Savoy opera

The Savoy Operas denote a style of comic opera that developed in Victorian England in the late 19th century, with W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as the original and most successful practitioners. The name is derived from the Savoy Theatre, which impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte built to house the Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, and later, those by other composer–librettist teams. The great bulk of the non-G&S Savoy Operas either failed to achieve a foothold in the standard repertory, or have faded over the years, leaving the term "Savoy Opera" as practically synonymous with Gilbert and Sullivan. The Savoy operas (in both senses) were seminal influences on the creation of the modern musical.

Gilbert, Sullivan, Carte and other Victorian era British composers, librettists and producers,¹ as well as the contemporary British press and literature, called works of this kind "comic operas" to distinguish their content and style from that of the often risqué continental European operettas that they wished to displace. Most of the published literature on Gilbert and Sullivan since that time refers to these works as "Savoy Operas", "comic operas", or both.² However, the Penguin Opera Guides and many other general music dictionaries and encyclopedias classify the Gilbert and Sullivan works as operettas.³

Patience (1881) was the first opera to appear at the Savoy Theatre, and thus, in a strict sense, the first true "Savoy Opera", although the term "Savoy Opera" has, for over a century, included the complete set of thirteen operas that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote for Richard D'Oyly Carte:

Trial by Jury (1875)

The Sorcerer (1877)

H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor (1878)

The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty (1880)

Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride (1881)

Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri (1882)

Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant (1884)

The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1885)

Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse (1887)

The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid (1888)

The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria (1889)

Utopia Limited, or The Flowers of Progress (1893)

The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel (1896)

c.1881 Savoy Theatre

1 Other definitions
2 Complete list
3 Companion pieces
4 Notes
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links

Other definitions

During the years when the Gilbert and Sullivan (“G&S”) operas were being written, Richard D'Oyly Carte produced operas by other composer–librettist teams, either as curtain raisers to the G&S pieces, or to fill the theatre when no G&S piece was available. To their contemporaries, the term "Savoy Opera" referred to any opera that appeared at that theatre, regardless of who wrote it.

Aside from curtain raisers (which are listed in the second table below), the G&S operas were the only works produced at the Savoy Theatre from the date it opened (10 October 1881) until The Gondoliers closed on 20 June 1891. Over the next decade, there were only two new G&S pieces (Utopia Limited and The Grand Duke), both of which had comparatively brief runs. To fill the gap, Carte mounted G&S revivals, Sullivan operas with different librettists, and works by other composer–librettist teams. Richard D'Oyly Carte died on April 3, 1901. If the nexus of Carte and the Savoy Theatre is used to define "Savoy Opera," then the last new Savoy Opera was The Rose of Persia (music by Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood), which ran from 28 November 1899–28 June 1900.

Gilbert, Workman and German at a rehearsal

After Carte's death, his wife Helen Carte assumed management of the theatre. She continued to produce new pieces in the G&S style, along with G&S revivals. Counting the pieces that Mrs. D'Oyly Carte and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company produced, the last Savoy Opera was A Princess of Kensington (music by Edward German, libretto by Basil Hood), which ran for four months in early 1903. This is the point that Cyril Rollins and R. John Witts adopt as the end of the Savoy Operas. After A Princess of Kensington, Mrs. D'Oyly Carte relinquished control of the theatre until December 8, 1906, when she produced a series of G&S revivals in repertory, with Gilbert returning to direct.

In March 1909, Charles H. Workman assumed control of the theatre, producing three new pieces, including one by Gilbert himself, Fallen Fairies (music by Edward German). The last of these Workman-produced works came in early 1910, Two Merry Monarchs, by Arthur Anderson, George Levy, and Hartley Carrick, with music by Orlando Morgan. The contemporary press referred to these works as "Savoy Operas",⁴ and S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald regarded Workman's pieces as the last Savoy Operas.

