| 单词 | Gilbert and Sullivan |
| 例句 | Speedy was watching him, without a word of Gilbert and Sullivan gibberish as greeting. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Well he hasn’t got religious mania, and he isn’t running around in a circle spouting Gilbert and Sullivan, so I suppose he’s normal.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Knickerbocker Holiday,” for starters, sits somewhere between Gilbert and Sullivan operetta and Tin Pan Alley, not to mention somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic. Rare Reprises for an Unlikely Collaboration 2011-01-23T00:59:00Z They all get their moments to wrap their supple voices around Yeston’s songs, whose period influences range from rag to Gilbert and Sullivan. Voices raised ebulliently, passengers of ‘Titanic’ head for the deep 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Imagine A Midsummer Night's Dream crossed with Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, and you get some idea of the wonderful weirdness of this early 1851 play by Ibsen only now receiving its British professional premiere. St John's Night – review 2012-07-15T17:29:01Z I felt like Gilbert and Sullivan just wanted to make people happy with their work, and they also wanted to address British culture, and they’d gotten into a rut, so they set it in Japan. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z While the play is ostensibly set in the near future, the characters are mired in the past, quoting the Romantic poets and singing a couple of Gilbert and Sullivan numbers. Review: Tina Howe’s New Englanders Thrash in the Shallows of ‘Singing Beach’ 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z For two seasons Gilbert and Sullivan chestnuts took the place of more adventurous works. Music Review: ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Review 2011-11-14T22:14:30Z Their other cat, recently deceased, was named Gilbert — the pair being an homage to the opera legends Gilbert and Sullivan. Pundit Mona Charen blew up CPAC. Even she was stunned by the vitriol that ensued. 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Will Crutchfield, who has directed Bel Canto at Caramoor from the start, asserts in a program note that including Gilbert and Sullivan in the series is not a huge stretch. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z The film director Mike Leigh, whose hyperrealist movies include a 1999 film about the operetta composers Gilbert and Sullivan, makes his opera directing debut with one of their works. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z About one he writes: “he loved Gilbert and Sullivan operas, toy trains, boiled eggs and his model piggery in Ipswich.” Books of The Times: ?Operation Mincemeat? by Ben Macintyre 2010-05-11T21:44:00Z That esteemed regional theater makes its return on Friday, when its production of “Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘H.M.S. Television: From PBS, a Sampler Festival 2011-10-09T03:30:15Z Part two was pure fun: clever close-harmony arrangements of Gilbert and Sullivan by former King's singer Bob Chilcott, and a group of folk songs reinvented by members past and present. The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z With the company, he appeared often in the United States and around the world; in the 1980s he was a frequent guest star with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z Musically, I grew up listening to everything from Gilbert and Sullivan — I love “The Pirates of Penzance” — to Sondheim; “Into the Woods” is my favorite musical ever. Aussie Clare Bowen has found her niche in Nashville, and on TV, too 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z She then began assisting the Welsh costume designer Lindy Hemming, who won an Oscar for Mike Leigh’s Gilbert and Sullivan bio-pic “Topsy-Turvy.” How Jacqueline Durran, the “Little Women” Costume Designer, Remixes Styles and Eras 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Operas that may be represented in the sale include the Gilbert and Sullivan favorites "The Mikado" and "The Pirates of Penzance" as well as Giuseppe Verdi's tragedy "Rigoletto." Early start on Halloween costume? Lyric Opera holds sale 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The difficulty with doing “Pirates,” and with the Gilbert and Sullivan canon in general, is that today the objects of its comedy are so distant from so much of its audience. Music Review: ?Pirates of Penzance? at Symphony Space - Review 2011-12-30T21:47:29Z One of two numbers interpolated from other Gilbert and Sullivan shows, “Sorry Her Lot,” from “H.M.S. Pinafore,” is a solo for Mabel. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Mike Leigh will make his debut as an opera director with Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance for the English National Opera. Mike Leigh to make opera debut 2014-04-29T13:12:26Z Peak Opera Company rehearse Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. Gilbert and Sullivan make their mark on Buxton 2010-08-09T17:21:00Z At the height of your rock-and-roll fame, you decided to do Gilbert and Sullivan. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z She appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” onstage and at the movies. ‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Review: And What a Voice It Is 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z His remarkable diction enabled him to shine in patter roles of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and he featured prominently in that repertoire throughout his career. Derek Hammond-Stroud obituary 2012-05-27T16:09:09Z He also learned that Mr. Abrahams had a passion for Gilbert and Sullivan, which provided a good excuse to suffuse the film with their scores as incidental music. Colin Welland Dies at 81; Wrote ‘Chariots of Fire’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z I'm just as interested in Gilbert and Sullivan as I am in Wagner. Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry 2013-03-31T05:59:01Z My influences were going from Kurt Weill to Gilbert and Sullivan to early Rodgers and Hammerstein. Danny Elfman on How 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Endured 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z So she took me to a Gilbert and Sullivan. Lawrence Durrell and Peggy Glanville-Hicks: a song for Sappho 2012-08-22T18:31:01Z Mr. Reed had little familiarity with Gilbert and Sullivan, an almost treasonous stance for a Briton. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z The unredeemed Ebenezer Scrooge would probably think that Gilbert and Sullivan tunes were pretty much humbug. