The D'Oyly Carte Opera: HMS Pinafore, 2CD
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Jay Records
CAT No
CDTER21259
2nd February 2024
The production of “H.M.S. Pinafore” upon which this recording is based first saw the light of day in the D’Oyly Carte’s 1994-5 season. It was revived in the summer of 1999 at The Royal Festival Hall and again in February 2000 at London’s Savoy Theatre.
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Description
The production of “H.M.S. Pinafore” upon which this recording is based first saw the light of day in the D’Oyly Carte’s 1994-5 season. It was revived in the summer of 1999 at The Royal Festival Hall and again in February 2000 at London’s Savoy Theatre.
The nudging of the period setting more towards 1910 (as well as transforming this “H.M.S. Pinafore” into an earlier steamship) allowed much fun with the female chorus of Sir Joseph Porter’s “sisters and his cousins and his aunts” who became an eccentric gaggle of maiden-aunts, spinsters and protective birds of prey - and also included a pair of identical twins.
Listeners familiar with the opera will notice a few departures from the norm on this recording. The recitative before the Act 2 Finale is included, although the material is generally spoken in performance. Also the coda of the Act 2 Finale does not use the fanfare heard at the end of the overture and Act 1, but rather the extended version of what maybe be called Sir Joseph’s motif, the four chords that herald his entrance and form the basis of “I am the monarch of the sea”. We are very fortunate, too, in being able to include the discarded duet, newly-discovered, for Josephine and the Captain (“Reflect, My Child”).
We also reinstated the dialogue scenes for the character of Hebe. Mrs Howard Paul was to play the part in the original production - but it was soon apparent that, although she excelled as a performer, she could not cope with the musical requirements of the score. Therefore the inexperienced Miss Jessie Bond was hired to bear the vocal brunt of Hebe’s role. But when Mrs Paul discovered this, she was so offended that she stormed out of the theatre, never to return and, as a result, most of Hebe’s original dialogue was cut.
The fact that this production appears at The Savoy Theatre in February 2000 is particularly happy, as we are celebrating not only Sullivan’s centenary year, but also the first London production of a Gilbert & Sullivan opera in the 21st century.
Additional Information
| Release Date | Feb 2, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Artist | The D'Oyly Carte Opera |
| Barcode | 5015062125924 |
| Genre | Musical, Opera |
| Label | Jay Records |
| Format | 2CD |
Tracklist
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
Overture - New Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
We Sail the Ocean Blue - Men's Chorus
Hail, Men-O-War's Men / I'm Called Little Buttercup / But Tell Me Who's the Youth - Linda Ormiston, Paul Parfitt
The Nightingale / a Maiden Fair to See - Christopher Gillett, Linda Ormiston, Men's Chorus
My Gallant Crew / I Am the Captain of the Pinafore / Sir You Are Sad - Gordon Sandison, Linda Ormiston, Men's Chorus
Sorry Her Lot - Elizabeth Ritchie
Over the Bright Blue Sea / Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen - Chorus
Now Give Three Cheers / I Am the Monarch of the Sea - Gordon Sandison, Janine Roebuck, Ladies' Chorus, Nickolas Grace
When I Was a Lad / for I Hold That On the Seas - Chorus, Janine Roebuck, Nickolas Grace
A British Tar - Christopher Gillett, Men's Chorus, Paul Parfitt, Paul Thomson
Refrain, Audacious Tar - Christopher Gillett, Elizabeth Ritchie
Finale Act One - Christopher Gillett, Company, Elizabeth Ritchie, Gordon Sandison, Janine Roebuck, Linda Ormiston, Nickolas Grace, Thomas Lawl
DISC TWO
Entr'acte - Arthur Sullivan, Gilbert And Sullivan, John Yap, New Sadler's Wells Opera, Simon Phipps, William S. Gilbert
Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing - Gordon Sandison
Things Are Seldom What They Seem - Gordon Sandison, Linda Ormiston
The Hours Creep On Apace - Elizabeth Ritchie
Never Mind the Why and Wherefore - Elizabeth Ritchie, Gordon Sandison, Nickolas Grace
Kind Captain, I've Important Information - Gordon Sandison, Thomas Lawlor
Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing / Hold, Pretty Daughter of Mine / He Is an Englishman / Uttering a Reprobation / My Pain and My - Christopher Gillett, Company, Elizabeth Ritchie, Gordon Sandison, Janine Roebuck, Nickolas Grace, Thomas Lawlor
Farewell My Own! - Christopher Gillett, Company, Elizabeth Ritchie, Nickolas Grace
My Pain and My Distress / a Many Years Ago - Company, Linda Ormiston, Nickolas Grace
Here Take Her Sir / Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen (Finale Act Two - the Golden Jubilee Version) - Christopher Gillett, Company, Elizabeth Ritchie, Gordon Sandison, Linda Ormiston, Nickolas Grace
Finale Act Two (Original Version) - Company
Finale Act Two (The D'Oyly Carte Version) - Company
Note: USA release of this title
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