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1The Gondoliers: “For the Merriest Fellows We Are”
vocals:
Geoffrey Sanders
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act I: “For the Merriest Fellows Are We” (Antonio, Fiametta, Chorus) (in 1950)
lyricist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan1:42
2The Gondoliers: “We're Called Gondolieri”
vocals:
Leonard Osborn (tenor) and Alan Styler (Singer with D'oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act I: “We’re Called Gondolieri” (Marco, Giuseppe) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:20
3The Gondoliers: “In Enterprise of Martial Kind”
vocals:
Henry Goodier, Martyn Green, Ella Halman and Margaret Mitchell (American author and journalist)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act I: "In Enterprise of The Martial Kind" (Duke, Casilda, Duchess, Luiz) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan1:42
4The Gondoliers: “I Stole the Prince”
vocals:
Henry Goodier, Martyn Green, Ella Halman, Margaret Mitchell (American author and journalist) and Richard Watson (performer at D'Oyly Carte)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act I: "I Stole the Prince" (Don Alhambra, Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:32
5The Gondoliers: “When a Merry Maiden Marries”
vocals:
Yvonne Dean
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act I: no. 9a. “When a Merry Maiden Marries” (Tessa) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:58
6The Gondoliers: “A Regular Royal Queen”
vocals:
Yvonne Dean, Muriel Harding (soprano), Leonard Osborn (tenor) and Alan Styler (Singer with D'oyly Carte Opera Company)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers, Act I Finale: “Then One of Us Will Be a Queen” (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta, Tessa) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers, Act I Finale: “Kind Sir, You Cannot Have the Heart…” (Ensemble)
Gilbert & Sullivan3:07
7The Gondoliers: “Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes”
vocals:
Leonard Osborn (tenor)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act II, no. 13, Song: “Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes” (Marco) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan3:18
8The Gondoliers: “In a Contemplative Fashion”
vocals:
Muriel Harding (soprano) and Leonard Osborn (tenor)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
performer:
Yvonne Dean and Alan Styler (Singer with D'oyly Carte Opera Company)
recording of:
The Gondoliers: Act II: “In a Contemplative Fashion” (Gianetta, Tessa, Marco, Giuseppe) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Gondoliers: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:07
9The Mikado: “A Wandering Minstrel I”
choir vocals:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
vocals:
Leonard Osborn (tenor)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “A wand’ring minstrel I…” (Nanki-Poo, Men) (in 1950)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan4:40
10The Mikado: “I've Got a Little List”
vocals:
Martyn Green
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 5a “As someday it may happen” (Ko-Ko and Men) (I’ve got a little list) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:11
11The Mikado: “Three Little Maids From School”
vocals:
Joan Gillingham, Margaret Mitchell (American author and journalist) and Joyce Wright
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act I, no. 7. “Three little maids from school are we” (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, and Girls) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan1:35
12The Mikado: “The Sun Whose Rays”
vocals:
Margaret Mitchell (American author and journalist)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 13. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:42
13The Mikado: “Here's a How-De-Do”
vocals:
Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell (American author and journalist) and Leonard Osborn (tenor)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 15. “Here’s a how-de-do” (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan1:15
14The Mikado: “A More Humane Mikado”
vocals:
Darrell Fancourt
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 17, “A More Humane Mikado” (Mikado, Chorus) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan4:15
15The Mikado: “The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring”
vocals:
Joan Gillingham, Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell (American author and journalist), Leonard Osborn (tenor) and Richard Watson (performer at D'Oyly Carte)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 20, “The Flowers That Bloom In the Spring” (Nanki-Pooh, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Pooh-Bah) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan1:29
16The Mikado: “Tit Willow”
vocals:
Martyn Green
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 22, “On a Tree by a River” (Ko-Ko) (willow, tit-willow) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:35
17The Mikado: “There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast”
vocals:
Martyn Green and Ella Halman
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 23. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast” (Katisha and Ko-Ko) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:10
18The Pirates of Penzance: “Pirate King's Song”
vocals:
Darrell Fancourt
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 3. “Oh, better far to live and die” … “I am a pirate king!” (Pirate King, Pirates) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:29
19The Pirates of Penzance: “Poor Wand'Ring One”
vocals:
Muriel Harding (soprano)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 8. “Poor wand’ring one …” (Mabel, Girls) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:41
20The Pirates of Penzance: “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”
vocals:
Martyn Green
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (Major-General, Chorus) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:50
21The Pirates of Penzance: “When the Foeman Bears His Steel”
vocals:
Joan Gillingham, Martyn Green, Muriel Harding (soprano) and Richard Watson (performer at D'Oyly Carte)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 17. “When the foeman bares his steel” (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, Policemen, Girls) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan5:04
22The Pirates of Penzance: “A Policeman's Lot”
vocals:
Richard Watson (performer at D'Oyly Carte)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 24. “When a felon’s not engaged in his employment” (Sergeant, Policemen) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:14
23The Pirates of Penzance: “With Catlike Tread”
vocals:
Donald Harris (composer)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 26. “With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal” (Samuel, Pirates, Policemen) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:44
24H.M.S. Pinafore: “I'm Called Little Buttercup”
vocals:
Ella Halman
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 2 “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (Buttercup, Boatswain) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, Recitative and Song “Hail! Men-o’-War’s Men” / “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (Buttercup, Boatswain)
Gilbert & Sullivan1:28
25H.M.S. Pinafore: “I Am the Captain of the Pinafore”
vocals:
Leslie Rands
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 4 “My Gallant Crew, Good Morning…” (Captain, Sailors) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:22
26H.M.S. Pinafore: “When I Was a Lad”
vocals:
Martyn Green
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 9, “When I Was a Lad” (Sir Joseph) (in 1949)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan3:04
27The Yeomen of the Guard: “When Our Gallane Norman Foes”
vocals:
Ella Halman
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “When our gallant Norman foes” (Dame Carruthers, Yeomen) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan4:28
28The Yeomen of the Guard: “Is Life a Boon?”
vocals:
Leonard Osborn (tenor)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Is Life a Boon?” (Fairfax) (in 1950)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:26
29The Yeomen of the Guard: “Hereupon We're Both Agreed”
vocals:
Martyn Green and Richard Watson (performer at D'Oyly Carte)
orchestra:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
recording of:
The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II. “Hereupon we’re both agreed” (Point, Wilfred) (in 1950)
lyricist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Yeomen of the Guard: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan1:37

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