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The Savoy Operas - Being the Complete Text of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas as Originally Produced in the Years 1875-1896
Contents Include: Trial by Jury - The Sorceror - H.M.S. Pinafore; or The Lass that Loved a Sailor - The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty - Patience; or Bunthorne's Bride - Iolanthe; or The Peer and the peri - Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant - The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu - Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse - The Yeoman of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid...more
Hardcover, 708 pages
Published
November 28th 2008
by Herron Press
(first published 1936)
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I started getting into Gilbert & Sullivan operettas after viewing The Pirates of Penzance movie on TV. OMG. Funniest musical. I bought the soundtrack and then viewed Topsy-Turvy (a retelling of how G&S got to creating The Mikado). I bought that album as well. I have since bought another three G&S operettas (the recorded albums) but I found some of the singing made it difficult to understand the lyrics. Lyrics, of course, help you understand the gist of the play/musical/whatever. So I bought t...more
No Savoyard should be without this. This is the version I own, but anyone who's done G&S needs a copy of the librettos. Such fun.
The plays are almost as good as the albums and better than some stage presentations I have seen.
The best light opera ever written.
always fun to watch and work on! I was Chorus in Mikado and still remember the whole experience with happy memories!
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Gilbert & Sullivan fans who know the music
Love these but it really helps if you can sing along. If you don't know the music, doubt these would be enjoyed as much.
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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as most of their other ...more
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