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Jun 5, 2024 · "The Mikado" is a comedic operetta written by W.S. Gilbert, with music composed by Arthur Sullivan. Set in Japan, the story satirizes British politics, custo...
Jun 24, 2024 · Chapter 5, ‘W.S. Gilbert, the English Aristophanes’, examines the claim that the great Victorian librettist was Aristophanic in the forms of satirical humour he deployed in his works.
Jun 26, 2024 · Genealogy for William W Gilbert (1832 - 1916) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Jun 25, 2024 · In the late 19th Century, the duo of Gilbert and Sullivan wrote several operas that are as popular today as they were when they were written and performed. Gilbert and Sullivan's operas have been produced on stages throughout the world as well as a favorite for televised and motion picture operas.
Jun 12, 2024 · The Sorcerer is a two-act comedy opera with a libretto by W.S Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. It is set in a small, English, country village where celebrations are in full swing for the betrothal of Alexis (Robin Bailey), heir to Sir Marmaduke (Matthew Palmer), and Aline (Ellie Neate), daughter of Lady Sangazure (Catrine Kirkman).
Jun 14, 2024 · Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘comic opera’ The Sorcerer is a comparatively early work, coming between Trial By Jury and HMS Pinafore and first seen at the Opera Comique in London in 1877. Poster for the 1884 revival of “The Sorcerer” with J. W. Wells.
Jun 12, 2024 · Based on W. S. Gilbert’s story An Elixir of Love , The Sorcerer, tells the tale of Alexis, a man obsessed with the idea that all should fall in love. He enlists a ‘Family Sorcerer ’ of J.W....
