THE COMPLETE GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERA GUIDE

Reviewed 11/03/2013

Gilbert & Sullivan Operas by Alan Jefferson

THE COMPLETE GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERA GUIDE
Alan Jefferson
New York: Facts On File, 1984

Rating:

5.0

High

ISBN-13 978-0-87196-857-9
ISBN-10 0-87196-857-6 352pp. HC/LF/FCI $29.95

Table of Contents

  Preface 6
  Introduction: The Operas and Gilbert and Sullivan 7
  Thespis (or The Gods Grown Old) 23
  Trial by Jury 39
  The Sorcerer 52
  HMS Pinafore (or The Lass that Loved a Sailor) 72
  The Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty) 91
  Patience (or Bunthorne's Bride) 111
  Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri) 132
  Princess Ida (or Castle Adamant) 160
  The Mikado (or The Town of Titipu) 184
  Ruddigore (or The Witch's Curse) 207
  The Yeoman of the Guard (or A Merryman and his Maid) 231
  The Gondoliers (or The King of Barataria) 257
  Utopia, Limited (or The Flowers of Progress) 284
  The Grand Duke (or The Statutory Duel) 317
 
  Notes on the recordings and films of the Savoy Operas 345
  Selected Bibliography 347
  Acknowledgements 348
  Index 349
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