The Pirates of Penzance discography
This is a partial discography of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Pirates of Penzance, which premiered on 31 December 1879, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City.[1]
| Year | Cast: The Pirate King, Mabel, Ruth, Frederic, Major-General Stanley, Samuel, Sergeant of Police, Edith | Conductor, Theater and orchestra | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Darrell Fancourt, Muriel Harding, Ella Halman, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Donald Harris, Joan Gillingham | Isidore Godfrey, Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | LP:Decca Cat: DPA 3051/2 mono[2] |
| 1961 | James Milligan, Elsie Morison, Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis, George Baker, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Heather Harper | Malcolm Sargent, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus | EMI[3] |
| 1968 | Donald Adams, Valerie Masterson, Christene Palmer, Philip Potter, John Reed, George Cook, Owen Brannigan, Carol Malone | Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus | Decca Studios[4] |
| 1981 | Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Estelle Parsons, Rex Smith, George Rose, Stephan Hanan, Tony Azito, Alexandra Korey | William Elliott, conductor Original Broadway Cast Album | Columbia Records |
| 1982 | Peter Allen, Janis Kelly, Gillian Knight, Alexander Oliver, Keith Michell, Brian Donlan, Paul Hudson, Kate Flowers | Alexander Faris, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra | VHS: Polygram Cat: 632 5283 (Video); OperaWorld PIR10V (Video)[5] |
| 1990 | Malcolm Rivers, Marilyn Hill Smith, Susan Gorton, Philip Creasy, Eric Roberts, Gareth Jones, Simon Masterton, Patricia Cameron | John Pryce-Jones Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | CD: TER 1177; Showtime SHOW CD010 (CD) (85'24)[6] |
| 1993 | Donald Adams, Rebecca Evans, Gillian Knight, John Mark Ainsley, Richard Suart, Nicholas Folwell, Richard Van Allan, Julie Gossage, | Charles Mackerras, Chorus & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | CD: Telarc Cat: 80353[7] |
| 1994 | Anna Butera Helen Donaldson Jon English Susie French Simon Gallaher Marc James Toni Lamond Melissa Langton Derek Metzger Tim Tyler | Kevin Hocking | CD: CD:ABC/EMI Records Cat: 4797752 |
For a more complete discography up to 2009, see Marc Shepherd's discography at the Gilbert and Sullivan archive.[8]
References
- ^ Jacobs, Arthur (1986). Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-19-282033-8.
- ^ Philip H. Dillard (1996). Sir Arthur Sullivan: A Resource Book. Scarecrow Press. p. 299.
- ^ Shepherd, Marc. "The Sargent/EMI Pirates (1961)". Gilbert & Sullivan Discography. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Recordings: G & S". Gramophone. Vol. 67, no. 2. 1989. p. 1379.
- ^ Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2000. R. R. Bowker. 2000. p. 1210.
- ^ "Classical Pops". Gramophone. Vol. 68. 1990. p. 616.
- ^ Christopher Pollard (1992). The Good CD guide, 1993. General Gramophone Publications in association with Quad Electroacoustics. p. 698.
- ^ Shepherd, Marc. "Recordings of The Pirates of Penzance", Gilbert & Sullivan Discography, 9 July 2009