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Encyclopedia > The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. It opened on November 17, 1877 at the Opera Comique in the Strand in London, where it ran for 178 performances. For the 1884 revival, Gilbert and Sullivan abridged the ending to Act I, and provided a new opening to Act II, and it is in this form that the work is usually presented today. Comic opera is a subcategory of opera, and denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature. ... Sir William Schwenck Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (November 18, 1836 – May 29, 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. ... Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13, 1842 – November 22, 1900) was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Opéra-Comique is an opera house in Paris. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


The first American production was at the Broadway Theatre in New York on February 21, 1879, for a run of just 20 performances. There were later professional revivals in New York, none of them under D'Oyly Carte auspices, in 1879, 1882, and 1883. New York, NY redirects here. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The DOyly Carte Opera Company staged performances of Gilbert and Sullivans Savoy operas in the UK, Europe, America, South Africa and elsewhere from the nineteenth century to the twenty first. ...

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Background

The Sorcerer was Gilbert and Sullivan's third opera together. In 1871, they had produced Thespis, an extravaganza for the holiday season that did not lead immediately to any further collaboration. But after the early success of their one­-act opera Trial by Jury in 1875, producer Richard D'Oyly Carte organized a syndicate to produce a full­ length work. Gilbert expanded on his own short story, "The Elixir of Love," and also used ideas from his earlier Bab Ballads, creating a plot about a magic love potion that – as often occurs in opera – causes everyone to fall in love with the wrong partner. W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900) collaborated on a series of fourteen comic operas in Victorian England between 1871 and 1896. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old, was the first collaboration between William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. ... Trial by Jury is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in one act (the only single-act Savoy Opera). ... Richard DOyly Carte Richard DOyly Carte (May 3, 1844 – April 3, 1901) was an English theatrical impresario during the latter half of the nineteenth century. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...


The success of The Sorcerer, although modest, encouraged Carte and the authors to continue their collaboration the following year with H.M.S. Pinafore, the work that established the Gilbert and Sullivan phenomenon that produced one hit after another throughout the 1880s – the series known as the Savoy Operas. Wikisource has original text related to this article: H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. ... The Savoy Operas are a series of operettas written by Gilbert and Sullivan. ...


The opera was revived in 1884 and again in 1898. In the early years of the 20th century, however, it gradually fell out of favour. Between the mid-1930s and the early 1970s, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company did not perform it at all, and many amateur companies followed suit. A 1971 revival brought new life to the work, and it has now joined the regular rotation of most G&S performing groups. The DOyly Carte Opera Company staged performances of Gilbert and Sullivans Savoy operas in the UK, Europe, America, South Africa and elsewhere from the nineteenth century to the twenty first. ...


The Sorcerer draws on a theatrical tradition that, today, is less accessible to modern audiences than the more famous G&S works starting with Pinafore. It satirizes early Victorian customs and various theatrical conventions, and it does not include the broad political satire that would feature in many of Gilbert's later librettos.


Roles

Note: In the 1877 production, Constance was played by a soprano. The role was lowered in 1884 for mezzo-soprano Jessie Bond, but it still lies higher than most of the Gilbert & Sullivan mezzo roles. It can safely be played by either a light mezzo or a soprano.

A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ... A bass-baritone is a singing voice that shares certain qualities of both the baritone and the bass. ... The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice. ... In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... Baritone (French: baryton; Deutsch: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Notary can refer to either of the following two professions: Notary public. ... A bass (or basso in Italian) is a male singer who sings in the deepest vocal range of the human voice. ... Baritone (French: baryton; Deutsch: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Synopsis

Act I

The villagers of Ploverleigh are preparing to celebrate the betrothal of Alexis Pointdextre, the son of the local squire, and the blue-blooded (literally!) Aline Sangazure ("Ring forth, ye bells"). Only a young village maiden named Constance Partlet seems unwilling to join in the happy mood, and we learn as she tells her mother that she is secretly in love with the local vicar, Dr Daly ("When he is here, I sigh with pleasure"); and the cleric himself promptly soliloquises that he has been unlucky in love ("The air is charged with amatory numbers".) However, despite Mrs Partlet's best attempts at matchmaking, the middle-aged Dr. Daly seems unable to conceive that a young girl like Constance would be interested in him. Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be married. ...


Alexis and Aline arrive ("With heart and with voice"), and it soon becomes clear that his widower father Sir Marmaduke and her widowed mother Lady Sangazure are concealing strong feelings for one another, which propriety however demands remain hidden ("Welcome joy, adieu to sadness"). The betrothal ceremony is carried out, and left alone together Alexis reveals to his fiancée his plans for practical implementation of his principle that love should unite all classes and ranks ("Love feeds on many kinds of food, I know"). He has invited a representative from a respectable London firm of sorcerers to Ploverleigh ("My name is John Wellington Wells"), who prepares a batch of love potion with a fearsome incantation ("Sprites of earth and air"). The potion is added to the teapot for the feast on the village green, and all the villagers, save Alexis, Aline and Wells, drink it and fall unconscious ("Oh, marvellous illusion").


Act II

At midnight that night ("Tis twelve, I think"), the villagers awake and, under the influence of the potion, each falls in love with the first person of the opposite sex that they see ("Why, where be Oi"). All of the matches thus made are highly and comically unsuitable; Constance, for example, loves the ancient notary who performed the betrothal ("Dear friends, take pity on my lot"). However, Alexis is pleased with the results, and now asserts that he and Aline should drink the potion themselves to seal their own love. Aline is hurt by his lack of trust and refuses, offending him ("Thou hast the power thy vaunted love"). Alexis is distracted, however, by the revelation of his upper-class father having fallen for the lower-class Mrs Partlet, but he determines to make the best of this union ("I rejoice that it's decided").


Wells, meanwhile, is regretting the results that his magic has caused, and regrets them still more when the fearsome Lady Sangazure fixes on him as the object of her affections ("Oh, I have wrought much evil with my spells"). Aline decides to yield to Alexis' persuasion and drinks the potion without telling Alexis. Upon awaking, she inadvertently meets Dr. Daly first and falls in love with him ("Oh joyous boon"). Alexis desperately appeals to Wells as to how the effects of the spell can be reversed. It turns out that this requires that either Alexis or Wells himself yield up his life to Ahrimanes. The people of Ploverleigh rally against the outsider from London, and Wells, resignedly, bids farewell and is swallowed up by the underworld in a burst of flames ("Or he or I must die"). The spell broken, the villagers pair off according to their true feelings, and celebrate with another feast (reprise of "Now to the banquet we press").


Musical numbers

  • Overture (includes "With heart and with voice", "When he is here", "Dear friends, take pity on my lot", and "My name is John Wellington Wells")

Act I

  • 1. "Ring forth ye bells" (Double Chorus)
  • 2. "Constance, my daughter, why this strange depression?" (Mrs. Partlet and Constance)
  • 2a. "When he is here" (Constance)
  • 3. "The air is charged with amatory numbers" (Dr. Daly)
  • 3a. "Time was when Love and I were well acquainted" (Dr. Daly)
  • 4. "Sir Marmaduke, my dear young friend Alexis" (Sir Marmaduke, Dr. Daly, and Alexis)
  • 4a. (Dance)
  • 5. "With heart and with voice" (Chorus of Girls)
  • 6. "My kindly friends" (Aline)
  • 6a. "Happy young heart" (Aline)
  • 7. "My child, I join in these congratulations" (Lady Sangazure)
  • 8. "With heart and with voice" (Chorus of Men)
  • 9. "Welcome, joy!" (Lady Sangazure and Sir Marmaduke)
  • 10. "All is prepared" (Aline, Alexis, Notary, and Chorus)
  • 10a."With heart and with voice" (Double Chorus)
  • 11. "Love feeds on many kinds of food" (Alexis)
  • 12. "My name is John Wellington Wells" (Mr. Wells)
  • 13. "Sprites of earth and air" (Aline, Alexis, Mr. Wells, and Chorus)
  • 14. Act I Finale (Ensemble)
    • "Now to the banquet we press"
    • The Tea-Cup Brindisi ("Eat, drink and be gay")
    • "Oh love, true love"
    • "Oh marvellous illusion"[1]

Brindisi is an ancient city in the Italian region of Puglia, the capital of the province of Brindisi. ...

