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Programmes of revivals. John
Sands has sent us scans of programmes of various revivals of the
Gilbert and Sullivan Operas at the Savoy which may now be found
in our "Virtual Museum" |
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Added 20 August 2008 |
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The
Sorcerer Vocal Score. Following the success
of our Princess Ida score, there is now a Gilbert
and Sullivan Archive Edition of The Sorcerer, including
all the music from both the 1877 and 1884 versions, together
with all the dialogue and comprehensive notes outlining the
differences between the two versions and other variants in
the text, available from Lulu. |
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Added 18 August 2008 |
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Sullivan's Incidental Music
to Shakespeare's Macbeth. We have had a MIDI
file of the overture, sequenced by Geoff Colmer for some
time. You can now browse through the "Souvenir" of
the production whilst listening to the MIDI file, thanks to John
Sands who provided the scans. |
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Added 1 August 2008 |
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Fallen Fairies. There
are now images in our "Virtual
Museum." of a programme from the run of this Gilbert and
German opera at the Savoy issued after Nancy McIntosh had been
replaced as Selene. |
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Added 30 July 2008 |
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Guinness Advertising. In
1961, the makers of the well known Irish stout issued a booklet
extolling the virtues of their product. Images of this booklet
have now been added to the "Advertising" gallery in our "Virtual
Museum." |
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Added 30 July 2008 |
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The
Nautch Girl. There are now images in our Museum
section of a programme from the original production of this opera
by Grundy and Solomon from the period when Barrington and Bond
were away from the Savoy. |
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Added 20 July 2008 |
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The Rose of Persia. Elise
Curran has sent us a recording, made in December 2005 with
the Camerata Santa Dorotea conducted by Robin Gordon-Powell,
of the aria in its original key with the Yaw cadenza. Her performance
received an enthusiastic ovation lasting well over a minute! |
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Added 18 July 2008 |
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The
Carp. Alfred Cellier's music to this Savoy curtain-raiser
having been lost, Quade Winter has composed a new and original
score. He has now supplied fully orchestrated MIDI files of his
score. |
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Added 15 July 2008 |
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His
Majesty. There are now images in our Museum section
of a programme from the original production of this opera by
Burnand, Lehmann and Mackenzie which ran for just over 60 performances
at the Savoy in 1897. |
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Added 11 July 2008 |
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The
Rose of Persia. Our section devoted to Sullivan's
last opera have been given a long overdue facelift. |
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Added 9 July 2008 |
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The
Light of the World. We have a complete set of MIDI
files of Sulivan's Oratorio, first performed at the Birmingham
Music Festival of 1873. |
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Added 30 June 2008 |
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Foggerty's
Fairy and other Tales. Second hand copies of the
first edition of this book, published in 1890, can be difficult
to find and expensive. We have a paperback edition, containing
all the stories included in that first edition available through Lulu. |
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Added 26 June 2008 |
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The
Key of the Strong Room. A short story by Gilbert
originally published in A Bunch of Keys, Where They Were
Found and What They Might Have Unlocked. Tom Hood's Christmas
Book, 1865. |
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Added 11 June 2008 |
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Original Production
Programmes. John Sands has provided scans of an
impressive collection of programmes from the original productions
of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas and other operas which had
their first productions at the Savoy. This is the first part
of a "Virtual Museum" which will eventually include
illustrations of a wide range of memorabilia. At present it is
necessary to obtain a password to enter the museum by sending
an email to the Curator. In
requesting a password you undertake not to post the images on
any other website without permission. |
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Added 5 June 2008 |
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Jane
Annie Reviews. Scott Farrell has sent us copies
of various reviews of the original production of this piece which
ran for 50 performances at the savoy in 1893. None of them is
able to find much to praise in the production! |
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Added 23 May 2008 |
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Savoy
Theatre. Robert Watson has sent us some pictures
of the Savoy Theatre as it was in Gilbert's and Sullivan's day
and a picture of the newly rebuilt auditorium of 1929. |
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Added 22 May 2008 |
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Vocal
Scores on the Internet Archive. A number of Vocal
Scores of operettas and musicals have been made available on
the Inyernet Archive. Of particular interest to Gilbert and Sullivan
enthusiasts are nineteenth century scores of Cox and Box (Boosey), The
Contrabandista (Boosey), H.M.S. Pinafore (Metzler), The
Pirates of Penzance (Stoddart), and The Mikado (Pond). |
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Added 20 May 2008 |
