Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Patience (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Opera Comique, London, from 23 Apr to 8 Oct 1881 (170 performances). Followed by a run at the Savoy Theatre, 10 Oct 1881 to 22 Nov 1882 (408 performances). Annotated vocal scores; annotated libretti; and instrument parts. Also, by Francis J. Buckley: a condensed score for...
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Iolanthe (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 25 Nov 1882 to 1 Jan 1884 (398 performances). Autograph full score; copy manuscript full scores; annotated vocal scores; annotated libretti; instrumental parts; and an arrangement for two pianos by Francis H. Buckley.
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Princess Ida (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 5 Jan to 9 Oct 1884 (246 performances). Photostat of manuscript full score; printed full score for Nos. 2, 5, and 27; annotated vocal scores; annotated libretti; orchestral parts; parts for an alternative ending; and a two-piano arrangement by Francis J...
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Mikado (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 14 Mar 1885 to 19 Jan 1887 (672 performances). Bound and printed full score; annotated vocal scores and libretti; orchestral parts; and a shortened version of the overture.
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Ruddigore (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 22 Jan to 5 Nov 1887 (288 performances). Bound copy manuscript full score; annotated vocal scores and libretti; orchestral parts, including parts for the original overture and finale; Overture arranged for piano by Geoffrey Toye; an arrangement for two...
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Yeomen of the Guard (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 3 Oct 1888 to 30 Nov 1889 (423 performances). Bound manuscript copy full score; annotated libretti; instrumental parts; and an arrangement for two pianos on transparencies.
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Gondoliers (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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Bound manuscript full score (Conductor); Extension to the overture by Malcolm Sargent (autograph manuscript); annotated vocal scores and libretti; instrument parts; and an arrangement for two pianos. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 7 Dec 1889 to 20 Jun 1891 (554 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Haddon Hall (Sydney Grundy and Arthur Sullivan)
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Annotated libretto (20th century); Conductor score and all instrument parts in manuscript (1890s); Introduction, No. 1 Chorus and Finale Act I in full score and parts (1999). First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 24 Sep 1892 to 15 Apr 1893 (204 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Utopia, Limited (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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Bound copy manuscript full score in two volumes (1890s); Overture arranged by Leo Constantinides; Finale Act I arranged by Michael Stone; all instrument parts as reverse image dye-line masters. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 7 Oct 1893 to 9 Jun 1894 (245 performances).