The Mikado
Opera (comic opera) in 2 acts Libretto: W. S. Gilbert First performance: March 14, 1885, Savoy Theatre, London
Recorded: 1987, Sydney Opera House
HMS Pinafore
Opera (comic opera) in 2 acts Libretto: W. S. Gilbert First performance: May 25 1878, Opera Comique, London
Trial by Jury
Opera (comic opera (entitled "A Dramatic Cantata")) in 1 act Libretto: W. S. Gilbert First performance: March 25, 1875, Royalty Theatre, London
Patience
Opera (comic opera) in 2 acts Libretto: W. S. Gilbert First performance: 23 April 1881, Opera Comique, London
Patience, a dairy maid - Christine Douglas The Lady Jane - Heather Begg Archibald Grosvenor - Anthony Warlow Reginald Bunthorne - Dennis Olsen
The Gondoliers
Opera in 2 acts Libretto: W. S. Gilbert First performance: December 7, 1889, Savoy Theatre
Recorded: 1990, Sydney Opera House, Australia
Marco Palmieri, Venetian Gondolier - David Hobson Giuseppe Palmieri, Venetian Gondolier - Roger Lemke Tessa, Contadina - Suzanne Johnston Gianetta, Contadina - Christine Douglas The Duke of Plaza-Toro, A Grandee of Spain - Robert Gard The Duchess of Plaza-Toro - Graeme Ewer Casilda, her Daughter - Fiona Maconaghie Luiz, his Attendant - Martin Croft Don Alhambra del Bolero, the Grand Inquisitor - Dennis Olsen Inez, the King's Foster-mother - Jennifer Bermingham
Brian MacDonald, stage director and choreographer
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Picture format: NTSC 4:3 (The Mikado, Patience, The Gondoliers) / 16:9 (HMS Pinafore, Trial By Jury) |