Fitz-Gerald wrote his book, The Story of the Savoy Opera, in 1924, when these other pieces were still within living memory. But over time, all of the works produced at the Savoy by composers and librettists other than Gilbert and Sullivan were largely forgotten. The term "Savoy Opera" came to be synonymous with the thirteen extant works of Gilbert and Sullivan. The first collaboration of Gilbert and Sullivan—the 1871 opera Thespis—was not a Savoy Opera under any of the definitions mentioned to this point, as Richard D'Oyly Carte did not produce it, nor was it ever performed at the Savoy Theatre. Given its lack of a D'Oyly Carte or Savoy connection, Thespis has a tenuous claim to be a "Savoy Opera." However, Rollins & Witts include it in their compendium of the Savoy Operas, as does Geoffrey Smith.

Complete list

The following table shows all of the full-length operas that could be considered "Savoy Operas" under any of the definitions mentioned above. Only first runs are shown. Curtain-raisers and afterpieces that played with the Savoy Operas are included in the next table below.

Title	Librettist(s)	Composer(s)	Theatre	Opening Date	Closing Date	Perf's.
Thespis	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Gaiety	26 Dec. 1871	8 Mar. 1872	64
Trial by Jury	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Royalty	25 Mar. 1875	18 Dec. 1875	131
The Sorcerer	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Opera Comique	17 Nov. 1877	24 May 1878	178
H.M.S. Pinafore	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Opera Comique	25 May 1878	20 Feb. 1880	571
The Pirates of Penzance	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Bijou, Paignton	30 Dec. 1879	30 Dec. 1879	1
			Fifth Avenue, NY	31 Dec. 1879	5 June 1879	100
			Opera Comique	3 Apr. 1880	2 Apr. 1881	363
Patience	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Opera Comique	23 Apr. 1881	8 Oct. 1881	170
Patience	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	10 Oct. 1881	22 Nov. 1882	408
Iolanthe	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	25 Nov. 1882	1 Jan. 1884	398
Princess Ida	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	5 Jan. 1884	9 Oct. 1884	246
The Mikado	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	14 Mar. 1885	19 Jan. 1887	672
Ruddygore	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	22 Jan. 1887	5 Nov. 1887	288
The Yeomen of the Guard	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	3 Oct. 1888	30 Nov. 1889	423
The Gondoliers	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	7 Dec. 1889	20 June 1891	554
The Nautch Girl	George Dance & Frank Desprez	Edward Solomon	Savoy	30 June 1891	16 Jan. 1892	200
The Vicar of Bray	Sydney Grundy	Edward Solomon	Savoy	28 Jan. 1892	18 June 1892	143
Haddon Hall	Sydney Grundy	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	24 Sep. 1892	15 Apr. 1893	204
Jane Annie	J. M. Barrie & Arthur Conan Doyle	Ernest Ford	Savoy	13 May 1893	1 July 1893	50
Utopia Limited	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	7 Oct. 1893	9 June 1894	245
Mirette	Harry Greenbank & Fred E. Weatherly (revised by Adrian Ross)	André Messager	Savoy	3 July 1893	11 Aug. 1894	41
Mirette		André Messager	Savoy	6 Oct. 1894	6 Dec. 1894	61
The Chieftain	F. C. Burnand	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	12 Dec. 1894	16 Mar. 1895	97
The Grand Duke	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	7 Mar. 1896	10 July 1896	123
His Majesty	F. C. Burnand, R. C. Lehmann, & Adrian Ross	Alexander Mackenzie	Savoy	20 Feb. 1897	24 Apr. 1897	61
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein	Charles H. Brookfield & Adrian Ross	Jacques Offenbach	Savoy	4 Dec. 1897	12 Mar. 1898	104
The Beauty Stone	A. W. Pinero & J. Comyns Carr	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	28 May 1898	16 July 1898	50
The Lucky Star	Charles H. Brookfield, Adrian Ross, & Aubrey Hopwood	Ivan Caryll	Savoy	7 Jan. 1899	31 May 1899	143
The Rose of Persia	Basil Hood	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	29 Nov. 1899	28 June 1900	213
The Emerald Isle	Basil Hood	Arthur Sullivan & Edward German	Savoy	27 Apr. 1901	9 Nov. 1901	205
Ib and Little Christina	Basil Hood	Franco Leoni	Savoy	14 Nov. 1901	29 Nov. 1901	16
The Willow Pattern	Basil Hood	Cecil Cook	Savoy	14 Nov. 1901	29 Nov. 1901	16
Merrie England	Basil Hood	Edward German	Savoy	2 Apr. 1902	30 July 1902	120
Merrie England	Basil Hood	Edward German	Savoy	24 Nov. 1902	17 Jan. 1903	56
A Princess of Kensington	Basil Hood	Edward German	Savoy	22 Jan. 1903	16 May 1903	115
The Mountaineers	Guy Eden	Reginald Somerville	Savoy	29 Sep. 1909	27 Nov. 1909	61
Fallen Fairies	W. S. Gilbert	Edward German	Savoy	15 Dec. 1909	29 Jan. 1910	51
Two Merry Monarchs	Arthur Anderson, George Levy, & Hartley Carrick	Orlando Morgan	Savoy	10 Mar. 1910	23 Apr. 1910	43

