12 of the Greatest Comic Operas of all Time

~ Release by Gilbert & Sullivan; London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Peter Allen, William Conrad, Frank Gorshin, Joel Grey, Frankie Howerd, Peter Marshall, Keith Michell, Vincent Price, Clive Revill (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

▶ DVD-Video 1: The Gondoliers
▶ DVD-Video 2: H.M.S. Pinafore
▶ DVD-Video 3: Iolanthe
▶ DVD-Video 4: The Mikado
▼ DVD-Video 5: Patience
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1Patience: Introduction
spoken vocals:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor)
visual appearances:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.2:16
2Patience: Overture
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Overture
composer:
Eugen d’Albert (composer) and Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
Patience
London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:41
3Patience: Act I, no. 1, Twenty Love-sick Maidens Be
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Angela]:
Shirley Chapman (actor)
soprano vocals [Lady Ella]:
Patricia Hay (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. “Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We” (Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Shirley Chapman, Patricia Hay, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris3:48
4Patience: Act I, Dialogue 1
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]1:35
5Patience: Act I, no. 2, Still Brooding on Their Mad Infatuation
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Angela]:
Shirley Chapman (actor)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Saphir]:
Shelagh Squires (operatic mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 2. “Still Brooding on Their Mad Infatuation” (Patience, Saphir, Angela, Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Sandra Dugdale, Shelagh Squires, Shirley Chapman, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris1:03
6Patience: Act I, no. 2a, I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 2a. “I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be” (Patience, Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Sandra Dugdale, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:25
7Patience: Act I, Dialogue 2
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]1:14
8Patience: Act I, no. 2b, Twenty Love-sick Maidens Be
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
partial recording of:
Patience: Act I. “Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We” (Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris0:35
9Patience: Act I, no. 3, The Soldiers of Our Queen
bass-baritone vocals [Colonel Calverley]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act 1, No. 3, The Soldiers of our Queen (Chorus of Dragoons)
lyricist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Donald Adams, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris3:14
10Patience: Act I, Dialogue 3
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]2:06
11Patience: Act I, no. 4, In a Doleful Train Two by Two We Walk
baritone vocals [Reginald Bunthorne]:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Angela]:
Shirley Chapman (actor)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Saphir]:
Shelagh Squires (operatic mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Lady Ella]:
Patricia Hay (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 4. “In a Doleful Train Two and Two We Walk” (Angela, Ella, Saphir, Bunthorne, Chorus of Maidens and Dragoons)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Shirley Chapman, Patricia Hay, Shelagh Squires, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris4:48
12Patience: Act I, Dialogue 4
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]4:28
13Patience: Act I, no. 4a, Twenty Love-sick Maidens Be
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
partial recording of:
Patience: Act I. “Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We” (Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris0:32
14Patience: Act I, Dialogue 5
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]0:11
15Patience: Act I, no. 5, When I First Put This Uniform On
bass-baritone vocals [Colonel Calverley]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 5. “When I First Put This Uniform On” (Colonel, Chorus of Dragoons)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
Donald Adams, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris1:30
16Patience: Act I, no. 6, Am I Alone and Unobserved
baritone vocals [Reginald Bunthorne]:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 6. “Am I Alone and Unobserved?…” (Bunthorne)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Derek Hammond-Stroud, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris4:14
17Patience: Act I, Dialogue 6
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]5:37
18Patience: Act I, no. 7, Long Years Ago, Fourteen May Be
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Angela]:
Shirley Chapman (actor)
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 7. “Long Years Ago, Fourteen Maybe” (Patience, Angela)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Sandra Dugdale, Shirley Chapman, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris1:58
19Patience: Act I, Dialogue 7
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]0:28
20Patience: Act I, no. 8, Prithee, Pretty Maiden
baritone vocals [Archibald Grosvenor]:
John Fryatt (tenor)
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 8. “Prithee, Pretty Maiden” (Patience, Grosvenor)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Sandra Dugdale, John Fryatt, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:06
21Patience: Act I, Dialogue 8
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]3:41
22Patience: Act I, no. 8a, Though to Marry You Would Very Selfish Be
baritone vocals [Archibald Grosvenor]:
John Fryatt (tenor)
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. 8a. “Though to Marry You Would Very Selfish Be” (Patience, Grosvenor)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Sandra Dugdale, John Fryatt, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris0:35
23Patience: Act I, no. 9, Let the Merry Cymbals Sound
baritone vocals [Archibald Grosvenor]:
John Fryatt (tenor)
baritone vocals [Major Murgatroyd]:
Roderick Kennedy (operatic bass)
baritone vocals [Reginald Bunthorne]:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
