UnclaimedFr8 | The Gondoliers (Act 1) - D'Oyly Carte (1961)(w Dialog) - Godfrey, Reed - G&S @UnclaimedFr8 | Uploaded March 2014 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
"The Gondoliers" was the twelfth of fourteen operas from Gilbert and Sullivan's collaboration, followed only by "Utopia, Ltd." and "The Grand Duke". It opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 7, 1889, and ran for 554 performances.
(Information from album notes, Oak Apple Press, and Wikipedia.)
This release contains the complete dialog.
Link to Act 2 youtu.be/VGK21pHcfTc
Some selected song timings:
Overture 0:02-06:33
List and learn 06:36-10:10
We're called gondolieri 16:20-18:27
From the sunny Spanish shore 24:08-25:28
In enterprise of martial kind 31:40-33:12
When a merry maiden marries 50:17-53:19
Then one of us will be a queen 01:02:07-01:04:24
---CAST---
The Duke of Plaza-Toro--------------John Reed
(A Grandee of Spain)
Luiz------------------------------------------Jeffrey Skitch
(His Attendant)
Don Alhambra----------------------------Kenneth Sandford
(The Grand Inquisitor)
Marco Palmieri-------}-------------------Thomas Round
Giuseppe Palmieri--}-------------------Alan Styler
Antonio------------------}Venetian------Michael Wakeham
Francesco--------------}Gondoliers---Joseph Riordan
Giorgio-------------------}-------------------George Cook
Annibale-----------------}-------------------Michael Wakeham
The Duchess of Plaza-Toro-----------Gillian Knight
Casilda---------------------------------------Jennifer Toye
(Her Daughter)
Gianetta-----------------}--------------------Mary Sansom
Tessa---------------------}-------------------Joyce Wright
Fiametta-----------------}Contadine----Dawn Bradshaw
Vittoria--------------------}------------------Ceinwen Jones
Giulia----------------------}------------------Daphne Gill
Inez--------------------------------------------Jeanette Roach
(The King's Foster-mother)
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The New Symphony Orchestra Of London
Conducted by Isidore Godfrey
Straight from the 1961 vinyl. I own nothing here.
"The Gondoliers" was the twelfth of fourteen operas from Gilbert and Sullivan's collaboration, followed only by "Utopia, Ltd." and "The Grand Duke". It opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 7, 1889, and ran for 554 performances.
(Information from album notes, Oak Apple Press, and Wikipedia.)
This release contains the complete dialog.
Link to Act 2 youtu.be/VGK21pHcfTc
Some selected song timings:
Overture 0:02-06:33
List and learn 06:36-10:10
We're called gondolieri 16:20-18:27
From the sunny Spanish shore 24:08-25:28
In enterprise of martial kind 31:40-33:12
When a merry maiden marries 50:17-53:19
Then one of us will be a queen 01:02:07-01:04:24
---CAST---
The Duke of Plaza-Toro--------------John Reed
(A Grandee of Spain)
Luiz------------------------------------------Jeffrey Skitch
(His Attendant)
Don Alhambra----------------------------Kenneth Sandford
(The Grand Inquisitor)
Marco Palmieri-------}-------------------Thomas Round
Giuseppe Palmieri--}-------------------Alan Styler
Antonio------------------}Venetian------Michael Wakeham
Francesco--------------}Gondoliers---Joseph Riordan
Giorgio-------------------}-------------------George Cook
Annibale-----------------}-------------------Michael Wakeham
The Duchess of Plaza-Toro-----------Gillian Knight
Casilda---------------------------------------Jennifer Toye
(Her Daughter)
Gianetta-----------------}--------------------Mary Sansom
Tessa---------------------}-------------------Joyce Wright
Fiametta-----------------}Contadine----Dawn Bradshaw
Vittoria--------------------}------------------Ceinwen Jones
Giulia----------------------}------------------Daphne Gill
Inez--------------------------------------------Jeanette Roach
(The King's Foster-mother)
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The New Symphony Orchestra Of London
Conducted by Isidore Godfrey
Straight from the 1961 vinyl. I own nothing here.
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With the London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, cond.
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), was born in Modena, in Northern Italy, where he also spent his last days, age 71.
Straight from the 1980 vinyl. For entertainment purposes only I own nothing here.")
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Return To Sorrento is about the town near Naples, whose name is from the sirens in ancient mythology, who lure travelers.
With the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gian Carlo Chiaramello, cond.
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), was born in Modena, in Northern Italy, where he also spent his last days, age 71.
Straight from the 1980 vinyl. For entertainment purposes only I own nothing here.")