Act II

  • 15. "'Tis twelve, I think" and "Why, where be Oi?" (Aline, Alexis, Mr. Wells, and Chorus)[2]
  • 16. "Dear friends, take pity on my lot" (Constance, Notary, Aline, Alexis, and Chorus)
  • 17. "Thou hast the pow'r thy vaunted love" (Alexis)
  • 18. "I rejoice that it's decided" (Aline, Mrs. Partlet, Alexis, Dr. Daly, and Sir Marmaduke)
  • 19. "Oh, I have wrought much evil with my spells" (Lady Sangazure and Mr. Wells)
  • 20. "Alexis! Doubt me not, my loved one" (Aline)
  • 21. "Oh, my voice is sad and low" (Dr. Daly)
  • 22. "Oh, joyous boon! oh, mad delight" (Aline, Alexis, Dr. Daly, and Chorus)
  • 23. "Prepare for sad surprises" (Alexis)
  • 24. Act II Finale: "Or he or I must die" (leading to a reprise of "Now to the banquet we press") (Ensemble)

Versions

A ballad for Lady Sangazure, "In days gone by," originally came immediately after "My child, I join in these congratulations." It was deleted after opening night and the music is now lost, though the lyrics survive. The remaining recitative ends somewhat abruptly, without resolving to the tonic.


Alexis's Act II ballad ("Thou hast the power") was revised, with the refrain changed from common time to waltz time. Although performed on opening night, it was not included in the original vocal score. Available evidence suggests that the ballad was dropped from the opera, but later reinstated during the original run (Hulme 1984, p. 3).


For the 1884 revival, the opera underwent extensive revisions: The length of time between the acts was altered from half-an-hour to twelve hours, resulting in a different ending to Act I and a complete rewrite of the Act II opening. Whereas in 1877 the chorus succeeded in hiding the effects of the tea after "Oh marvellous illusion," and the finale worked its way back to the tea-cup brindisi, in the revised version they are unable to regain their senses, and the act ends with everyone falling over after "Oh marvellous illusion."


The original Act II started off with "Happy are we in our loving frivolity" – a pageant of mismatched couples taking place half-an-hour after the end of Act I. The revision changed the setting to nighttime, with a quiet trio for Alexis, Aline and John Wellington Wells whilst the villagers remain asleep, before they wake up with a rustic chorus in broad Cornish accents and pair up. There are also minor changes to the music leading into "Dear friends take pity on my lot," with the key of that piece lowered to accommodate the 1884 Constance.


These revisions were not, however, done very carefully. The Act I Finale still says "Their hearts will melt in half-an-hour / Then will be felt the potion's power." Similarly, Aline drinks the potion in Act II, but then falls in love with Dr. Daly immediately, instead of falling asleep for twelve hours as the revisions would require.


Productions

The Sorcerer was the first of Gilbert and Sullivan's full-length operas to be revived. Other than The Mikado, it also had a second London revival sooner than any of their other works, in 1898. In the 20th century, The Sorcerer gradually went out of style. The D'Oyly Carte's principal repertory company dropped it in 1901, and it did not return until 1916, making its first professional London appearance in over twenty years in 1919. It made only intermittent appearances during the 1920s and early 1930s. In 1938 and 1939, it was performed only in the company's London seasons, and only for a handful of performances. The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. ...


During the winter of 1941–41, the scenery and costumes for The Sorcerer and three other operas were destroyed in enemy action. The opera was not revived professionally until March 29, 1970. Thereafter, it was included in the D'Oyly Carte repertory through the 1975 centenary season, then dropped for several years, then restored for the company's last several seasons before it closed in 1982. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...


