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The Grand Duke

CATALOGUE NUMBER
473 635-2

LISTEN
Overture
Come hither, all you people
     


CAST
The Grand Duke or The Statutory Duel
without dialogue

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

Grand Duke Rudolph John Reed
Ernest Dummkopf Meston Reid
Ludwig Kenneth Sandford
Dr Tannhäuser Michael Rayner
Prince of Monte Carlo John Ayldon
Ben Hashbaz Jon Ellison
Herald James Conroy-Ward
Princess of Monte Carlo Barbara Lilley
Baroness von Krakenfeldt Lyndsie Holland
Julia Jellicoe Julia Goss
Lisa Jane Metcalfe
Elsa/Second Girl Patricia Leonard
Gretchen/First Girl Anne Eggleston
Bertha/Third Girl Beti Lloyd-Jones
Olga Glynis Prendergast

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Soloists and Chorus
Recorded under the direction of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, D.B.E.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash
March & Graceful Dance from Henry VIII, di Ballo Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
RECORDING INFORMATION
The last of the Savoy Operas The Grand Duke is set in the Grand Duchy of Pfennig Halbpfennig where a theatrical troup become involved in a plot to overthrow the Duke himself. (Their secret sign — eating a sausage roll). Though rarely performed, The Grand Duke contains much typical Gilbertian wit and moments of great musical inspiration from Sullivan. This Decca recording followed an acclaimed D’Oyly Carte concert performance in 1975.

This represents, perhaps the ideal way to sample Sullivan’s least known major score … the recorded performance has both polish and vigour … The recording is characteristically brilliant.
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD
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