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Wordsmith W S Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) formed the greatest show-writing partnership of the Victorian era.
They worked on 14 operettas – light operas – between 1871 and 1896, most of them comic.
Gilbert's work was noted for creating "topsy-turvy" worlds full of absurdity and unlikely encounters between fanciful characters.
Fairies rub elbows with British lords (Iolanthe), flirting is a capital offence (The Mikado), boatmen become kings (The Gondoliers), and high-seas raiders are noblemen gone wrong (The Pirates of Penzance).
Sullivan's music was the perfect match, with hummable tunes to fit the happy or sad moods.
Richard D'Oyly Carte, a talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer and hotelier, brought Gilbert and Sullivan together.
He built the Savoy Theatre in 1881 to stage their work and founded the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which performed the operettas for over a century. The company was revived in 1988 and continued until 2003, and was reborn again this year.
D'Oyly Carte's main business was as a hotelier. He was the man behind one of the world's most famous hotels, the Savoy. Reported by This is 1 hour ago.
Wordsmith W S Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) formed the greatest show-writing partnership of the Victorian era.
They worked on 14 operettas – light operas – between 1871 and 1896, most of them comic.
Gilbert's work was noted for creating "topsy-turvy" worlds full of absurdity and unlikely encounters between fanciful characters.
Fairies rub elbows with British lords (Iolanthe), flirting is a capital offence (The Mikado), boatmen become kings (The Gondoliers), and high-seas raiders are noblemen gone wrong (The Pirates of Penzance).
Sullivan's music was the perfect match, with hummable tunes to fit the happy or sad moods.
Richard D'Oyly Carte, a talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer and hotelier, brought Gilbert and Sullivan together.
He built the Savoy Theatre in 1881 to stage their work and founded the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which performed the operettas for over a century. The company was revived in 1988 and continued until 2003, and was reborn again this year.
D'Oyly Carte's main business was as a hotelier. He was the man behind one of the world's most famous hotels, the Savoy. Reported by This is 1 hour ago.