The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan the same time, Gilbert has written a libretto for another comic opera. Sullivan also accepts this libretto, and "The Gondoliers" is another hit. Gilbert, suffering from gout, and in a particularly foul temper, examines the financial accounts of the partnership, seeing a large item for the purchase of a new carpet at the Savoy Theatre. He confronts Carte, at the new theatre, over lavish expenses. He also quarrels with Sullivan, and Gilbert announces that he will write no more Savoy operas. Sullivan's grand opera "Ivanhoe" debuts, and he presents a bound volume to the Queen. She commands a private performance
Someone That I Used to Love from which it was issued as an "airplay only" single and reached #25 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Someone That I Used to Love" was released in Europe with the 1981 Barry Gibb duet "What Kind of Fool" as B-side but did not become a major hit, its only evident charting being on the Dutch Single Top 100 with a peak of #86. "Someone That I Used to Love" has also been recorded by Marco Sison (album "Memories"/ 1999) and as an instrumental by pianist Robin Spielberg (album "With a Song in My Heart"/ 2011). Someone That I Used to