Companion pieces

The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so full-length pieces were often presented together with companion pieces.⁵ During the original runs of the Savoy Operas, each full-length work was normally accompanied by one or two short companion pieces. A piece that began the performance was called a curtain-raiser, and one that ended the performance was called an afterpiece.

The following table lists the known companion pieces that appeared at the Opera Comique or the Savoy Theatre during the original runs and principal revivals of the Savoy Operas through 1909. There may have been more such pieces that have not yet been identified. In a number of cases, the exact opening and closing dates are not known. Date ranges overlap, since it was common to rotate two or more companion pieces at performances during the same period to be played with the main piece.

Many of these pieces also played elsewhere (and often on tour by D'Oyly Carte touring companies). Only the runs at the Opera Comique and the Savoy are shown here.⁶

Title	Librettist(s)	Composer(s)	Theatre	Opening Date	Closing Date	Played With
Dora's Dream	Arthur Cecil	Alfred Cellier	Opera Comique	17 Nov. 1877	7 Feb. 1878*	The Sorcerer
The Spectre Knight	James Albery	Alfred Cellier	Opera Comique	9 Feb. 1878	23 Mar. 1878	The Sorcerer
The Spectre Knight	James Albery	Alfred Cellier	Opera Comique	28 May 1878	10 Aug. 1878	Pinafore
Trial by Jury	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	Opera Comique & Savoy	23 Mar. 1878	24 May 1878	The Sorcerer
				11 Oct. 1884	12 Mar. 1885
				22 Sept. 1898	31 Dec. 1898
				6 June 1899	25 Nov. 1899	Pinafore
Beauties on the Beach	George Grossmith	George Grossmith	Opera Comique	25 May 1878	5 Aug. 1878	Pinafore
Beauties on the Beach	George Grossmith	George Grossmith	Opera Comique	14 Oct. 1878	5 Dec. 1878*	Pinafore
A Silver Wedding	George Grossmith	George Grossmith	Opera Comique	part of 1878		Pinafore
Five Hamlets	George Grossmith	George Grossmith	Opera Comique	? 1878	12 Oct. 1878	Pinafore
Cups and Saucers	George Grossmith	George Grossmith	Opera Comique	5 Aug. 1878*	20 Feb. 1880	Pinafore
After All!	Frank Desprez	Alfred Cellier	Opera Comique	16 Dec. 1878*	20 Feb. 1880	Cups and Saucers
			Opera Comique	? Feb. 1880	20 Mar. 1880	Children's Pinafore
			Savoy	23 Nov. 1895	4 Mar. 1896	Mikado & Grand Duke
				4 Apr. 1896	8 Aug. 1896	Mikado & Grand Duke
				7 May 1897	16 June 1897	Yeomen
In the Sulks	Frank Desprez	Alfred Cellier	Opera Comique	21 Feb. 1880	?	Pirates
				21 Feb. 1880	20 Mar. 1880	Children's Pinafore
