467K views · 5.5K reactions | Baritone Thomas Glass performs the fast-paced crowd favorite, "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General," as the one and only Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance. The Pirates of Penzance is on stage now through November 1. Get tickets at seattleopera.org/pirates | Seattle Opera | Facebook

3.2K views · 57 reactions | The Pirates of Penzance is bursting with much-loved music, including the iconic patter song 'I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General'! Could you keep up with this tongue-twisting classic?  ‍☠️ The Pirates of Penzance  31 Jan – 6 Feb 2026  Palais Theatre ️ bit.ly/voPirates #VictorianOpera #VO2026 #PiratesofPenzance | Victorian Opera | Facebook

175K views · 3K reactions | "Frasier" star David Hyde Pierce is back on the Broadway stage in "Pirates! The Penzance Musical," a jazzy re-working of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, transplanted to New Orleans. When Martha Teichner and David Hyde Pierce sat down at the piano to duet Gilbert and Sullivan’s famously speedy “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” things quickly turned from classical to comical. https://cbsn.ws/4jEvl7I | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook