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The Gondoliers

CATALOGUE NUMBER
473 632-2

LISTEN
Overture
Now pray, what is the cause
of this remarkable hilarity
     


CAST
The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria
with dialogue

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan 1842–1900
Words by W.S. Gilbert 1836–1911

The Duke of Plaza-Toro John Reed
Luiz Jeffrey Skitch
Don Alhambra del Bolero Kenneth Sandford
Marco Palmieri Thomas Round
Giuseppe Palmieri Alan Styler
Antonio Michael Wakeham
Francesco Joseph Riordan
Giorgio George Cook
Annibale Michael Wakeham
The Duchess of Plaza-Toro Gillian Knight
Casilda Jennifer Toye
Gianetta Mary Sansom
Tessa Joyce Wright
Fiametta Dawn Bradshaw
Vittoria Ceinwen Jones
Giulia Daphne Gill
Inez Jeanette Roach

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Soloists and Chorus
W. Cox-Ife chorus master
with the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey, O.B.E.
Recorded under the direction of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, D.B.E.
RECORDING INFORMATION
The Gondoliers has always been among the most popular of all the Gilbert & Sullivan operas. The gondoliers of the title are Marco and Giuseppe, who sail the Grand Canal in Venice until they find themselves at the centre of another of Gilbert’s tales of babies swapped at birth. Discovering that one of them is King of Barataria, they are forced to reign in tandem… until the unlikely truth is revealed.

Isidore Godfrey’s conducting is vividly alive and Decca provided a large and excellent orchestra. The solo singing throughout is consistently good … Thomas Round sings “Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes” very well indeed.
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD
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