				3 Apr. 1880	2 Apr. 1881	Pirates
				23 Apr. 1881*	2 May 1881	Patience
			Savoy	11 Oct. 1881	14 Oct. 1881	Patience
Uncle Samuel	Arthur Law	George Grossmith	Opera Comique	3 May 1881	8 Oct. 1881	Patience
Mock Turtles	Frank Desprez	Eaton Faning	Savoy	11 Oct. 1881	22 Nov. 1882	Patience
Mock Turtles	Frank Desprez	Eaton Faning	Savoy	25 Nov. 1882	30 Mar. 1883	Iolanthe
A Private Wire	Frank Desprez	Percy Reeve	Savoy	31Mar. 1883	1 Jan. 1884	Iolanthe
The Carp	Frank Desprez & Arnold Felix	Alfred Cellier	Savoy	13 Feb. 1886	19 Jan. 1887	Mikado
The Carp	Frank Desprez & Arnold Felix	Alfred Cellier	Savoy	21 Feb. 1887	5 Nov. 1887	Ruddigore
Mrs. Jarramie's Genie	Frank Desprez	Alfred Cellier & François Cellier	Savoy	14 Feb. 1888	? Nov. 1889	Pinafore, Pirates, Mikado, Yeomen
Captain Billy	Harry Greenbank	François Cellier	Savoy	24 Sep. 1891	16 Jan. 1892	Nautch Girl
Captain Billy	Harry Greenbank	François Cellier	Savoy	1 Feb. 1892	18 June 1892	Vicar of Bray
Mr. Jericho	Harry Greenbank	Ernest Ford	Savoy	18 Mar. 1893	15 Apr. 1893	Haddon Hall
Mr. Jericho	Harry Greenbank	Ernest Ford	Savoy	3 June 1893	1 July 1893	Jane Annie
Quite an Adventure	Frank Desprez	Edward Solomon	Savoy	15 Dec. 1894	29 Dec. 1894	The Chieftain
Cox & Box	F. C. Burnand	Arthur Sullivan	Savoy	31 Dec. 1894	16 Mar. 1895	The Chieftain
Weather or No	Adrian Ross & William Beach	Bertram Luard-Selby	Savoy	10 Aug. 1896	17 Feb. 1897	The Mikado
Weather or No	Adrian Ross & William Beach	Bertram Luard-Selby	Savoy	2 Mar. 1897	24 Apr. 1897	His Majesty
Old Sarah	Harry Greenbank	François Cellier	Savoy	17 June 1897	31 July 1897	Yeomen
				16 Aug. 1897	20 Nov. 1897	Yeomen
				10 Dec. 1897	12 Mar. 1898	The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein
				22 Mar. 1898*	21 May 1898	Gondoliers
Pretty Polly	Basil Hood	François Cellier	Savoy	19 May 1900	28 June 1900	Rose of Persia
Pretty Polly	Basil Hood	François Cellier	Savoy	8 Dec. 1900	20 Apr. 1901	Patience
The Outpost	Albert O'Donnell Bartholeyns	Hamilton Clarke	Savoy	2 July 1900	3 Nov. 1900	Pirates
The Outpost	Albert O'Donnell Bartholeyns	Hamilton Clarke	Savoy	8 Nov. 1900*	7 Dec. 1900	Patience
The Willow Pattern	Basil Hood	Cecil Cook	Savoy	14 Nov. 1901	29 Nov. 1901	Ib and Little Christina
(revised version)	Basil Hood	Cecil Cook	Savoy	9 Dec. 1901	29 Mar. 1902	Iolanthe
A Welsh Sunset	Frederick Fenn	Philip Michael Faraday	Savoy	15 July 1908	17 Oct. 1908	Pinafore & Pirates
A Welsh Sunset	Frederick Fenn	Philip Michael Faraday	Savoy	2 Dec. 1908	24 Feb. 1909	Pinafore & Pirates

*Indicates an approximate date.