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z He reportedly resolved to be a composer when he was 4, after hearing a Gilbert and Sullivan production. Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer and ‘Master of the Queen’s Music,’ dies at 81 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Karzas attended Harvard College as a history and literature major, playing piano for performances of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and singing in the Harvard Glee Club. WFMT's Andrew Karzas dies after cancer battle 2011-04-12T03:45:00Z The adaptations, Graney stresses, were conceived in “complete reverence and respect to Gilbert and Sullivan.” A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Sporting giant mutton-chop sideburns that make him look like a stock Gilbert and Sullivan character, Mr. Dennehy’s Sir Toby takes sly pleasure in egging on his addled friend to greater feats of foolishness. Critic?s Notebook: Brian Dennehy at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2011-09-03T00:09:21Z Before long Mr. Reed, a self-described shy man, became known for his subtle, surprisingly sympathetic characterizations of Gilbert and Sullivan’s buffoons. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z As I was watching “Handbagged,” lyrics from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” came to mind, when the brigands of the title sank humbly to their knees at the mention of Victoria Regina. London Theater Journal: Mind Games 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Gilbert and Sullivan couldn't write lyrics for this guy. Author Don Winslow: Trump's administration feels like it's "manifested itself" as the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z I’d bet my life on the bulk of the Picard show being heavily dramatic, but let’s not forget that the main character drinks Earl Grey and enjoys the work of Gilbert and Sullivan. Star Trek boldly goes back: the welcome return of Jean-Luc Picard 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z A butcher’s son from the north of England, Mr. Reed was a largely self-taught stage performer who fell into Gilbert and Sullivan by chance. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z Long before there was much shaking on Broadway, this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was all the rage — throughout the U.S. and abroad, often in pirated versions. Local theater: From 'Laramie' to 'La Mancha' to the HMS Pinafore 2010-07-01T20:43:00Z In 1999 Leigh moved into “period” pieces with Topsy-Turvy, a study of Gilbert and Sullivan’s creation of The Mikado. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Gilbert and Sullivan roles formed the backbone of his frequent appearances at the BBC Proms. Derek Hammond-Stroud obituary 2012-05-27T16:09:09Z He had intended to become a painter but switched course after receiving a standing ovation during a student production of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. John Lithgow?s Memoir ?Drama: An Actor?s Education? 2011-09-25T22:59:17Z A band piped up Gilbert and Sullivan’s hit “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum.” The first celebrity first lady: Frances Cleveland Gilbert and Sullivan buffs will either love or hate these highconcept and super-fast shows, each an 80-minute blitz through the beloved operettas. Gilbert and Sullivan with guitars and beach balls 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Jonathan Miller’s 2007 English National Opera production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado set the action in the 1930s. Jonathan Miller attacks West End trend of 'dumping' classic plays in a new era 2013-02-02T11:23:44Z It embraces an anything-goes spirit that is both in keeping with the distinctive silliness of Gilbert and Sullivan at their best, and establishes its own brand of inspired goofing. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Stuart Barr, who accompanies Mr. Standing on piano, paced the material at a polite gallop that underscores Coward’s stylistic descent from Gilbert and Sullivan. Music Review: Channeling the Smart Set, but Hold the Snobbishness 2010-03-01T22:52:00Z Given the socially engaged, left-leaning nature of his film and stage work, he’s not everybody’s idea of a Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast. ‘Pirates of Penzance’ Gives Lift to English National Opera 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim’s music examines the entire pre-1960s tradition, from Gilbert and Sullivan and Viennese operetta, through the Gershwins’ satires, Cole Porter’s burlesque musicals and beyond. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Like Mike Leigh’s 1999 film “Topsy-Turvy,” which told the story of Gilbert and Sullivan as they created “The Mikado,” the new production will firmly establish the operetta as a work of the Victorian imagination. Reviving ‘The Mikado’ in a Balancing Act of Taste 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Eight singers participated in the program whose first half was devoted to Gilbert and Sullivan and included five numbers from “The Mikado.” Music Review: ‘W. S. Gilbert and Broadway He Inspired’ at 92nd Street Y 2013-01-13T21:05:53Z After retiring from the D’Oyly Carte in 1979, he performed and directed Gilbert and Sullivan with opera companies in the United States and elsewhere. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z Graney had the same priorities when the company began tackling Gilbert and Sullivan. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The third was a young Irish poet whose lectures on interior design and Gothic art formed an elaborate publicity stunt for a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America by Roy Morris Jnr – review 2013-02-15T14:01:01Z She knows Gilbert and Sullivan because of “The West Wing” and recently waved her phone and complained, “I’ve been on hold for an entire episode of “Will & Grace.” First Crush: A TV Lover Grows Up to Be a TV Critic 2013-07-10T15:52:13Z What the Chicago-based troupe the Hypocrites have done with Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” and “Pirates of Penzance” is turn both into irresistible parties. Gilbert and Sullivan with guitars and beach balls 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z This whole ritual was plainly intended to be — as one of the foolishly aesthetic maidens in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera “Patience” remarks — “perceptively intense and consummately utter.” Dance Review: Mark Dendy’s ‘Ritual Cyclical,’ Ensembles Worshiping 2013-07-25T19:47:21Z At the Coliseum last week, before a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Yeomen of the Guard,” the atmosphere