The following table summarises the main London productions of The Sorcerer during Gilbert and Sullivan's lifetimes:

Theatre Opening Date Closing Date Perfs. Details
Opera Comique November 17, 1877 May 24, 1878 178 Trial by Jury was added to the bill from March 23, 1878
Savoy Theatre October 11, 1884 March 12, 1885 150 Revised version; played with Trial by Jury
Savoy Theatre September 22, 1898 December 31, 1898 102 Played with Trial by Jury

17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Historical casting

The following tables show the casts[3] of the principal original productions and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring repertory at various times through to the company's 1982 closure:

Role Opera Comique
1877		 Savoy Theatre
1884		 Savoy Theatre
1898
Sir Marmaduke Richard Temple Richard Temple Jones Hewson
Alexis George Bentham Durward Lely Robert Evett
Dr. Daly Rutland Barrington Rutland Barrington Henry Lytton
Notary Fred Clifton William Lugg Leonard Russell
J. W. Wells George Grossmith George Grossmith Walter Passmore
Lady Sangazure Mrs. Howard Paul Rosina Brandram Rosina Brandram
Aline Alice May Leonora Braham Ruth Vincent
Mrs. Partlet Harriett Everard Ada Doree Ethel McAlpine
Constance Giulia Warwick Jessie Bond Emmie Owen
Role D'Oyly Carte
Tour 1919		 D'Oyly Carte
Tour 1929		 D'Oyly Carte
Tour 1939		 D'Oyly Carte
Tour 1970		 D'Oyly Carte
Tour 1982
Sir Marmaduke Frederick Hobbs Darrell Fancourt Darrell Fancourt John Ayldon Clive Harre
Alexis Derek Oldham Charles Goulding John Dean Ralph Mason Meston Reid
Dr. Daly Leo Sheffield Leslie Rands Leslie Rands Kenneth Sandford Kenneth Sandford
Notary George Sinclair Joseph Griffin Richard Walker John Broad Bruce Graham
J. W. Wells Henry Lytton Henry Lytton Martyn Green John Reed James Conroy-Ward
Lady Sangazure Bertha Lewis Bertha Lewis Evelyn Gardiner Lyndsie Holland Patricia Leonard
Aline Elsie Griffin Winifred Lawson Margery Abbott Julia Goss Pamela Field
Mrs. Partlet Anna Bethell Anna Bethell Anna Bethell Peggy Ann Jones Beti Lloyd-Jones
Constance Catherine Ferguson Marjorie Eyre Marjorie Eyre Linda Anne Hutchison Lorraine Daniels

