Rival poets Reginald Bunthorne (a 'fleshy poet') and Archibald Grosvenor (an 'idyllic poet') vie for the affections of the lovely milkmaid Patience. A 1995 Opera Australia performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta, recorded at the Sydney Opera House.

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Opera Australia
• Christine Douglas
• Heather Begg
• Anthony Warlow
• Dennis Olsen
• John Germain
• Graeme Ewer
• Jennifer Bermingham
• Roxane Hislop