Notes

^ See German Reeds, Frederic Clay, Edward Solomon and F. C. Burnand
^ See Crowther, Stedman, Bailey, Bradley, Ainger and Jacobs
^ The New Penguin Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden, Penguin Books, London 2001 and The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera, ed. Amanda Holden, Penguin Books, London 2005 both state: "Operetta is the internationally recognized term for the type of work on which William Schwenck Gilbert and Sullivan collaborated under Richard D'Oyly Carte's management (1875-96), but they themselves used the words 'comic opera'". See also the Oxford Dictionary of Opera, ed. John Warrack and Ewan West, Oxford University Press 1992 and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4 vols, ed. Stanley Sadie, Macmillan, New York 1992
^ See e.g., The Manchester Guardian, 17 September 1910, p. 1, advertising The Mountaineers.
^ Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008
^ Walters, Michael and George Low. Article on Savoy curtain raisers at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 8 May 2010

References

Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair (1924). The Story of the Savoy Opera. London: Stanley Paul & Co.
Rollins, Cyril; R. John Witts (1962). The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: A Record of Productions, 1875–1961. London: Michael Joseph. OCLC 504581419.

External links

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The Gilbert and Sullivan operas

Thespis • Trial by Jury • The Sorcerer • H.M.S. Pinafore • The Pirates of Penzance • Patience • Iolanthe • Princess Ida The Mikado • Ruddigore • The Yeomen of the Guard • The Gondoliers • Utopia, Limited • The Grand Duke

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Ingatestone Musical and Operatic Group - Yeomen of the Guard: Sergeant Meryll was a pocket battleship of energy that belied the character's age but was enjoyable to watch and this thankless part, I always think, was portrayed with the obvious knowledge of an experienced Savoy Opera follower. ...
Foster report on IEP set to music - Shocker: But if you would like a comic opera on the subject of the IEP I would be happy to oblige. UPDATE: This, even more remarkably, from Sir WS Gilbert... I say, what a cracking idea for the next Savoy Opera. ...
Opera for the People, in London: Some Reviews of the Savoy Opera:The Barber of Seville (by Tim Ashley, in The Guardian, April 16), 2 of 5 stars The Marriage of Figaro (by Andrew Clements, in The Guardian, April 19), 3 of 5 stars 'A Strictly Comic Line'—The Savoy ...
Ben Logan: ... singing in the chorus of the VICTORIA STATE OPERA, OPERA AUSTRALIA's Melbourne season chorus and the STATE OPERA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, appearing in such rôles as Marco in The Gondoliers, Frederic in PIRATES OF PENZANCE for SAVOY OPERA ...
The Gondoliers - Leith Town Hall: Tolstoy2007 posted a photo: The Gondoliers - Leith Town Hall. Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group 1973.
This is my joy-day unalloyed.: And it's all thanks to William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, who look like Jim Broadbent and Alan Corduner in my head, thanks to the wonderful film Topsy-Turvy, and who collaborated fourteen times for the Savoy Opera House--Pirates, ...
For small business money makes the world go round: In this Savoy opera, Gilbert and Sullivan satirised many commercial aspects of life in Victorian England, including how a limited liability company, if bankrupt, can leave creditors unpaid with no liability on the owners. ...
Gabion: A comic-opera stage-set: Britain's new Supreme Court is in ...: Of the three courtrooms remaining, one was rescued from earlier alterations and is done out in modern style, while the other two remain in their Savoy Opera pomp. There's a largely tasteful art programme, mostly consisting of words and ...
A Singer's Notes 21: So many good things… | Berkshire Review for ...: This is the way of the opera almost entirely. Lucy was a performer a few feet away from her audience, in a tiny space, who riveted the attention. She sang the death scene, (often this is full of yelps), and she sang it in English when the music is ... I loved the singing of Emalie Savoy in the Tanglewood Music Center's production of Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi. She sang the formidable title role with remarkable connectedness and beauty. ...
The Classical Review » Blog Archive » Freshly minted “Ariadne” at ...: Ta'u Pupu'a and Emalie Savoy in "Ariadne auf Naxos" at Tanglewood. Photo: Hilary Scott. The Tanglewood Music Center production of Richard Strauss's opera Ariadne auf Naxos, presented Monday night, was a revelatory, freshly minted ...
The Mikado April 2008: Savoy Opera's Next Production The Mikado. Saturday April 12th 8:00 pm. Friday April 18th 8:00 pm. Saturday April 19th 2:00 pm Matinee Saturday April 19th 8:00 pm Evening. Alexander Theatre. Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton ...
Ruddigore Oct-Nov 2007: Saturday 3 November, 2007 Matinee at 2.00pm. Saturday 3 November, 2007 at 8.00pm. Alexander Theatre Monash University, Clayton. C:\Documents and Settings\Anne\My Documents\Savoy Opera Company\Ruddigore Oct - Nov 2007.
Hudson Sounds » Albany's own Emalie Savoy stars in “Ariadne”: Daughter of Thomas and Deborah Savoy of Duanesburg, soprano Emalie Savoy graduated from Juilliard in the spring, is spending the summer as a fellow at Tanglewood, and then heads to a three-year apprenticeship with the Metropolitan Opera ...
The Pirates of Penzance - Commences 22 - 29 April 2006 The Savoy ...: Cast of the Pirates of Penzance 22 – 29 April 2006. MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY David Kipp. THE PIRATE KING Geoff Carison. SAMUEL (his Lieutenant) Chris Ludowyk. FREDERIC (the Pirate Apprentice) Stephen mcnealy ...
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Matt Damon Movies - Top 10 Best Matt Damon Movies: 7. The Bourne Supremacy. The middle film of the Bourne trilogy, Damon continues to be embroiled in intrigue regarding his past and the spy world. It's like a soap opera, but with bombs and guns. ...
Event Venues in Tucson, Arizona: The Savoy Opera House is located in the middle of Trail Dust Town (http://www.traildusttown.com/), a western town originally constructed as a movie set. The 19th century style opera house makes a great banquet hall for receptions, ...
'Iolanthe' at Light Opera Works: Frisky fairies set the pace - The ...: The youthful vigor and insouciance of the fairy ensemble, and a very droll performance from Frank DeVincentis as Private Willis, of the Grenadier Guards, save Kurt Johns' Light Opera Works revival of the 1882 Savoy opera from its ...