bass-baritone vocals [Colonel Calverley]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Lady Jane]:
Anne Collins (operatic contralto)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Angela]:
Shirley Chapman (actor)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Saphir]:
Shelagh Squires (operatic mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Lady Ella]:
Patricia Hay (soprano)
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
tenor vocals [Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable]:
Terry Jenkins (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act I. Finale. 9. “Let the Merry Cymbals Sound…” (Ensemble)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Derek Hammond-Stroud, Donald Adams, Terry Jenkins, Anne Collins, Sandra Dugdale, Roderick Kennedy, Shelagh Squires, Shirley Chapman, Patricia Hay, John Fryatt, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris17:29
24Patience: Act II, Introduction
spoken vocals:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor)
visual appearances:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.2:45
25Patience: Act II, no. 10, On Such Eyes as Maidens Cherish
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 10. “On Such Eyes as Maidens Cherish” (Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris1:22
26Patience: Act II, Dialogue 1
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]0:43
27Patience: Act II, no. 11, Sad Is That Woman’s Lot
contralto vocals [Lady Jane]:
Anne Collins (operatic contralto)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 11. “Sad Is That Woman’s Lot…” (Jane)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Anne Collins, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris4:29
28Patience: Act II, no. 12, Turn, Oh Turn in This Direction
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 12. “Turn, Oh Turn, in This Direction” (Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris1:14
29Patience: Act II, Dialogue 2
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]3:12
30Patience: Act II, no. 13, A Magnet Hung in a Hardware Shop
baritone vocals [Archibald Grosvenor]:
John Fryatt (tenor)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 13. “A Magnet Hung in a Hardware Shop” (Grosvenor, Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
John Fryatt, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:26
31Patience: Act II, Dialogue 3
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]3:16
32Patience: Act II, no. 14, Love Is a Plaintive Song
soprano vocals [Patience]:
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 14. “Love Is a Plaintive Song” (Patience)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Sandra Dugdale, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris3:00
33Patience: Act II, Dialogue 4
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]1:14
34Patience: Act II, no. 15, So Go to Him, and Say to Him
baritone vocals [Reginald Bunthorne]:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
contralto vocals [Lady Jane]:
Anne Collins (operatic contralto)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 15. “So Go to Him, and Say to Him” (Jane, Bunthorne)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Anne Collins, Derek Hammond-Stroud, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris3:18
35Patience: Act II, no. 16, It’s Clear That Mediaeval Art
baritone vocals [Major Murgatroyd]:
Roderick Kennedy (operatic bass)
bass-baritone vocals [Colonel Calverley]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer)
tenor vocals [Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable]:
Terry Jenkins (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 16. “It’s Clear That Mediaeval Art” (Duke, Major, Colonel)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Terry Jenkins, Roderick Kennedy, Donald Adams, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:19
36Patience: Act II, Dialogue 5
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]3:01
37Patience: Act II, no. 17, If Saphir I Choose to Marry
baritone vocals [Major Murgatroyd]:
Roderick Kennedy (operatic bass)
bass-baritone vocals [Colonel Calverley]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Angela]:
Shirley Chapman (actor)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lady Saphir]:
Shelagh Squires (operatic mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals [Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable]:
Terry Jenkins (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 17. “If Saphir I Choose to Marry” (Angela, Saphir, Duke, Major, Colonel)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Shirley Chapman, Shelagh Squires, Terry Jenkins, Roderick Kennedy, Donald Adams, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:42
38Patience: Act II, Dialogue 6
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]3:33
39Patience: Act II, no. 18, When I Go Out of Door
baritone vocals [Archibald Grosvenor]:
John Fryatt (tenor)
baritone vocals [Reginald Bunthorne]:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 18. “When I Go Out of Door” (Bunthorne, Grosvenor)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris1:27
40Patience: Act II, Dialogue 7
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]1:47
41Patience: Act II, no. 19, I’m a Waterloo House Young Man
baritone vocals [Archibald Grosvenor]:
John Fryatt (tenor)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 19. “I’m a Waterloo House Young Man” (Grosvenor, Chorus of Maidens)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
John Fryatt, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris0:39
42Patience: Act II, Dialogue 8
video director:
Dave Heather
[dialogue]2:09
43Patience: Act II, no. 20, After Much Debate Internal
baritone vocals [Reginald Bunthorne]:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
tenor vocals [Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable]:
Terry Jenkins (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
video director:
Dave Heather
recording of:
Patience: Act II. 20. “After Much Debate Internal” (Ensemble)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (librettist)
part of:
Patience: Act II
Terry Jenkins, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris3:09
▶ DVD-Video 6: The Sorcerer
▶ DVD-Video 7: The Pirates of Penzance
▶ DVD-Video 8: Princess Ida
▶ DVD-Video 9: Ruddigore
▶ DVD-Video 10: Trial by Jury & Cox & Box
▶ DVD-Video 11: The Yeomen of the Guard

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