The Pirates of Penzance had its world premiere on New Year’s Eve
1879 in New York City; we celebrate by hearing music from vintage recordings of this
irresistible Gilbert & Sullivan opera.
The Pirates of Penzance
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:02 pm
- The Pirates of Penzance: "I am the very model of a modern major-general"
- Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra of London
- Soloists: Peter Pratt, baritone
- Conductor: Isadore Godfrey
- CD/Album: Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance
- Record co./Cat #: London OSA 1202 [vinyl]
12:06 pm
- The Pirates of Penzance: Act I (excerpt)
- Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Ensemble: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- Soloists: Elsie Griffin, soprano ; Derek Oldham, tenor
- Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
- CD/Album: Gilbert and Sullivan - Historic Recordings
- Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 71-6543 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1982
12:16 pm
- The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
- Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra of London
- Soloists: Jean Hindmarsh, soprano ; Ann Drummond-Grant, mezzo-soprano ; Thomas Round, tenor ; Peter Pratt, baritone ; Donald Adams, bass-baritone ; Kenneth Sandford, bass
- Conductor: Isadore Godfrey
- CD/Album: Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance
- Record co./Cat #: London OSA 1202 [vinyl]