Absolute Harmony Christmas 2006 - Fix You (Coldplay), part 3: Absolute Harmony (along with the Revelation Rock Gospel choir and the Savoy Opera society) sold out the University chapel, leaving a queue that stretched halfway along the Founder's building outside in the cold, only able to listen from ...
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Savoy Opera House Tucson Wedding (Tucson): Trail Dust Town has been a Tucson landmark for over forty years The Savoy Opera House is a beautiful place to host a wedding, corporate event, or other large party Kibbie and Tim's Wedding. Saturday, June 14th, 2003. ...
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Pirate Movies: Now I'll probably write a long blabber, one day, about this Opera.... and you might want to skip that altogether or decide to fangirl with me over some cool music and libretto. It is a sort of Musical/Operetta... well it's a Savoy Opera ...
Utopia, Limited: Utopia Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress, is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by WS Gilbert. It was the second-to-last of Gilbert and Sullivan's fourteen collaborations, premiering on 7 October 1893 for a run ...
Band Managers - Top 10 Notorious Band Managers: If you sue your former brother-in-law and manager for 90 million dollars due to accusations of accounting fraud, you're either on a soap opera or you're Billy Joel. It's a good thing Joel divorced Frank's sister, or family reunions ...
“The Mikado” Comes to Cohoes February 18-28 | Gail Sez - Berkshire ...: The ultimate classic love story set in the most famous Savoy Opera continues to captivate audiences. Tickets: $25-$35. Box Office: 518.237.5858. GROUP RATES AVAILABLE. Performance Schedule Thursday-Saturday at 8:00pm ...
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Love Potion Opus 60: Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at Tanglewood ...: Ariadne auf Naxos Opera in One Act with a Prologue by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Music by Richard Strauss, Opus 60 1916 Version Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor, ... A beauty to behold on stage, Ms. Savoy carefully held her vocal intensity in proper reserve: her “Es gibt ein Reich,” was superbly shaped, lovely, and memorable. Harlekin is an important role, most notably for the aria, “Lieben, Hassen, ...
Stacey + Kyle = Charming!: These two were married at the Savoy Opera House which is located in the heart of Trail Dust Town in Tucson! Stacey and Kyle use to work at the Savoy Opera house back in the day when they first met. I thought it was cool they wanted to ...
टाइम लाइन - time line: January 1959 Edinburgh Grand Opera Company's performance of Charles Gounod's Faust February 1959 Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group present Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance 22 August 1959 Gaelic Concert in Leith Town Hall ...
EMMANUEL VILLANI BRONZE - Bumblebee Auctions: Saida was the leading female character in Arthur Sullivans Savoy Opera The Beauty Stone and Villanis sculpture may well be based upon the American Opera Singer, Pauline Joran (1870-1954), who first played the role of Saida in 1898 to ...
Extraordinary Hotels to Stay in London | Starting Out London: What about staying at a hotel where Alexander Pavlov used to dance, Enrico Caruso used to sing his famous Italian opera songs and where Winston Churchhill used to make it a point to dine there once a week? The Savoy Hotel is one of majestic places to stay in London and was once upon a time run by Cezar Ritz, the king of hoteliers. The Savoy Hotel is located in central London along the River Thames. Claude Monet used to stay in this hotel in London and paint the river from ...
Absolute Harmony Christmas 2006 - All I Want For Christmas 2 ...: Absolute Harmony (along with the Revelation Rock Gospel choir and the Savoy Opera society) sold completely the University chapel, leaving a procession that stretched halfway along the Founder's construction foreign in the chilly, ...
Culture vulture: Savoy Opera Company made a good fist of it, especially the castmembers playing the parts of Melissa and Gama. For anyone who's interested, the production has two more performances to run - on Saturday, 25th and Friday, 31st. ...
REPRODUCTION BUST: Saida was the leading female character in Arthur Sullivans Savoy Opera, The Beauty Stone and Villanis sculpture may well be based upon the American Opera Singer, Pauline Joran (1870-1954), who first played the role of Saida in 1898 to ...
The Boston Musical Intelligencer » Ariadne auf Bali Ha'i in ...: Emalie Savoy brought an even, deeply resonant, warm voice to a complicated acting challenge that included her going ballistic, falling to the floor in mid-song as she responded to the Major-Domo's announcement of what “the patron ... (Note to gentle reader: Click to the Metropolitan Opera box office to catch her debut as Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute during the coming season. While you're at it, get a couple for Cecelia Hall's debut as the Second ...
