Gilbert & Sullivan - The Gondoliers
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4820660
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 6th July 2015
Contents
Artists
John ReedGeoffrey Shovelton
Kenneth Sandford
Meston Reid
Michael Rayner
James Conroy-Ward
Barry Clark
Michael Buchan
Lyndsie Holland
Julia Goss
Barbara Lilley
Jane Metcalfe
Glynis Prendergast
Caroline Baker
Anne Eggleston
Beti Lloyd-Jones
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Royston NashWorks
The GondoliersArtists
John ReedGeoffrey Shovelton
Kenneth Sandford
Meston Reid
Michael Rayner
James Conroy-Ward
Barry Clark
Michael Buchan
Lyndsie Holland
Julia Goss
Barbara Lilley
Jane Metcalfe
Glynis Prendergast
Caroline Baker
Anne Eggleston
Beti Lloyd-Jones
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Royston NashAbout
The Gondoliers is the sunniest of all the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, and was one of the most harmonious collaborations between two such temperamentally incompatible yet artistically well-matched men. The morning after the rapturously received opening night in December 1889, Gilbert wrote to Sullivan: ‘I must thank you for the magnificent work you have put into the piece. It gives one the chance of shining through the twentieth century [and beyond!] with a reflected light.’ Sullivan’s reply was equally gushing: ‘In such a perfect book as The Gondoliers you shone with an individual brilliancy which no other writer can hope to attain.’
This recording, made in February 1977, and receiving its first release on CD, was one of the last the original D’Oyly Carte Opera Company made before it was disbanded in 1982. Preserving its unique performing tradition dating from the original productions of the Savoy Operas, the company set down invaluable records of performances from almost every era of its existence (though, sadly, there is little from the original stars of the Savoy, when recording technology was still in its infancy). The company first recorded The Gondoliers complete in 1927. This is its fourth set, the second in stereo.
‘the appealing gondoliers of Meston Reid and Michael Rayner, John Reed’s typically reliable Duke and Kenneth Sandford’s pillar of strength Don Alhambra’ - Gramophone, July 1977
Cast:
- The Duke of Plaza-Toro, a Grandee of Spain: John Reed
- Luiz, his attendant: Geoffrey Shovelton
- Don Alhambra del Bolero, the Grand Inquisitor: Kenneth Sandford
- Marco Palmieri, Venetian Gondolier: Meston Reid
- Giuseppe Palmieri, Venetian Gondolier: Michael Rayner
- Antonio & Annibale, Venetian Gondoliers: James Conroy-Ward
- Francesco, Venetian Gondolier: Barry Clark
- Giorgio, Venetian Gondolier: Michael Buchan
- The Duchess of Plaza-Toro: Lyndsie Holland
- Casilda, her Daughter: Julia Goss
- Gianetta Contadina: Barbara Lilley
- Tessa Contadina: Jane Metcalfe
- Fiametta Contadina: Glynis Prendergast
- Vittoria Contadina: Caroline Baker
- Giulia Contadina: Anne Eggleston
- Inez, the King’s Foster-mother: Beti Lloyd-Jones
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