was relaxed and informal. An Opera Company’s Precarious Future Has Some Worried About a Ripple Effect 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The event will also feature a number of shows from Thompson, including 1,000 Years of Popular Song, which sees him covering songs by musicians as eclectic as Nelly Furtado and Gilbert and Sullivan. Meltdown festival to pay tribute folk singer Kate McGarrigle 2010-04-08T18:40:00Z An antic exuberance is built into the form and content of Gilbert and Sullivan shows. Review: Sailing on Silly Seas With ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Wilson recently conducted two performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “Princess Ida” on period instruments, with “tiny trombones and cornets and gut strings and everything.” The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Is Gilbert and Sullivan’s enduringly popular “The Mikado” a droll satire of Victorian England? Reviving ‘The Mikado’ in a Balancing Act of Taste 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z He also appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z One song, Pasta, has a parodic Gilbert and Sullivan zest; another, in which Jenny name-drops the cultural goodies she will offer her putative kids, makes your toes curl. Love Story 2010-06-08T21:15:00Z Jonathan Miller's 1930s English hotel version of Gilbert and Sullivan's Japanese celebrates its 25th anniversary with this latest revival. The Mikado ? review 2011-03-01T18:13:01Z Hooper's first taste of performing came as a gang member in "The Beggar's Opera" and then a lovesick British officer in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience" - vivid childhood memories, he says. With 'Les Miz,' a new kind of speech for Hooper 2012-12-21T15:31:17Z His complete set of the Beethoven symphonies was much praised as, of course, were his recordings of the Gilbert and Sullivan classics. Charles Mackerras 1925-2010 2010-07-15T10:55:00Z His parents met in a Gilbert and Sullivan production, but his father, a brooding man who played Beethoven in his spare time, left the family and moved to Vienna. Billy Joel’s Got a Good Job and Hits in His Head 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z "My short answer to the question as to why work with other people is Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Woodward and Bernstein, Lennon and McCartney and it goes on," he says. James Patterson: a life in writing 2013-05-11T08:02:02Z “And Gilbert and Sullivan is kind of dead.” In This ‘Oklahoma!,’ She Loves Her and He Loves Him 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z In addition to his own music, the album includes standards by Gilbert and Sullivan and Lerner and Loewe. Photographer William Eggleston Will Release His First Album 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z If there’s a message, it’s that Gilbert and Sullivan needs no clever interventions or adornment. ‘Pirates of Penzance’ Gives Lift to English National Opera 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Read subsequently defended the rhyming couplets which had come under critical fire: "Rhyming couplets did not do Shakespeare or Gilbert and Sullivan much harm." Play it again, Mike Read: DJ's Oscar Wilde musical given another spin 2012-02-08T15:39:02Z The summer's hottest ticket is OSF artistic director Bill Rauch's richly entertaining outdoor staging of the familiar Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. 5 plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: a critic's take 2011-07-31T04:07:15Z Storie hopes he can turn on more youths to the delights of Gilbert and Sullivan. Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society celebrates 60 years 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z My mother had a book of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas on piano, and somehow I learned the songs. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z So, when I heard of “The Pirates of Penzance,” I knew what Gilbert and Sullivan was. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z From 1959 to 1979, Mr. Reed was the principal comedian of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, the London professional troupe founded in the 1870s to stage the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z This is not your father’s Gilbert and Sullivan. 'Pirates of Penzance': Wasting away in Gilbert and Sullivanville 2010-12-15T22:44:16Z It explains why Gilbert and Sullivan works better these days as an amateur participation sport — the stuff of singalongs in church halls — rather than a serious undertaking. ‘Pirates of Penzance’ Gives Lift to English National Opera 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Mike Judge would never smuggle in a satire of Gilbert and Sullivan, as “The Simpsons” did, and his plotting was pointedly indifferent. The ’90s Cartoon That Mattered? ‘Beavis and Butt-Head.’ (Fight Me.) 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The libretto that accompanied the D’Oyly Carte recording of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” ‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Their collection soon stretched much further back, with a wealth of Gilbert and Sullivan material, as well as Noel Coward's own vocal score of Bitter Sweet, signed by him and the entire cast. UK's largest collection of memorabilia from musicals left to the V&A 2010-12-15T19:31:57Z The score evokes influences as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan and Kurt Weill, and is often suffused with an evocative, melodic wistfulness. Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Patience is another all-male Gilbert and Sullivan revival at the Union, which has done some terrific G&S shows including Iolanthe. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-02-10T17:08:45Z David attended Crane Country Day School in Montecito, Calif., where he starred in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “H.M.S. Pinafore” and other musical productions, but he flunked out. David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The second half focused on specific 20th-century songs in the Gilbert and Sullivan style. Music Review: ‘W. S. Gilbert and Broadway He Inspired’ at 92nd Street Y 2013-01-13T21:05:53Z All this is chorally amplified, as in a Gilbert and Sullivan comedy; all the village girls forget their local sweethearts in favor of the military men until the hussars move on. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The strong influence on Gilbert and Sullivan a few decades later is manifest, but those two kept a better lasso of believability around all the silliness. Virginia Opera’s ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ is almost heaven 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z “My mother couldn’t appear in our local Gilbert and Sullivan society production of ‘Iolanthe,’ because I was on the way, so they named me after it instead. David Nobbs, Novelist and Creator of Reginald Perrin, Dies at 80 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Then, “within a second, we were in Gilbert and Sullivan,” he added. An Eagerly Awaited Opera, Delayed by the Pandemic, Opens at Last 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Carr, a Gilbert and Sullivan fan, takes the conventional bourgeois view of it as a collection of worthy monuments. Review: Screwball Eggheads Tear Up the Library in ‘Travesties’ 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The lyrics have very deliberate shout-outs to Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The company regularly dusts off lesser-known works from the ingenious Gilbert and Sullivan canon. Music Review: A Lesser-Known Work by Gilbert and Sullivan Tells a Tropical Tale 2010-11-22T21:47:00Z Amid the Gilbert and Sullivan pastiches and dance band ditties, all serviceable but unremarkable, a few stand out. Review: A Multiple-Exposure ‘Me and My Girl’ at Encores! 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Voting itself is a backward Western ritual; it takes a patter song modeled on Gilbert and Sullivan to explain the idiocy of the Electoral College. Review: In the Musical ‘Soft Power,’ China Whistles the Tune 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It baffles me when I hear an audience laugh at a Gilbert and Sullivan song; such enjoyment requires a taste for archness that eludes me. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z The long overture has breezy grace, rather like a Broadway take on Gilbert and Sullivan. Music Review: Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti 2011-08-14T22:00:12Z There were two people named Gilbert and Sullivan. For Biz Markie, fame comes and goes like a McDonald’s McRib sandwich 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z At 12, he appeared in a stage production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Pirates of Penzance" and sparked his early interest in acting. Actor Peter Falk renowned for TV role 'Columbo' 2011-06-25T04:41:43Z Directed by Al Samuels and Rob Lindley, the show barrels along with a score steeped in show tunes, R&B, gospel and Gilbert and Sullivan. Theater Review: ‘50 Shades! The Musical’ Parodies That Erotic Best Seller 2014-03-14T22:21:00Z And that cues Arthur Bryant’s entrance line: “Someone was whistling ‘Oh, Happy the Lily’ from Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Ruddigore’ very badly indeed.” 'Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart,' by Christopher Fowler 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z This is a reworked update of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Mikado – another "cool" film – and won't be up for any cultural sensitivity awards any time soon. Michael Winner in clips 2013-01-21T16:59:15Z I assume that when you and he get together with your friends, there may be references to Schubert or Gilbert and Sullivan or Arlo Guthrie that make him think, “Huh?” Ask Amy: Partners differ on privacy 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z In a news release Sellars described Di Lasso's last opus as "so densely packed with information — from bar to bar — that it makes the collected works of Elliott Carter seem like Gilbert and Sullivan." L.A. Master Chorale to kick off 2016-17 season with Peter Sellars 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Indeed, like their legendary predecessors Gilbert and Sullivan, the men were never close friends. Keith Reid, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ lyricist, dies at 76 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Before he signed off the stage, he sang his version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” a signature tune from their comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance.” Minister Steve Pieters endured the AIDS crisis. He's a beacon of faith battling new virus 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Your predicament reminds Miss Manners of the Gilbert and Sullivan general who brags about his ancestral tombs, only to be reminded that he purchased the estate quite recently. Advice | Miss Manners: How do I get adults to stop answering questions for their kids? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z It is a dark reprise of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," with the Lord High Executioner drawing up lists of people "who would not be missed." The execution of Julian Assange: He exposed the crimes of empire — and that can't be tolerated 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Frishberg took an early and eclectic interest in music, listening to an older brother’s boogie-woogie jazz records and to the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Dave Frishberg, composer and performer of inventive, witty jazz songs, dies at 88 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z In the way the theater has been physically transformed, the production calls to mind the Hypocrites’ zany shindig version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance,” which came to Pasadena Playhouse in 2018. Review: The troubled Go-Go's musical "Head Over Heels" finds festive redemption 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z He later became one of director Leigh's go-to actors, with roles in his gritty urban dramas Life Is Sweet and Secrets And Lies, and the Gilbert and Sullivan musical film Topsy-Turvy. Timothy Spall: 'I was crying, swearing and chucking paint' 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z His score also pays homage again and again to musical-theater legacies and traditions, by quoting Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, even the lyrics of another history musical, “1776.” Review | ‘Hamilton’ jumps from stage to Disney Plus: A leap that shows just how brilliant this show really is 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Those reference points are hardly accidental: “Hamilton” draws lyrical, narrative and stylistic energy from every direction, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Gilbert and Sullivan, from the Notorious B.I.G. to Destiny’s Child to Shakespeare. Review: From Broadway to Disney+, 'Hamilton' speaks brilliantly to a time of fear and protest 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z I think watching last week, it was a Gilbert and Sullivan farce rather than serious