The Wicked Stage August 2010 | James Sherwood | The London Cut Diary: Don't you wish we could all go back to an era when black – or even white – tie was mandatory for the theatre and you had a table booked at the Savoy Grill for a late night supper. Back in the day you could be sure the stars of the opera ...
Savoy presents Guys and Dolls: During his many years in Edinburgh, my brother, and co-founder of this site, was a stalwart of the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, I thus know an awful lot of ex-Savoyards. Heading off to catch their opening night of Guys and ...
CONDUCTOR SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS DIES | Celebrity Deaths: Mackerras was a guest conductor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado during the 1975 D'Oyly Carte Centenary season at the Savoy. He later joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust and later its Board of ...
Pirates Rule: The production I saw yesterday was an amateur one by Savoy Opera. They don't have a DVD so I've linked to this one instead. There are lots of them, but I chose this one because years ago I enjoyed seeing Simon Gallagher and Jon English ...
THE MIKADO: opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by WS Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on March 14, 1885, in London, where it ran at the Savoy Theater for 672 ...
London Walk - Along The Strand by the Thames: Visit Oldest Wine ...: Directly across the road from the Savoy is Covent Garden, probably one of the most popular attractions in London as well as one of the most lively. Buskers perform in the Piazza, there's a fabulous Opera House, and a huge market - a ...
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Old favourites: Turned up to Alexander Theatre at Monash University Clayton on Friday evening to see a Savoy Opera Company production of “Trial by jury” and “Pinafore”. I've seen “Trial by jury” before but I don't think I've ever seen “Pinafore” staged ...
Yeoman of the Guard, The: (The Merryman and his Maid) a savoy opera in 2 acts , music by Sullivan and libretto by Gilbert, premiered at the Savoy Theater, London, on October 3, 1888, and ran for 423 performances. The opera is set in the Tower of London, ...
The Moon Song from "Mikado": Before the end of 1885, it was estimated that, in Europe and America, at least 150 companies were producing the opera. The Mikado remains the most frequently performed Savoy Opera, and it is especially popular with amateur and school ...
Three Gilbert & Sullivan companies unite for milestone performance ...: The Montreal West Operatic Society, the Lakeshore Light Opera and McGill's Savoy Society are getting together for the first time to present a joint concert, 'Hail! Unity,' to promote their productions taking place in the coming year. ...
Comic Opera and Its Main Variants: These two comic forms of opera were quickly exported to other European countries. And hence the Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, the English Ballad and the Savoy Opera were born. At the beginning, comic operas fitted in well as ...
Musical Marks End of Theatrical Era - Arts: It is part of a series of comedic operas and operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan that premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London, their eighth Savoy Opera. Princess Ida is an operetta that differs from an ordinary opera in the sense that it ...
Gondoliers, The: (The King of Barataria), a Savoy Opera with music by Arthur Sullivan; libretto by Gilbert; premiered at the Savoy Theatre on December 7, 1889. The story of the opera concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of Barataria who ...
Adventures of a Tribal Dancer....: Rest in Peace, Perry Lorenzo: I had the pleasure of not only being his student at John F. Kennedy High School, but also working with him in educational outreach at the Seattle Opera and performing in his production of The Mikado at the new Savoy Opera back when I ...
The Lady in Question is Charles Busch | City Portraits | THIRTEEN: And even though I haven't worn duct tape, or even false eyelashes, since roughly the Gulf War, today I'm known best online as a drag persona: the opera gossip columnist La Cieca, a role I've played for almost 15 years now. ... By the 1920s, the drag subculture was so well established in New York that Mae West (who based her stage persona on Savoy's act) could set the climactic scene of her 1926 melodrama “The Drag” at a downtown cross-dressing ball. True, the play closed ...
Musical Maestros: The resulting absence of royalties to pay combined with witty dialogue and great sets and costumes has resulted in the Savoy Opera becoming a favourite of amateur dramatic societies. This isn't only in Britain, but indeed most of the ...
Nyfiken : Savoy London and Opera " The Mikado"at Savoy theatre: The Mikado from Savoy theatre had influenced European and new world.In UK, USA and Australia, THis historical opera musical is performed in different versions and ways.It is always interesting to see how European or Angrosaxon non ...