An early copyright performance for an opera titled for this profession had only one rehearsal that resulted in members of D’Oyly Carte’s (“DEE-OIL-ee CART’s”) performing company carrying scripts on-stage. An opera titled for this profession borrowed a song from the unfinished opera Thespis that is sung by maidens climbing a rocky landscape. Members of this profession attempt to kidnap a group of women while singing “Here’s a first rate opportunity” (20[1])before being interrupted (20[1])by a famous (*) “patter song.” (10[1])A man born on a leap year is apprenticed to a “rollicking (10[1])band” of this profession, despite his love for a daughter of the “modern Major-General.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this profession of Frederic and his adopters in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera set along the coast of Penzance. ■END■