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George Thorne's "Jots". George
Thorne played the "Grossmith" roles for many years in the
provinces. His book of reminiscences can now be downloaded as a PDF
file [19KB] courtesy of David Lovell. |
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Added 30 April 2008 |
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The
Fortune Hunter and The
Fairy's Dilemma (originally titled "Harlequin
and the Fairy's Dilemma") . The
scripts of these two plays by Gilbert, 1897 and 1904 respectively,are
now available on the Archive. |
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Added 29 April 2008 |
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Fallen
Fairies. Arthur Robinson has donated a scanned
score of this opera which was produced at the Savoy on 15th
December 1909. It was Gilbert's last libretto for the stage and
has a score by Edward German. In addition, there is a score of
the cut song, which was not published in the vocal score, "Oh
love that rulest." |
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Added 29 April 2008 |
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Pretty
Polly. by Basil Hood and François Cellier
played as a curtain raiser at the Savoy with The Rose of
Persia and during the 1900 revival of Patience. We
have added a copy of the libretto. |
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Added 25 April 2008 |
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His
Excellency. Arthur Robinson has donated a scanned
score [PDF, 18MB] of this opera by W. S. Gilbert, with music
by Frank Osmond Carr which was produced at the Lyric Theatre
on October 27, 1894, with a cast including such familiar faces
from the Savoy as George Grossmith (as Griffenfeld), Rutland
Barrington (as the Regent), and Jessie Bond. |
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Added 25 April 2008 |
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The Chieftain. During the run of
this opera, an illustrated Souvenir
Brochure was issued. Scans of the illustrations have been donated
to the Archive. |
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Added 20 April 2008 |
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Two interviews with Gilbert: At
the time of the production of The Mountebanks from the Pall
Mall Gazette, 26th
December 1891 and at the time of the production of Fallen Fairies from The
Daily Sketch, 15th December 1909. Contributed to the Archive
by Arthur Robinson. |
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Added 13 December 2007 |
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Tom
Cobb. Adam Cuerden has found an illustration of
Gilbert's play in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
of 15th May, 1875 which has been incorporated into the redesigned
pages for this play. |
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Added 14 November 2007 |
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Sweethearts. Adam
Cuerden has found an illustration of Gilbert's play in the Illustrated
Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November, 1874 which has
been incorporated into the redesigned pages for this play. |
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Added 14 November 2007 |
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The Yeomen of the Guard. The Kalmus
orchestral parts have Phœbe's two solos both in their original
keys and transposed up one tone. The vocal score only provides them
only in the original key. If a soprano is cast as Phœbe, then
these two transpositions by Larry Byler would be useful: When
maiden loves [PDF, 76KB] and Were
I thy bride [PDF 60KB]. |
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Added 14 November 2007 |
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The
Light of the World. We have added MIDI files of
the first part of Sulivan's Oratorio, first performed at the
Birmingham Music Festival of 1873. The first part compises 27
numbers, approximately two thirds of the score. |
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Added 13 November 2007 |
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Reviews of D'Oyly Carte Performances. Sam
Silvers has sent us reviews from The Manchester Guardian of Iolanthe and Ruddigore from
the 1930s and another of Ruddigore from
1962. |
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Added 13 October 2007 |
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Arrangements for piano duet. The
popularity of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas led to arrangements
of the music being made for dancing. These were published both for
solo piano and piano duet. David Stone has made available three of
these: HMS Pinafore Waltz, The
Mikado Lancers and The
Gondoliers Lancers. Scroll down the page to the subsection
headed "The Music". |
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Added 13 October 2007 |
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Foggerty's
Fairy. This play by Gilbert opened at the Criterion
Theatre, London, on 15th December 1881. Adam Cuerden has found
a review of the
play in the Illustrated and Dramatic News of 24th
December 1881. |
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Added 13 October 2007 |
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A
Society Clown. George Grossmith's book of reminiscences
published in 1888. Second hand copies of the original edition
are now difficult to find. The book is available to read on
line, and a printed
version is also available from Lulu. |
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Added 13 October 2007 |
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1929-30
D'Oyly Carte Season at the Savoy. In 1929, Rupert
D'Oyly Carte rebuilt the Savoy Theatre in the fashionable 'Art
Deco' style and re-opened it with a production of The Gondoliers with
new costumes designed by Charles Ricketts. A coloured souvenir
brochure was issued to commemorate the season. |
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Added 16 September 2007 |
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Overture "Di
Ballo" — George Pollen has sequenced
a MIDI file of this orchestral work composed by Sullivan for
the 1870 Birmingham Festival. |
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Added 10 September 2007 |
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