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

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

273K views · 3.5K reactions | Before you see David Hyde Pierce perform “Modern Major General” in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Pirates! The Penzance Musical, see how well his cast mates can tackle the song! See more of Jinkx Monsoon, Ramin Karimloo, and more discussing the revival here: https://bway.world/ocqh9 | BroadwayWorld | Facebook

What happens when you take the most famous Gilbert and Sullivan patter song and throw in American Sign Language? This. — VID: Justin Jackerson, wearing a black T-shirt, uses American Sign Language to sign the lyrics to I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General from the musical The Pirates of Penzance. Captions for both the spoken and signed lyrics appear on-screen above Justin's head, while footage of George Rose performing the song is seen in the background. | Deaf West Theatre