humour", but lamented the absence of Sullivan; of Carr's contribution, it said, "the music is neat, easy, the technical writing skilful, the orchestration correct; in fact there is nothing wrong with it. And this is the gravest reproach one can make to a writer of opéra-bouffe music – plenty should be the matter with it." The critic of The Theatre disagreed with the positive assessments, calling the libretto "the worst that Mr. Gilbert ever wrote – worse even than The Mountebanks, which was bad enough." See also Bibliography of W.S. Gilbert Notes References External links His Excellency at The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive Article about His Excellency, with several photos of the cast, in The Sketch, 1894 His Excellency at The Gilbert & Sullivan Discography Vocal score of His Excellency Libretto of His Excellency MIDI files of His Excellency Programme from the original production Review of His Excellency in The Times, 29 October 1894 Works by W. S. Gilbert 1894 operas English-language operas English comic operas Operas by Frank Osmond Carr Operas Fiction set in 1801