Westminster processes that were taking place. UK coronavirus live: no new Covid-19 deaths recorded in Scotland and Northern Ireland 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Hook is more of a Gilbert and Sullivan pirate, a farcical construction winking the audience into cahoots. Review: 'Fly,' La Jolla Playhouse's new musical about Peter Pan and Wendy, needs to grow up 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who oversaw President Clinton’s trial, was a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and festooned his robe with four gold stripes to mimic the Lord Chancellor in “Iolanthe.” Trade deals, Trump impeachment trial showcase 'Washington whiplash' at its finest 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Years later, reflecting on his role in the Clinton impeachment trial, Chief Justice Rehnquist was self-deprecating, borrowing a line from “Iolanthe,” a favorite Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z He went on to win acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic for his productions of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Mikado” and other works. Jonathan Miller, Acclaimed Theater Director and Writer, Dies at 85 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The method of voting in the House of Commons last week resembled a “Gilbert and Sullivan farce rather than serious Westminster processes”, Dame Margaret Hodge has said. UK coronavirus live: no new Covid-19 deaths recorded in Scotland and Northern Ireland 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z His production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado was equally successful, although he claimed to hold them both in contempt. Obituary: Jonathan Miller 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “Is there any reason why Rodgers and Hart shouldn’t be able to stand up to Gilbert and Sullivan?” John Simon, theater and film critic with an artful and vicious pen, dies at 94 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Years later, reflecting on his role in the Clinton impeachment trial, Rehnquist was self-deprecating, borrowing a line from a favorite Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Once or twice, with such films as “Topsy-Turvy,” about the composing duo Gilbert and Sullivan, and “Mr. Turner,” about the eponymous painter, Leigh has chosen to revisit the 19th century, with utterly glorious results. Review | Mike Leigh’s powers of observation and storytelling fail him in ‘Peterloo’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z If you think that the Houses of Parliament, and their chronic inability to stand on ceremony without falling off, have never been mocked before, listen to Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Iolanthe,” first staged in 1882: Waiting for Brexit 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z In 1999, Leigh released “Topsy-Turvy,” a story about the stormy relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan, the gifted British composers of operettas in the late 19th century. Director Mike Leigh breaks his own mold for the ambitious and expensive ‘Peterloo’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z That line, penned 140 years ago by Gilbert and Sullivan for their opera Pirates of Penzance, has never been truer than it is today. Policing on my own 'left me with PTSD' 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z In the early 1980s, Ms. Ballard was back in New York, appearing on Broadway in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “The Pirates of Penzance.” Kaye Ballard, comic actress and singer from vaudeville to TV, dies at 93 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z "Before there was rap there were things called patter songs which the Victorians knew all about and they overlap. Wittman thinks Gilbert and Sullivan were the grandfathers of rap." The story behind the new Mary Poppins music 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z The theatrical impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte, who built the Savoy Theater in London’s West End in 1881 to showcase the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, then built the Savoy Hotel next door in 1889. The Art of Making a Bespoke Mattress 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Of course, Mac also reminded us that Gilbert and Sullivan did their own reconstructing of minstrel songs. I survived 24 hours of Taylor Mac: a necessary 246-song attack on the heteronormative narrative 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z This opera might be rooted in the comical genre that brought fame to the British duo Gilbert and Sullivan. Tabasco, 19th century comic opera, for New Orleans 300th 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z It is as if the Dalai Lama spent his spare time producing Gilbert and Sullivan revivals. The traditional Chinese dance troupe China doesn’t want you to see 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “It’s as if we’re all performers in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,” the judge said. Pace of executions in California may be up to Gov. Jerry Brown 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z She was born Nedenia Hutton in New York City, and was drawn to the acting life at age 8, when she played an Indian in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta at Greenvale School. Dina Merrill, heiress and actress, dead at 93 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z We did “My Fair Lady” and some Gilbert and Sullivan. Dan Stevens channels his beastly side in 'Beauty and the Beast' prologue dance 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Jun Takahashi of Undercover showed his collection in what was more akin to a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta than a runway show. Analysis | Say goodbye to luxury yoga pants. Fashion wants you to try harder this fall. 