and Sullivan. It is set in Venice, Italy, where a gondolier (= a person who takes people on a boat through the canals of Venice) is believed to be the prince of an imaginary country. A local aristocrat wants his daughter to marry the prince, but she loves a servant called Luiz. In the end, it is discovered that Luiz is the real prince.
船夫：吉尔伯特和沙利文的喜剧（1889年）。它坐落在意大利的威尼斯，那里的船夫被认为是一个虚构的国家的王子。一位当地贵族希望他的女儿嫁给王子，但她爱一个叫路易斯的仆人。最后，人们发现路易斯是真正的王子。