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William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) Princess Ida, or 'Castle Adamant' The three-act comic opera Princess Ida appeared,...
William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Princess Ida, or 'Castle Adamant'
The three-act comic opera Princess Ida appeared,
chronologically, between Iolanthe (1882) and The
Mikado (1885) and was first performed under the baton
of the composer, on 5th January 1884 at the
'electrically-lighted' Savoy Theatre. Its initial
production ran for 246 performances (with a first
American production opening in parallel at New York's
Fifth Avenue Theatre, on 11th February). Billed a
'respectful Operatic Per-Version of Tennyson's
"Princess" ', it was a re-working by Gilbert of his own
unsuccessful 1870 burlesque The Princess, itself a satire
of Tennyson's narrative poem, but whereas in The
Princess: A Medley (1847; augmented in 1853) the Poet
Laureate had eagerly anticipated female emancipation,
in Princess Ida the conservative Gilbert reaffirmed his
own more sceptical view of the feminist movement, a
stance which, after the establishment during the 1870s
of women's colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, was
already becoming unfashionable.
Peter Dempsey
Princess Ida (more info)
Performed by:
New Symphony Orchestra
Composed by:
Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by:
Isidore Godfrey
Thomas Round, tenor
John Banks, bass
Trevor Hills, bass
Victoria Sladen, soprano
Cynthia Morey, soprano
Leonard Osborn, tenor
Muriel Harding, soprano
Ann Drummond-Grant, contralto
Fisher Morgan, bass-baritone
Peter Pratt, baritone
Jeffrey Skitch, baritone
Donald Adams, bass
Beryl Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 1954
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Act I: Overture - 4:14
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Act I: Search throughout the panorama (Chorus, Florian) - 2:51
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Act I: Now hearken to my strict command (Hildebrand, Chorus) - 1:29
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Act I: Recit: Today we meet - Ballad: Ida was a twelvemonth old (Hilarion) - 3:21
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Act I: From the distant panorama (Chorus) - We are warriors three (Arac, Guron, Scynthius) - 3:37
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Act I: If you give me your attention (Gama, Chorus) - 2:21
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Act I: Perhaps if you address the lady (Gama, Hildebrand) - 1:37
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Act I: Recit: Come, Cyril, Florian (Hilarion) - Expressive glances (Hilarion, Cyril, Florian, Chorus) - 3:13
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Act I: Recit: Must we, till then, in prison cell be thrust? (Gama, Hildebrand, Arac, Guron, Scynthius) - 2:18
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Act II: Towards the empyrean heights (Chorus, Melissa, Psyche, Sacharissa) - 3:54
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Act II: Mighty maiden with a mission(Chorus) - 1:23
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Act II: Recit: Minerva! Hear me - Oh goddess wise (Princess Ida) - 2:57
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Act II: Gently, gently, evidently (Hilarion, Cyril, Florian) - 2:11
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Act II: They intend to send a wire (Hilarion, Florian, Cyril) - 2:05
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Act II: I am a maiden, cold and stately (Hilarion, Cyril, Florian) - 2:26
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Act II: The world is but a broken toy (Princess, Hilarion, Cyril, Florian) - 3:15
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Act II: A lady fair (The Ape and The Lady) (Lady Psyche) - 2:36
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Act II: The woman of the wisest wit (Psyche, Melissa, Hilarion, Cyril, Florian) - 2:12
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Act II: Now wouldn't you like to rule the roost (Melissa, Lady Blanche) - 2:43
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Act II: Merrily ring the luncheon bell (Chorus, Blanche, Cyril) - 1:44
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Act II: Would you know the kind of maid (Cyril) - 2:10
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Act II: Finale (Tutti) - 2:10
Princess Ida (more info)
Performed by:
New Symphony Orchestra
Composed by:
Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by:
Isidore Godfrey
Thomas Round, tenor
John Banks, bass
Trevor Hills, bass
Victoria Sladen, soprano
Cynthia Morey, soprano
Leonard Osborn, tenor
Muriel Harding, soprano
Ann Drummond-Grant, contralto
Fisher Morgan, bass-baritone
Peter Pratt, baritone
Jeffrey Skitch, baritone
Donald Adams, bass
Beryl Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 1954
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Act III: Death to the invader! (Chorus, Melissa) - 3:15
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Act III: I built upon a rock (Princess) - 3:44
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Act III: Whene’er I spoke (Gama) - 1:41
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Act III: When anger spreads his song (Chorus of Soldiers) - 1:18
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Act III: This helmet, I suppose (Arac, Guron, Scynthius) - 2:36
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Act III: This is our duty plain (Chorus of ladies and soldiers) - 0:48
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Act III: Finale (Princess Ida, Hilarion, Chorus) - 2:21
The Gondoliers (more info)
Performed by:
New Promenade Orchestra
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
Columbia Light Opera Orchestra
British Light Orchestra
Composed by:
Bramwell Tovey
Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by:
Joseph Batten
Isidore Godfrey
Stephen S. Moore
Richard Suart, baritone
Torin Chiles, tenor
Donnalynn Grant, mezzo-soprano
Derek Morphy, baritone
Appleton Moore, baritone
William Heseltine, tenor
Dan Jones, tenor
Alice Lilley, soprano
Joan Cross, soprano
Sophie Rowlands, soprano
Leonard Osborn, tenor
Martyn Green, baritone
Richard Watson, bass
Margaret Mitchell, soprano
Joyce Wright, mezzo-soprano
Radley Flynn, bass
Muriel Harding, soprano
Ella Halman, mezzo-soprano
Nellie Walker, contralto
Henry Goodier, baritone
Alan Styler, bass
Yvonne Dean, soprano
George Baker, baritone
Enid Walsh,
Tom Hancock,
Caryl Fane,
Geoffrey Sanders, baritone
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Recording date: 04 January 1935
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Act I: For the merriest fellows are we (Antonio, Chorus) - 0:57
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Act I: Buon giorno, signorine (Giuseppe, Marco, Chorus of Girls) - 2:25
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Act I: From the sunny Spanish shore (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz) - 1:42
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Act I: In enterprise of martial kind (Duke) - 1:41
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Act I: There was a time (Casilda, Luiz) - 2:43
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Act I: I stole the prince (Don Alhambra) - 2:43
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Act I: Recit: But bless my heart - Try we lifelong (Casilda, Duchess, Luiz, Duke, Don Alhambra) - 2:59
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Act I: Bridegroom and bride (Chorus) - 1:01
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Act I: When a merry maiden marries (Tessa) - 2:27
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Act I: Then one of us will be a queen (Tessa, Gianetta, Marco, Giuseppe) - 2:27
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Act II: Rising early in the morning (Giuseppe) - 2:56
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Act II: Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Marco) - 3:13
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Act II: There lived a king (Don Alhambra) - 3:23
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Act II: I am a courtier, grave and serious (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Marco, Giuseppe) - 2:49
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Act II: Here we are, at risk of our lives (Chorus) - 0:52
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Act II: Dance a cachucha (Chorus) - 1:34