Richard Temple was an English opera singer, actor and stage director, best known for his work in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas. ... Richard Temple was an English opera singer, actor and stage director, best known for his work in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas. ... Durward Lely (September 2, 1852 – February 29, 1944) was a Scottish opera singer primarily known as the creator of tenor roles in Gilbert & Sullivans comic operas, including Nanki-Poo in The Mikado. ... Robert Evett was a theatre manager and producer. ... Rutland Barrington (January 15, 1853 - May 31, 1922) was an English actor, comedian, and musical comedy star, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. ... Rutland Barrington (January 15, 1853 - May 31, 1922) was an English actor, comedian, and musical comedy star, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. ... Sir Henry Lytton (born London, 3 January 1865, died London 15 August 1936) was the leading exponent of the patter roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the early part of the twentieth century. ... George Grossmith, as illustrated in The Idler magazine, 1897 George Grossmith (December 9, 1847 - March 1, 1912) was an English actor and comic writer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. ... George Grossmith, as illustrated in The Idler magazine, 1897 George Grossmith (December 9, 1847 - March 1, 1912) was an English actor and comic writer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. ... Walter Passmore (May 10, 1867 – August 29, 1946) was a singer and actor best known as a successor to George Grossmith in the comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Rosina Brandram (July 2, 1846 – February 28, 1907) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for her work in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Rosina Brandram (July 2, 1846 – February 28, 1907) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for her work in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Leonora Braham Leonora Braham (February 3, 1853 – November 23, 1931) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known as the creator of principal soprano roles in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas. ... Ruth Vincent (March 22, 1877 – July 4, 1955) was an English opera singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Harriett Everard as Little Buttercup in Harriett Everard (March 12, 1844–February 22, 1882) was an English singer and actress best known for creating the role of Little Buttercup in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit H.M.S. Pinafore. ... Giulia Warwick (1857 – July 13, 1904) was an English operatic soprano and actress. ... Jessie Bond (January 10, 1853–June 17, 1942) was an English singer and actress best known for creating most of the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. ... Emmie Owen (November 28, 1871 – October 18, 1905) was an English opera singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Darrell Fancourt (March 8, 1886 – August 29, 1953) was an English bass-baritone, known for his performances of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Darrell Fancourt (March 8, 1886 – August 29, 1953) was an English bass-baritone, known for his performances of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... John Ayldon (born December 11, 1943) is an English opera singer, best known for his performances in bass-baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Derek Oldham, (March 29, 1887 – March 20, 1968) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... John Dean (September 2, 1897 – March 20, 1990) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Alexander Meston Reid (March 21, 1945 – October 31, 1993), better known as Meston Reid, was a Scottish opera singer, best known for his performances in tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Leo Sheffield, (November 15, 1873 – September 3, 1951) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Leslie Rands (January 7, 1900–December 6, 1972) was an English opera singer, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Leslie Rands (January 7, 1900–December 6, 1972) was an English opera singer, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Kenneth Sandford, (June 28, 1924 – September 19, 2004) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Kenneth Sandford, (June 28, 1924 – September 19, 2004) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Richard Walker, (November 18, 1897 – August 26, 1989) was an English opera singer and actor, best known for his performances in the baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Sir Henry Lytton (born London, 3 January 1865, died London 15 August 1936) was the leading exponent of the patter roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the early part of the twentieth century. ... Sir Henry Lytton (born London, 3 January 1865, died London 15 August 1936) was the leading exponent of the patter roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the early part of the twentieth century. ... Martyn Green (1899 - 1975) was an actor primarily known for his work in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. ... John Reed is an English baritone singer and actor, known for his performances in the comic leads of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. ... Bertha Lewis (May 22, 1887 – May 8, 1931) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for her work as principal contralto in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Bertha Lewis (May 22, 1887 – May 8, 1931) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for her work as principal contralto in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Patricia Leonard, (born c. ... Elsie Griffin (December 6, 1895 – December 21, 1989) was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in the soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Marjorie Eyre (1897 – December 3, 1987) was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in the soprano and mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Marjorie Eyre (1897 – December 3, 1987) was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in the soprano and mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ...

Notes

  1. ^ See Versions section.
  2. ^ Before the 1884 revival, Act II opened with "Happy are we in our loving frivolity". See Versions section.
  3. ^ This site contains biographies of the persons listed in these tables: http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/whowaswho/index.htm

References

  • Hulme, David Russell (1984). "Sidelights on The Sorcerer.", The Sorcerer and Trial by Jury – A Booklet to Commemorate The Centenary Of The First Revival. Saffron Walden, Essex, UK: The Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, pp. 1–4. 
  • Rollins, Cyril; R. John Witts (1962). The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: A Record of Productions, 1875–1961. London: Michael Joseph.  Also, five supplements, privately printed.

External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
The Sorcerer
Gilbert and Sullivan
The Triumvirate:
W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | Richard D'Oyly Carte
The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas:
Thespis • Trial by Jury • The Sorcerer • H.M.S. Pinafore • The Pirates of Penzance • Patience • Iolanthe • Princess Ida
The Mikado • Ruddigore • The Yeomen of the Guard • The Gondoliers • Utopia, Limited • The Grand Duke
Other Works and People:
Other Works by W. S. Gilbert • Other Operas by Arthur Sullivan • Other Music by Arthur Sullivan
People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan • Gilbert and Sullivan performers

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