Francis Lynch has created a new music score for The Zoo
and released it to the world.
Another new Web Opera! It's a bit of an obscurity but happens to fall into one of the curators' special
interests. You can now listen to the music of Alice in Wonderland
while following along with the lyrics and dialogue. Enjoy!
We have a new Web Opera! You can now listen to the music of His Excellency
while following along with the lyrics.
David Sandham's site has a new home, so we gave it a warm welcome and an updated link on the main page.
Updated the What's New page (dat's me!) to more modern markup with machine-readable dates.
Happy new year! And we now have Southgate Opera listed among performing groups!
A new representation of Sullivan's autograph score for The Mikado,
freshly digitized, can be found on the Internet Archive. This has been added to the references.
Where possible, information given only in images will now have alternate and hover
text providing equivalent information. One such example is the Performing
Groups listings, which now name their indicator colours. If you find cases where this has not
yet been done, please bring it to our
attention and we will resolve the matter ASAP.
As part of the ongoing cleanup, license notifications have been added to the majority
of pages, identifying them as CC-BY-SA content. This clarifies the contributors' original intent over
the years.
We are focusing on clean-up of some dead links and other outstanding items, including a number of
internal janitorial tasks, and the reconstruction of some missing files. We are also gathering new images to add
to the archive. In the meantime, feel free to send new content to us at rosuav@gmail.com
or cuerde@gmail.com; or check out some existing content that you might not
have been aware of, such as some info on Topsy Turvy.
George Thorne gave an interview to the Hull Daily Mail
in November 1895.
Savoyards on Tour. An interview with Robert Redford, the
manager of D'Oyly Carte's C Company from The Sketch 13 June 1894. It includes details of the travelling
arrangements of Carte's touring companies.
Ivanhoe. The BBC broadcast a perfromance of Sullivan's Ivanhoe in March 1929. We
have added details of the cast etc, and the
article Herman Klein wrote for the Radio Times to introduce
the opera.
Sullivan in San Francisco. Whilst in San Fransisco in 1885, Sullivan gave two interviews to the
press. We already had the interview published in the San Francisco
Chronicle. Arthur Robinson has now sent us the one from the San
Francisco Examiner.
The Golden Legend. We have been sent both the advertisement
and the programme for the performance of
The Golden Legend which Sullivan conducted in Bath on 26th April 1887.
The 1895 revival of The Mikado at the
Savoy Theatre was profusely illustrated by The Sketch in January 1896. Their feature includes an interview with
Scott Fishe who played the title role.
More from the Illustrated Papers: Notices from "The Penny Illustrated Paper" of
The Chieftain and
The Beauty Stoneand notice from
"The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News" for The Beauty
Stone.
Engaged. The review of this play by
Gilbert which appeared in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 20 October 1877 has been added as well
as the full page engraving of scenes from the play
which appeared a couple of weeks later.
His Excellency. The review
of this opera which appeared in The Westminster Gazette, 29 October 1894 has been added.
Thespis.Percy Strzelecki's letter to "The
Clarion" about Thespis and Gilbert's explanation of how "Climbing over rocky mountain" came to be
transferred to The Pirates of Penzance have been added.
His Excellency. The review of
this opera which appeared in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 3 November 1894, together with its
accompanying engraving, has been added.
H.M.S. Pinafore. The much reproduced engraving by H. Friston of "A Scene from
H.M.S. Pinafore at the Opera Comique" which appeared in the "Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News" of
8 June 1878 has been added to the Pinafore home page.
His Excellency. In November 1894 The
Sketch published an article about this opera with libretto by Gilbert and music by Osmond Carr which was
illustrated with numerous photographs of the principal characters and included an interview with Arthur Playfair who
played Harold, the Dancing Corporal.
A Comic Opera Life. Reminiscences by Lindsay Harman
who was a member of various D'Oyly Carte Companies from 1890 to 1901.
The Gentleman in Black. Arthur Robinson has contributed the review of Gilbert's "musical
legend" with score by Frederic Clay from The Morning
Post as well as a couple of short reviews from
Fun and The Graphic.
Iolanthe. Pictures of the 1902 revival at the
Savoy Theatre from The Tatler.
I Expostulate.A (typical) piece of
writing by Gilbert which appeared in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 4 Dec. 1886 in which he
illustrates his original genius.
Rose of PersiaDrawings by Gutperle
of Paris showing the jewelry designs for the original production have been added.
D'Oyly Carte Tours in 1886: Cast lists and venues for
"D" and "E" Companies perfoming The Mikado have been added.
The Annotated Mikado: An Illustrated
History of the Partnership of W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan as seen through their Masterwork Comic Opera
by Wyn Craig Wade has been added courtesy of Barbara Wade.
Day Dreams. We have made available scores of the six piano pieces by Sullivan which Boosey
published in 1867 with the title Day Dreams . The scores are facsimiles of the original editions and are
available in printed form from Lulu.
Five Shakespeare Songs. We have made available scores of the five settings of Shakespeare
which Sullivan composed in 1863-4. The scores are facsimiles of nineteenth century editions and are available in printed
form from Lulu.
Sweethearts Waltz. Charles D'Albert arranged the music of Sullivan's song, "Swrethearts"
(with words by Gilbert) as a waltz. The piano
score of this has now been added.
Ruddygore. Russ Sype has sent us scans of six American
Trade Cards depicting scenes from Ruddygore advertising Clean Sweep Soap.
H.M.S. Pinafore. Russ Sype has contributed an article
on the second production of this opera in America, by Alice Oates' Comedy Opera Company.
Princess Ida. The pages for this opera have
been updated.
The Vicar of Bray. The pages for this
opera which ran at the Savoy in 1892 have been revised and some new content added.
Jane Annie and
Mirette. The pages for these two operas which ran at
the Savoy in the 1890s have been revised and some new content added.
His Majesty. The old pages for this
opera, with libretto by F.C. Burnand and R.C. Lehmann and music by Alexander Mackenzie which had a short run at the Savoy
in 1897, have been updated and four illustrations from
The Illustrated London News have been added.
The Willow Pattern. Vincent Daniels has sent us the
libretto, by Basil Hood, of this piece which played
at the Savoy in 1901 and 1902.
The Yeomen of the Guard home page has been updated
to provide links to the 1920 Acoustic HMV recording, the 1928 Electrical HMV recording and the 1950 D'Oyly Carte Decca
recording.
