Author : Alan Jefferson
Publisher : Michael Joseph
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,29 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Music
ISBN :
Provides anecdotes and a synopsis of all 14 operas as well as the complete libretto of each opera.
Author : Alan Jefferson
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780871968579
A reference for all fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan operas includes the complete lyrics, plot synopses, original reviews, a retrospective study of Gilbert and Sullivan, and anecdotes and information about the original productions
Author : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780198167105
The comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan are a performing arts phenomenon. Wildly popular when first produced, they are if anything even more popular today. The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan provides the complete text of all thirteen of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas still being performed today, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. Each work is thoroughly annotated, with the text, including stage directions, given on the right-hand page, and the notes on the left. The annotations provide a wealth of information--everything from the identity of real-life people mentioned in the opera, to clear explanations of obscure words and phrases (such as legal terms) and other literary references, to comments from first-night critics, and much more. In addition, Bradley has written a marvelously informative introduction to the book as well as superb introductions to each piece, describing the genesis of the work, its performance history, and other fascinating tidbits. A goldmine of information, The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan will delight the hearts of Savoyards everywhere.
Author : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Operas
ISBN :
Author : Gayden Wren
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,41 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195301724
Most books written on Gilbert and Sullivan have focused on the authors rather than on their work. Examining all 14 operas in detail, this book offers a fresh look at the works themselves.
Author : Diane Canwell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,74 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 1844687147
Librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan teamed up to make some of the most memorable operettas of all time which still sell out to todays audience at opera houses and theaters around the world and at the cinema. This detailed book explores the themes around each operetta, setting them in the context of the day. It celebrates their biggest stars and what made the characters so memorable and recognizable.
Author : Jim Whiting
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 154574887X
What is probably the most famous pairing in musical history began without fanfare in 1871 when writer William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan teamed up to produce a Christmas entertainment called Thespis. The two men parted ways soon afterward and it took a theatrical promoter named Richard D Oyly Carter to reunite them four years later. Their first big hit came in 1878 with their operetta H.M.S. Pinafore. It reached the United States the following year and created the same excitement that we associate with a major rock concert or blockbuster movie. Despite some disagreements, the two men produced 11 other operettas before going their separate ways. Today Gilbert and Sullivan societies exist all over the world. Audiences still enjoy their combination of clever, humorous lyrics and tuneful melodies.
Author : Kurt Gänzl
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1438485476
In this, the first book to focus on the original cast members of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, world-renowned musical theater expert Kurt Gänzl provides a concise history of the writing and production of each opera, vividly colored by the often little-known life stories of these early performers. Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated with rare photographs, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays delves into the professional and personal lives of the British and American actors and singers who created the celebrated "famous fourteen" Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
Author : Carolyn Williams
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231148054
An examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and how parody was used in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England.
Author : William Schwenck Gilbert
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2018-10-11
Category :
ISBN : 9780342477395
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