The Savoy Operas
Author : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,11 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Operas
ISBN :
The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan
Author : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0141900148
Book Description
Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas are some of the world’s best-loved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit, topsy-turvy logic and extravagant wordplay. This glorious treasury is the definitive annotated edition of all fourteen of their operas. From the partially lost work Thespis, the first collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, through the triumphant comic romps The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, to lesser-performed gems such as the fanciful The Sorcerer and the acerbic lampoon Patience, Gilbert’s libretti are collected here in their most accurate and faithful form. There is a fascinating commentary on each work, telling the extraordinary stories behind the inspiration for the opera and its performance history, and giving plot summaries and original cast lists.
Brutally Honest
Author : Melanie Brown
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 28,74 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1787133532
Book Description
'Utterly absorbing and deeply affecting' – The Guardian As a Spice Girl, TV talent show judge and Broadway star, Mel B a.k.a Scary Spice, has been a global icon since her twenties. But behind the glittering façade of fame, the struggles and pain of this working-class, mixed-race girl from Leeds are laid bare in her critically acclaimed best-selling memoir, Brutally Honest. With deep personal insight, remarkable frankness and trademark Yorkshire humour, the book tells how she went from Girl Power to girl powerless during her ten-year emotionally abusive marriage. Tracing a path through the key moments in her life, she reflects on her childhood, rise to fame and her chilling downward spiral before she finally broke free. In this expanded edition, written with Louise Gannon, Mel brings her story up to date. With her trademark honesty, she tells the unfiltered story of piecing herself back together, dealing with trauma and new heartbreak whilst becoming a champion for survivors of abuse, performing once more with the Spice Girls and receiving her MBE from Prince William.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Author : Kurt Gänzl
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1438485476
Book Description
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.
The Savoy Operas
Author : Geoffrey Smith
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN :
Book Description
Discusses the plots, characters, satire, and productions of the operas composed by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
W.S. Gilbert
Author : Jane W. Stedman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Composers
ISBN : 9780198161745
Book Description
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) was the most brilliant dramatist of Victorian England. A daring and cynical playwright, the forerunner of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, he was also a prolific journalist and humorous poet (his Bab Ballads are still widely read), and he achieved worldwide fame through his long collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, a collaboration that created such classics as H. M. S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and all the other Savoy operas. Now the story of this remarkable writer's life - and of his stormy relationship with Sullivan - is here chronicled by a renowned authority on Gilbert and on the theatrical and literary scene in Victorian London. For this biography, Jane W. Stedman has returned to original sources, has interviewed survivors, and has scoured a whole variety of Victorian periodicals for reviews, and personal comment. Gilbert emerges as a much more complex and interesting figure than has previously been thought. The book is a worthy companion piece to Arthur Jacobs's recent biography Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician.
A Most Ingenious Paradox
Author : Gayden Wren
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,8 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195301724
Book Description
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.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Author : Mike Lepine
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2021-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781912918379
Book Description
The partnership of W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan produced a collection of the most best-loved and (still!) oft-performed comic operas in the history of theatre. Here is the story of each of G&S's greatest works--from inspiration to opening night and beyond--woven into a fascinating account of their lives, times, and the giddy rise to global celebrity. The book features many rare photos and a dazzling selection of illustrations from contemporary posters, programs, memorabilia, and merchandise The book includes a DVD with 11 complete operas, featuring a cast of award-winning stars including Peter Allen, Joel Grey, Frankie Howard, Gillian Knight, Keith Michell, Vincent Price and Clive Revill in The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado Patience, The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida, Ruddigore The Sorcerer, Trial by Jury, and The Yeoman of the Guard. The music is by the London Symphony Orchestra and The Ambrosian Opera Chorus.
The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
Author : David Eden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521888492
Book Description
An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
Author : W. S. Gilbert
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1137 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368304569
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
