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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9780141441290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96259285
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Savoy Operas: the Complete Gilbert and Sullivan
Author
William Schwenck Gilbert, Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
896 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
607g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
William Schwenck Gilbert, Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Editor
Ed Glinert
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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