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	Savoy Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Savoy Theatre, which opened on 10 October 1881, was built by Richard D'Oyly Carte (1844 - 1901) on the site of the old Savoy Palace in London as a showcase for the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, which became known as the Savoy Operas as a result.
		The House of Savoy was the ruling family of Savoy descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia (or "Maurienne") (became count in 1032).
		The Savoy Palace became the London residence of John of Gaunt, 2nd Duke of Lancaster, until it was burned down by Wat Tyler's followers in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Savoy_Theatre (292 words)

	Savoy
		Savoy is a region of Europe traditionally part of north-western Italy, but largely absorbed into France in 1860 as part of the political agreement that brought about the unification of Italy.
		In 1559, Savoy was returned to the Duke of Savoy by France, as a result of the Peace of Cateau Cambrésis that ended the Italian Wars.
		Savoy was occupied by France's revolutionary forces between 1792 and 1815.
	usapedia.com /s/savoy.html (479 words)

	The Carl Rosa Opera Company
		Censorship dictated a historical past as a setting, and common to all rescue operas was the theme of selfless sacrifice in a prison setting to free a political prisoner, unjustly accused, whose release would restore love and decency to a world in which those values seemed to have been forgotten.
		Like the operas of Mercandante, Donizetti and a host of others, it is a semi-seria, embracing both the comic and the serious, relishing the sadness that is inherent in all comedy, and the absurdity that is always attendant on any serious occasion in life.
		The essence of romantic opera is that it is ambivalent; great events (in such an opera the marrying of like with like) are concluded and the rest is left open and to question.
	www.carlrosaopera.co.uk /productions/yeomen/directornotes.asp (1432 words)

	Knoxville Opera - Opera 101
		The lad's first operas are indeed remarkable works, charming and polished, fully realized dramas with an outpouring of music that is astonishingly mature, well-crafted, and unbelievably complex for the work of a fourteen year old.
		In addition to opera, he wrote salon music, church music, and chamber music, but his heart belonged to the theatre and his greatest love was music for the stage.
		The revised opera was an instant hit with audiences, and is one of the most popular and often performed operas in the modern repertoire.
	www.knoxvilleopera.com /101/composer.html (4185 words)

	Gilbert and Sullivan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sorcerer (1877) is the first full-length example of what came to be known as the Savoy operas (although the Savoy Theatre had yet to be built.) D'Oyly Carte asked Gilbert for a comic operetta that would serve as the centerpiece for an evening's entertainment.
		The Gondoliers (1889) pokes fun at the plot devices of opera in the setting of a kingdom ruled by a pair of gondoliers who try to run it in a spirit of "republican equality".
		Their works were originally produced by British impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte, considered by some to be the third member of this partnership, who built the Savoy Theatre in London to present their operettas, and formed the, which would perform the Savoy Operettas with exacting detail until 1982.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gilbert_and_Sullivan (1902 words)

	Gilbert and Sullivan Operas
		Gilbert and Sullivan collaborated on 14 operas in the 25 year period from 1871 to 1896.
		Hijinks in a courtroom, as the "bride" sues for breach of promise.
		None of the village girls stand a chance at marriage because all the village lads love Rose Maybud, but are too shy to court her Robin Oakapple also loves Rose, but when he becomes the wicked Baronet of Ruddigore, however, he must commit one major crime a day or die in agony.
	math.boisestate.edu /gas/html/gasopera.html (788 words)

	Telegraph \| Arts \| Hopelessly devoted to G&S
		The 13 or so "Savoy" operettas, written between 1875 and 1896, may nowadays be regarded by some as hackneyed and twee, a throwback to Britain's imperial past.
		But for many, a love of performing G and S in amateur dramatic societies formed a bridgehead to an appreciation of serious music and live theatre in later life, as well as providing a first fumbling opportunity to mingle with the opposite sex.
		It's Nene Valley Opera again: despite their nearly three-hour production earlier in the evening, they are also providing the late-night entertainment (thankfully, a selection of numbers from American musicals rather than yet more G and S).
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/13/btsavoy13.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/08/13/ixartleft.html (1196 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Sullivan, Sir Arthur
		In the Savoy, there followed Iolanthe, Or The Peer and the Peri (1882) and Princess Ida, Or Castle Adamant (1884), which was based on an earlier verse play of Gilbert and parodied Tennyson's The Princess.
		Above all, Offenbach's music is sexual, while the Savoy operas contain little that need imply the sexual, and much that suggests an endorsement of heavy sentiment (as in the choral number “I hear the soft note of an echoing voice” in Patience Act I Finale).
		The destiny for all the main characters in the Savoy operas is marriage; unlike Gilbert, this was not Sullivan's personal destiny, since he was more Bohemian than he allowed himself to be in his work, a fact that points to an ambiguity in his work as well as in British bourgeois society.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4285 (1747 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Topsy-Turvy at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although Gilbert and Sullivan are still the best-remembered writers of light operas from their time, their late Victorian social satire, mild humour, and saccharine plots have either fallen out of context or been outdone many times in the twentieth century.
		Their works, better-known as the Savoy Operas, named after the theatre where most of them premiered, are still regularly presented, but they are generally performed by amateur societies, as copyright has since then expired while the tunes maintain a great appeal among the public.
		Overall, I have seen four Savoy operas performed on the stage in the last three years: "The Mikado" and "H.M.S. Pinafore" in 1999, "Iolanthe" in 2000, and "Princess Ida" this year.
	www.epinions.com /content_24522165892 (2013 words)

