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Author : Gayden Wren
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 18,57 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 : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 44,1 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 : David Eden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 29,31 MB
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521888492
An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : HMH
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 22,94 MB
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0547350619
This colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived in—the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance—to life. The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame—Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who inspired Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince. Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land, and titles through bribery, marriage, and murder, the dynasty’s dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to its occupation of the highest position in Renaissance society forms a gripping tale. From the author of The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici and other acclaimed works, The Borgias and Their Enemies is “a fascinating read” (Library Journal).
Author : Kurt Gänzl
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 50,54 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 : Andrew Crowther
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 24,68 MB
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752463853
The author of The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore and the other great Savoy libretti, W.S. Gilbert was witty, caustic and disrespectful, one of the celebrities of the late Victorian era. He wrote the most brilliantly inventive plays of his time, and with Arthur Sullivan he wrote comic operas that defined the age. He became richer and more famous than he could have imagined, but at the price of his artistic freedom. In his time Gilbert had been many things: journalist, theatre critic, cartoonist, comic poet, stage director, writer of short stories, dramatist. Andrew Crowther examines W.S. Gilbert from all these angles, using a wealth of sources to tell the story of an angry and quarrelsome man, discontented with himself and the age he lived in, raging at life's absurdities and laughing at them. In this book Gilbert's glorious, contradictory character is explored and brought vividly to life.
Author : W. S. Gilbert
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1137 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368304569
Reproduction of the original.
Author : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,80 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781019411483
The Pirates of Penzance is one of the most beloved comic operas of all time, and has been entertaining audiences for over a century. The opera tells the story of a young man named Frederic, who has been mistakenly apprenticed to a band of pirates. As he tries to escape from their clutches, he falls in love with the beautiful Mabel, leading to a series of hilarious hijinks and misunderstandings. The music and lyrics by Gilbert and Sullivan are witty and catchy, and the comic timing of the performers is impeccable. This is a classic opera that never fails to delight and entertain. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Carolyn Williams
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 36,96 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 : Adrienne Simpson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,7 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 1135949859
This biography tells the story of Alice May, a touring prima donna in the nineteenth century who took part in pioneering performances of the popular light operas of the day, including the first production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer.