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WORKS
The Yeomen of the Guard
Trial by Jury

CATALOGUE NUMBER
473 665-2

LISTEN

The Yeomen of the Guard — Overture

Trial by Jury —

Hark the hour of ten is sounding

CAST
The Yeomen of the Guard or The Merryman and his Maid
without dialogue

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

Sir Richard Cholmondely Anthony Raffell
Colonel Fairfax Philip Potter
Sergeant Meryll Donald Adams
Leonard Meryll David Palmer
Jack Point John Reed
Wilfrid Shadbolt Kenneth Sandford
First Yeoman David Palmer
Second Yeoman Thomas Lawlor
Elsie Meynard Elizabeth Harwood
Phoebe Meryll Ann Hood
Dame Carruthers Gillian Knight
Kate Margaret Eales

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Soloists and Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded under the direction of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, D.B.E.

Trial by Jury
without dialogue

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Words by F.C. Burnand

The Plaintiff Ann Hood
The Defendant Thomas Roun
Counsel for the Plaintiff Kenneth Sandford
The Learned Judge John Reed
Usher Donald Adams
Foreman of the Jury Anthony Raffell

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Soloists and Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Isidore Godfrey, O.B.E.
Recorded under the direction of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, D.B.E.

RECORDING INFORMATION
The Yeomen of the Guard
Gilbert & Sullivan’s most tragic work features the Jester Jack Point who loses his beloved Elsie to the man he helps free from the Tower Of London. Though more operatic than most G&S, much of the pathos comes from the simplicity of Sullivan’s touching setting of the Jester‘s song of lost love, “I have a song to sing, o!“

… with consistently fine singing from all the principals (and especially from Elizabeth Harwood as Elsie), this Yeomen is unreservedly a success with its brilliant and atmospheric Decca recording …
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD

Trial by Jury
The sparkling one-act Trial by Jury was the first great success for Gilbert, Sullivan and Richard D’Oyly Carte.
It is set in a court of law where the heart-broken Angelina sues the caddish defendant for breach of promise, only to be surprised by the unconventional decision of the Judge.

… the Decca set also includes Godfrey’s immaculately stylish and affectionate Trial by Jury with John Reed as the Judge.
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD

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