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z He said it was a classic Gilbert and Sullivan patter song, and I responded that, yes, I knew it was from “Pirates of Penzance.” A Spontaneous Sing-Off in the Shadow of Times Square 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z "It is the finest of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. There isn't a weak moment in it," he says. Gilbert and Sullivan's original Yeomen of the Guard score published - BBC News 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z After her Post retirement in the early 1990s, she grew increasingly active with Gilbert and Sullivan light opera troupes, including the Washington Savoyards. Sandy Rovner, health columnist for Post, dies at 88 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z That’s especially true for, but not exclusive to, fans of British murder mysteries, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and highly diverting theatrical high jinks. A ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ to dandy wit — and murder — at 5th Avenue Theatre 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z And, always, David Lee, of whom we were reminded last night that he loves his Gilbert and Sullivan. Cliffhangers, wigs and dangling plotlines: The next-to-last episode of 'The Good Wife' 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z One of his earliest musical experiences was being taken to see a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers when he was just four. Obituary: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - BBC News 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z "For me, if you're not performing what Gilbert and Sullivan wrote, you may as well not perform at all," he says. Gilbert and Sullivan's original Yeomen of the Guard score published - BBC News 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z It was a form of cultural appropriation of what belongs to Japan, while a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado" was closed down for the same reason. A Point of View: When does borrowing from other cultures become 'appropriation'? - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Wade and a country-western adaptation of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Diverse season takes Shakespeare Festival beyond the Bard 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z It was, in TIME’s words, “a six-minute cut that mingles introspection with Gilbert and Sullivan operatics” by a band with little public profile. Rock Critics Really Blew Their Reviews of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z And the late Chief Justice William Rhenquist had four gold stripes added to each sleeve, inspired by a character from Gilbert and Sullivan, according to reports. Florida Supreme Court’s fashion rule: Black robes for judges 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Jagger says he thinks the song is particularly fine, although "weird and mysterious" for Gilbert and Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan's original Yeomen of the Guard score published - BBC News 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z His book and score for “Hamilton” has sly references to Gilbert and Sullivan, Notorious B.I.G., Broadway’s musical ‘Hamilton’ stands on the edge of history 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z His book and score for "Hamilton" has sly references to Gilbert and Sullivan, Notorious B.I.G., 'He's set the standard' _ Broadway's 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda opens the door 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The songs, which mix R&B with rap and pay homage to comic operas by the likes of Gilbert and Sullivan, are catchy. Fun with federalists 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z But if they want to be completely sure of it, they need to go to Gilbert and Sullivan. The Royal Opera House rape scene disgusted its audience. But it did not move them | Deborah Orr 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z He will direct their production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, which opens on 9 May. Mike Leigh tackles Peterloo Massacre 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s a reference to “The Pirates of Penzance” and, in Miranda’s opinion, an improvement on Gilbert and Sullivan: “I always felt like ‘mineral’ wasn’t the best possible rhyme.” Hip-Hop Hamilton 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z When I read the address at my hotel, I thought about the composers Gilbert and Sullivan and how they made comic operas way back in the 1800s. 3 Amazing Mind Tricks That Will Help You Remember Small Details 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z The fan base will eventually die out if these groups don’t think about how to appeal to younger audiences, and people will forget Gilbert and Sullivan ever existed. Mikado, yellowface debate at Seattle Repertory Theatre forum 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The protagonists in Gilbert and Sullivan operas are mixed couples, in terms of class, but that could just as easily be religion or race. ‘The Mikado': Gilbert and Sullivan gave me the courage to enter a mixed-race marriage 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The filmmaker previously directed 1999 film Topsy-Turvy about musical duo Gilbert and Sullivan. Mike Leigh tackles Peterloo Massacre 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Patience or Bunthorne’s Bride,” members of Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and others perform. D.C. community calendar, July 31-Aug. 7, 2014 It performed Gilbert and Sullivan and some demanding classics. The prisoners who grew 33,000 lettuces 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Students in the Hoover Middle School’s sixth through the eighth grades will perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” Religion events around the Washington area I grew up listening to Gilbert and Sullivan. ‘The Mikado': Gilbert and Sullivan gave me the courage to enter a mixed-race marriage 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z At computer security conferences it has become a tradition for Dr. Neumann to lead his colleagues in song, playing tunes from Gilbert and Sullivan and Tom Lehrer. Profiles in Science Peter G. Neumann: Rethinking the Computer at 80 2012-10-29T19:17:51Z The play, which stages the running sequences with kinetic flair, is a patriotic nostalgia-fest, a panorama of blazers and boaters and Gilbert and Sullivan. 'Chariots of Fire' lets Brits relive Olympic ideal 2012-07-13T09:45:08Z Gilbert and Sullivan Opera: a history and a comment. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Is this the remarkably original creation of the united intellects of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan? Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z "And you have never been to a Gilbert and Sullivan opera?" asked Carthew incredulously. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z It grew out of French opera-bouffe by way of burlesque, and of the "comic opera" type which Gilbert and Sullivan made famous. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience" was the dramatic hit of the year, and "Greenery yallery, Grosvenor Gallery" the most popular catch of the day. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Gilbert and Sullivan's fame was really based on a little comic opera called "Thespis." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Their vogue is indicated by references to them in the works of Jane Austen, Thackeray and the first Lord Lytton, and more recently in one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z It is the 100th anniversary of the death of WS Gilbert - the man who wrote the lyrics of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. VIDEO: A tour of the Gilbert and Sullivan festival 2011-08-03T06:46:16Z Campian could still see her as she sat at the piano, rattling off Gilbert and Sullivan at their liveliest. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Gilbert and Sullivan never invented anything more fantastic. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The Gilbert and Sullivan public are said to number three millions. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z In October 1881 the successful Patience was removed to a new theatre, the Savoy, specially built for the Gilbert and Sullivan operas by Richard D’Oyly Carte. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The cotillion was led by Sir Howard Vincent, and many of the smart and well-known men of that day were there; among them Sir Eyre Shaw, the "Captain Shaw" of "Gilbert and Sullivan" fame. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z It is very evident that the Gilbert and Sullivan industry hasn’t gone to the wall whatever slumps other enterprises have suffered from.” The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z They made perfunctory remarks about the decorations of the tables, the quality of the floor and the music, and the revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Sir William S. Gilbert: A study in modern satire: a handbook on Gilbert and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z The enduring popularity of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas was abundantly proved by later revivals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Mr. Kahn was also an avid Savoyard, appearing in numerous campus productions of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Alfred E. Kahn Dies at 93; Prime Mover of Airline Deregulation 2010-12-28T18:34:42Z In grammar school he developed an interest in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, encouraged by his school’s practice of regularly staging productions of the works. Charles Mackerras, Elegant Conductor, Dies at 84 2010-07-16T05:12:00Z Here was a world of party consciousness, party confrontation and party conflict which Gilbert and Sullivan memorably captured in their comic opera Iolanthe, first performed towards the end of 1883. New politics? 2010-05-21T15:48:00Z Here in Gilbert and Sullivan at all events we have common sense—for there can be common sense even in the ridiculous—and a tranquilising atmosphere. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z To control for the effect of mood, Forgas conducted the survey on gray, rainy days — he accentuated the weather by playing Verdi’s “Requiem” — and on sunny days, using a soundtrack of Gilbert and Sullivan. Depression?s Upside 2010-02-26T15:37:00Z "Did you ever hear that pretty little song of Gilbert and Sullivan's, Mr. Poet, 'Things are seldom what they seem'?" he asked. The Inventions of the Idiot Mrs Loftus, have you any Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the house? The Daughters of a Genius “That might have given a Gilbert and Sullivan smack to it.” The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Shortly after he left the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, he went on tour with a repertory of charming songs he had himself composed, and in that venture he made a good deal of money. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Author and illustrator were as well suited to one another and to the common creation of a unique thing as Gilbert and Sullivan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" His next venture was Nick Vedder in a musical setting of "Rip Van Winkle," after which he returned to the Gilbert and Sullivan line and appeared as the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe." The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard" was brought out at the New York Casino about a week after its production in London, and met with no better success. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 Gilbert and Sullivan’s productions are always new, always attractive. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Everybody who plays in Gilbert and Sullivan makes it a point of honour to do his or her best to preserve what we call the traditions of the Savoy. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z It was Gilbert and Sullivan on the high seas; but you bet I wouldn’t let any man dictate to me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) None of these answered directly, but the bachelor softly intoned out of Gilbert and Sullivan—he was of that date: "'A paradox, a paradox; A most ingenious paradox!'" The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse Paul found keen pleasure in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, liking the witty libretto as much as the bright, tuneful melodies. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Music and words never have seemed better wedded than in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Songs from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, nevertheless, seldom sound well away from the stage and their familiar surroundings, and long ago most amateur vocalists dropped them from their repertory. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Surely a name worthy of Gilbert and Sullivan. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon "But from all accounts I should have thought you were out here before the days of Gilbert and Sullivan." Stingaree Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta is perhaps the most potent document for democracy since the Communist Manifesto! Penguin Persons & Peppermints If successful, these islands will then be annexed by Manager D'Oyly Carte under the style and title of "The Gilbert and Sullivan Islands." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 The Gilbert and Sullivan atmosphere, as I have said several times elsewhere, is "repose." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's Gondoliers deserves to rank immediately after The Mikado and Pinafore bracketed. Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 Gilbert and Sullivan were in their heyday then, and the play given that night was The Pirates of Penzance. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson She recalled some lines from an opera of Gilbert and Sullivan's: Note to self: These lines are indented. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman In none of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas can any incident be found that is more delicious in its comicality and topsy-turvyism than was our experience with these bandit chiefs. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel This realism was very effective, and it had a great deal to do with the instantaneous success of what is still regarded as the Gilbert and Sullivan masterpiece. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z It sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route In England, owing to the example of Gilbert and Sullivan, light operas and operettas have flourished to a considerable degree. Woman's Work in Music It was just the same in Gilbert and Sullivan's day. Jill the Reckless The results naturally tend to recall a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera of diplomacy. Historical Mysteries Like the Gilbert and Sullivan operas themselves, he is always so clean and wholesome and pleasant. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z The whole thing goes to bright music, like a comic opera of Gilbert and Sullivan. Studies in Early Victorian Literature It had long been Titterby's belief that a great future lay before the librettist who should produce topical light operas on the Gilbert and Sullivan model, dealing with our present-day economic crises. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 Later we went to the theatre—some production of Gilbert and Sullivan. Arms and the Woman There's been no one to beat Gilbert and Sullivan. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Gilbert and Sullivan were collaborators for exactly twenty-five years. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z With 'The Gondoliers' came the first solution of continuity in the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Just at first there is a slight suggestion of Gilbert and Sullivan about them. With Rimington No, I never was one for plays except Gilbert and Sullivan and the 'Merry Widow' and things like that with catchy tunes in 'em. Nightfall Moreover, love in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas is treated with cruel levity. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Lytton in Gilbert and Sullivan is the "true embodiment of everything that is excellent." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z The impersonation of Wilde à la Bunthorne in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera, "Patience," was well calculated to deceive all who were not in the secret. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Grossmith, George, actor, famous for leading parts in Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, and since as giving single-handed dramatic sketches and songs, written by himself and set to music by himself; b. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Gilbert and Sullivan, in very far-off days, used to be concerned in these amateur theatricals. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections The great success of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, "Patience," produced in 1881, was also to some extent due to the humorous allusions to the extravagances of the "Aesthetetes." Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The great enthusiasm of his life is Gilbert and Sullivan. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Under a long, sloping roof we found several dozen little row-boats, with the "shipmaster," a peasant whose costume might have come out of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Abroad with the Jimmies Gilbert and Sullivan: masters of mirth and melody. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 January - June Authentic libretti of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December Upon my soul it's as good as a Gilbert and Sullivan show. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Following the "Princess Ida" tour, we were sent out into the provinces again with other productions, and in this way we served under the Gilbert and Sullivan banner for the best part of two years. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Gilbert and Sullivan, too, could not have found a more amused admirer. Authors and Friends He places his ingenious, elaborate and—given the premises—inevitable dénouement in a scene scarcely more credible than that of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and not one-tenth as amusing. Henrik Ibsen Wouldn't he be pleased to have an operetta, a Gilbert and Sullivan affair, dedicated to him! Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories "We're going to get up a Gilbert and Sullivan opera," said he. The Wishing-Ring Man Gilbert and Sullivan operas depend for their freshness and their spirit far more on the audience than do any of the ordinary plays, and as it happens this enthusiasm on both sides is seldom wanting. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z His rendering of extracts from the works of Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan was an intellectual treat. The Pothunters There were several hundred records— from grand opera, violin solos by Kreisler, and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, to rag-time and the latest comic songs. An Adventure with a Genius Like Gilbert and Sullivan, neither of these would, I think, have risen to his full height without the aid of the other. The Days Before Yesterday Joy knew the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from a copy of the words that had always been around the house. The Wishing-Ring Man Numbers of my old comrades, of course, are playing elsewhere or living in their well-earned retirement, but I alone remain actively in Gilbert and Sullivan. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers. The Longest Journey It was like a fragment from one of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino It was Gilbert and Sullivan on the high seas; but you bet I wouldn't let any man dictate to me. The Wrecker Nowhere are there truer lovers of Gilbert and Sullivan than the Irish. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Well, if refinement is not the keynote of a production, this may possibly not matter so much, but it is certainly foreign to the tranquil atmosphere of Gilbert and Sullivan. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z It is unlikely that his record as a Gilbert and Sullivan artiste will ever be surpassed. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z |
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