	Gilbert and Sullivan and the Early Recording Industry
		The enormous popular appeal of the Savoy operas ensured that they would be among the first musical works immortalized in the new medium of recorded sound.
		Had the development of recorded sound proceeded with a regular, consistent pace resembling that of productions of new Savoy operas, we might today be able to hear reasonably complete reproductions of the works by the artists who created them.
		Because we are now so removed from the living memory of how the operas were performed in 1907, these recorded documents have attained a significance not always appreciated.
	www.concentric.net /~Oakapple/gasdisc/pin1907r-intro.htm (2696 words)

	NABMSA Conference Schedule
		Hugh is a picturesque ballad opera that tends to use folk tunes in a self-consciously performative manner, preserving their original texts and functions in ways that segregate them from the larger musico-dramatic layout.
		Subverting the intentions of this Act, however, was the opera "The Dragon of Wantley," which cleverly presented a number of political, allegorical references, while masking the subversiveness of the libretto with a parody of Italian opera.
		The opera is emotionally inspiring, with a national, historically accurate, and socialist subject (the 1381 English peasants' rebellion), a socialist hero, and a focus on the English people.
	www.nabmsa.org /abs.html (8797 words)

	Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) & William Gilbert (1836-1911) : Library of Congress Citations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Authentic libretti of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.
		Original comic opera in two acts entitled The chieftain Notes: His The chieftain [SR] 197-?: container (The chieftain, or The law of the ladrones) New Grove (The chieftain; 1st production and publication in 1894; revised from his The contrabandista, 1867) Control No.: n 81000658 Heading: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.
		Overture to the opera The yeomen of the Guard Notes: His Overture to the opera The yeomen of the Guard, 1979.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~MCNEIL/cit/citlcgilsull.htm (1986 words)

	WE ARE GOING TO ABOLISH IT IN ENGLAND: Gilbert Today and Tomorrow
		He asks: "What are the reasons for the enduring popularity of the Savoy Operas?" He pinpoints "the nostalgia factor" as the most important: he writes: "Half the charm of the Savoy Operas is that they are so dated.
		Thus the satire in Patience did not become incomprehensible as soon as Aestheticism had had its day, but remained fresh because the real target is not Aestheticism at all but the desire of men to be admired by women, and their willingness to use all the weapons of fashion to achieve that end.
		The operas are satirical; the operas have an edge; the operas criticise and mock.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /ajcrowth/buxton.htm (2810 words)

	Rogue Opera - Guest Artist Richard Sheldon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rogue Opera is in the midst of its delightful performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass Who Loved A Sailor." Clichés aside, this is an event not to be missed.
		The Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan have become an art form in their own right.
		Rogue Opera also is pleased to announce that Richard Sheldon is available to appear as a special guest speaker (at no cost besides local transportation) at schools and civic organizations in Southern Oregon and Northern California during the week of May 8 to 15.
	www.rogueopera.org /rsheldon.html (1002 words)

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		GODWIN, A. Gilbert and Sullivan - A Critical Appreciation of the Savoy Operas London: J. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1926; pp.xx.300.
		Complete libretti for the eight most-performed operas with a general historical and biographical introduction, potted theatrical histories of each opera and musical examples.
		Taking each opera in turn, Smith re-examines each of them as pieces of entertainment while recognizing their traditions and potentials.
	www.arcadee.freeserve.co.uk /list03.txt (7674 words)

	The Mikado, Richard D'Oyly Carte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The popular G&S operas which were written during the 1880s after the Savoy was built are called the "Savoy Operas."
		The Savoy Theatre, built by Richard D'Oyly Carte with great consideration for the comfort of his patrons, was opened on October 10, 1881, with Patience, transferred from the Opera Comique where it had been running since April.
		Later, however, after the completion of the Savoy Hotel, the theatre entrance was moved to the Strand.
	condor.stcloudstate.edu /~scogdill/mikado/doylycarte.html (434 words)

	Potted History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However after making all the preparations to mount the opera she received a notice form the Lord Chamberlain prohibiting any performances of the work.
		However the opera was presented at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield in May. The management stated that even though they had read about the ban in the papers he had not been officially advised so had proceeded with the performances.
		Apart from the Savoy Operas George also played in other pieces by Gilbert and in works written by his son.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~melbear/potted8.htm (1963 words)

	GILBERT AND SULLIVAN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		''The_Sorcerer'' (1877) is the first full-length example of what came to be known as the Savoy operas (although the Savoy Theatre had yet to be built.) D'Oyly Carte asked Gilbert for a comic operetta that would serve as the centerpiece for an evening's entertainment.
		Two relative unknowns hired by Gilbert for ''The Sorcerer'' would stay with his opera company for many years to become great stars of the Victorian stage, George_Grossmith, a comic patter man, and Rutland_Barrington, baritone and character actor.
		Their works were originally produced by British impresario Richard_D'Oyly_Carte, considered by some to be the third member of this partnership, who built the Savoy_Theatre in London to present their operettas, and formed the D'Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company, which would perform the Savoy Operettas with exacting detail until 1982.
	velocipay.com /Gilbert_and_Sullivan (2125 words)

	Sir Arthur Sullivan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although he is most remembered for composing music to the Savoy Operas, a famous collaboration with librettist Sir William S. Gilbert, Sullivan is regaining respect as a composer of work more serious than the operetta.
		Of the fourteen Savoy Operas, The Pirates of Penzance (1879), H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), and The Mikado (1885) are most commonly performed and remembered.
		Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas, perhaps more than any other vessel, have carried a sense of Victorian attitudes through the twentieth century, and are invaluable as a source of insight into both middle class entertainment of the period and the modes of political and social satire that such popular amusement adopted.
	www.victorianweb.org /mt/sullivan.html (338 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The comic goings-on of the operas belie the tensions, which informed their personal relationship, and for a time it would seem that each of their efforts would be the last.
		In fact, it is quite tragic, as the jester Jack Point either goes mad or dies (depending on stage convention) when his beloved Elsie, unaware of his love for her, leaves Point for the dashing Colonel Fairfax.
		There follows a madrigal (another prominent Savoy convention) as the couple and their attendants sing of the merits of the various seasons, ending with the obligatory “fa la la” refrain.
	www.cgrow.com /acs/acsgs.htm (1035 words)

	G&S Discography: "Gramophone" Reviews of the HMV Acoustical Recordings"
		N.B.—When the reverse of a record bears an extract from a different opera a reference is given, but no reference is given when both sides are from the same opera, as the other side is mentioned in the same paragraph, or when the other item recorded is not one of Sullivan's compositions.
		The remaining Gilbert and Sullivan operas, except Utopia Limited and The Grand Duke, have been recorded in full by H.M.V., first The Mikado (published in March, 1918), then The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, H.M.S. Pinafore, Ruddigore and Princess Ida, in that order.
		Here the Queen is sometimes not quite in the middle of her note, the alto chorus is weak, especially on "pardoned," and the orchestra is used merely as an accompaniment, not as a most important integral part of the opera as the composer intended.
	www.concentric.net /~Oakapple/gasdisc/narracou-gram.htm (9885 words)

	Abbots Langley Gilbert & Sullivan Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Back at home, the directors of the Comedy Opera Company had completely changed their tune and, now wanting a greater share of the success, invaded the Opera Comique in the middle of a performance to try to steal scenery and properties for a production of their own.
		Sullivan, encouraged by no less than Queen Victoria herself, longed to write a grand opera, whilst being only too aware that it was the Savoy type of opera which brought in the money he needed to enjoy a life in high society.
		By employing two casts of equal status it was ensured that the opera could run continuously for six nights a week and, bearing this in mind, an initial run of 155 consecutive performances represents a remarkable record for grand opera.
	www.algss.org.uk /gsinfo/pottedhistory.htm (6471 words)

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		Gilbert, the deviser of plots for the Savoy operas, habitually viewed his times in a distorting mirror as grotesque as Lewis Carroll’s vision of Wonderland.
		The Savoy operas abound in satire of recognizable types: The Pirates of Penzance twits incompetent public officials; H. Pinafore pokes fun at the First Lord of the Admiralty, raised to his exalted post by his skill at polishing the handle of the big front door.
		He yearned to do grand opera “where words are to suggest music, not to govern it.” Gilbert, too, longed to do serious work on his own—as his problem plays, mostly flops, make clear.
	www.newcriterion.com /archive/15/jan97/kennedy.htm (1677 words)

	London theatre operetta HMS Pinafore on stage in London's West End Savoy Theatre - ticket buying and theater guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On 21 April 1999: It was announced that The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company will present Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore at the Royal Festival Hall for a limited run of eight performances between 27 July to 1 August 1999.
		But the whole cast - ideally conducted by John Owen Edwards - is good, despite a few bad opera vowels from the female leads.
		Back "home" at the Savoy after 11 years' absence, the scale is ideal for these performers without amplification.
	www.albemarle-london.com /hmspinafore.html (963 words)

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