Princess Ida (Sullivan, Arthur)

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Performer Pages Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust (company)
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Hilary Norris (stage director)
Michael Andrewes (conductor/musical director)
Bruce McMillan (King Hildebrand)
Stephen Smith (Hilarion)
Karl Gorringe (Cyril)
Joel Allen (Florian)
Geoff Swift (King Gama)
Geoff Patton (Arac)
Russell Clark (Guron)
Campbell Thomson (Scynthius)
Rae Shurbutt (Princess Ida)
Jane Robertson (Lady Blanche)
Belinda Leckie (Lady Psyche)
Sarah Oliver (Melissa)
Jenny Stein (Sacharissa)
Barbara Bloemsaat (Chloe)
Constance Butler (Ada)
Publisher Info. Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust, 2006.
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Misc. Notes Recorded live, 2006. This is audio from a videotaped performance.
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Performer Pages Michael Andrewes (Conductor/Musical Director)
Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society Dunedin (Company)
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra, as Dunedin Civic Orchestra)
Joan Gardiner (Orchestra Leader)
Moira Fleming (Producer)
Noel Davie (King Hildebrand)
Arnold Bachop (Hilarion)
Donald Cook (Cyril)
Peter Chin (Florian)
Grahame Clifford (King Gama)
Roger Wilson (Arac)
Grahame Haase (Guron)
David Clark (Scynthius)
Kay Campbell (Princess Ida)
Kathleen Dawson (Lady Blanche)
Aileen Cook (Lady Psyche)
Brenda Jones (Melissa)
Jocelyn Le Petit (Sacharissa)
June Reid (Chloe)
Felicity Calvert (Ada)
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Misc. Notes Performed and recorded in 1976.
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36 more: Search throughout the panorama • Now hearken to my strict command • Today we meet • From the distant panorama • We are warriors three • If you give me your attention • P'raps if you address the lady • Come, Cyril, Florian, our course is plain • Expressive glances • Must we, till then, in prison cell be thrust? • For a month to dwell in a dungeon cell • Towards the empyrean heights • Mighty maiden with a mission • Minerva! oh, hear Me • Gently, gently • I am a maiden, cold and stately • The world is but a broken toy • A lady fair, of lineage high • The woman of the wisest wit • Now wouldn't you like to rule the roast • Merrily ring the luncheon bell • Would you know the kind of maid? • Oh, joy! our chief is saved • Whom thou hast chained must wear his chain • Madam, without the castle walls • Walls and fences scaling • Some years ago, no doubt you know • We may remark, though nothing can dismay us • To yield at once to such a foe with shame were rife • Death to the invader • I built upon a rock • Whene'er I spoke • When anger spreads his wing • This helmet, I suppose • This is our duty plain • With joy abiding

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Performer Pages Isidore Godfrey (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Company)
Fisher Morgan (King Hildebrand)
Thomas Round (Hilarion)
Leonard Osborn (Cyril)
Jeffrey Skitch (Florian)
Peter Pratt (King Gama)
Donald Adams (Arac)
John Banks (Guron)
Trevor Hills (Scynthius)
Victoria Sladen (Princess Ida)
Ann Drummond-Grant (Lady Blanche)
Muriel Harding (Lady Psyche)
Beryl Dixon (Melissa)
Cynthia Morey (Sacharissa)
Publisher Info. Decca, No.LK4092/3, 1955.
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34 more: Search throughout the panorama • Now hearken to my strict command • Today we meet • From the distant panorama • We are warriors three • If you give me your attention • P'raps if you address the lady • Come, Cyril, Florian, our course is plain • Expressive glances • For a month to dwell in a dungeon cell • Towards the empyrean heights • Mighty maiden with a mission • Minerva! oh, hear me • Gently, gently • I am a maiden, cold and stately • The world is but a broken toy • A lady fair, of lineage high • The woman of the wisest wit • Now wouldn't you like to rule the roast • Merrily ring the luncheon bell • Would you know the kind of maid • Oh joy! our Chief is sav'd • Whom thou has chained must wear his chain • Madam, without the castle walls • Some years ago, no doubt you know • We may remark, though nothing can dismay us • To yield at once to such a foe with shame were rife • Death to the invader • I built upon a rock • Whene'er I spoke • When anger spreads his wing • This helmet, I suppose • This is our duty plain • With joy abiding

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Performer Pages Malcolm Sargent (Conductor)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Comapny)
Richard Watson (King Hildebrand)
Derek Oldham (Hilaron)
Charles Goulding (Cyril)
George Baker (Florian)
Henry Lytton (King Gama)
Darrell Fancourt (Arac)
Stuart Robertson (Scynthius)
Muriel Dickson (Princess Ida)
Dorothy Gill (Lady Blanche)
Publisher Info. His Master's Voice, No.DB4016/25, 1932.
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Performer Pages Harry Norris (Conductor)
George W. Byng (Conductor)
Light Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Leo Sheffield (King Hildebrand)
Derek Oldham (Hilarion)
Leo Darnton (Cyril)
Sydney Granville (Florian)
Henry Lytton (King Gama)
Darrell Fancourt (Arac)
Leonard Hubbard (Guron)
Edward Halland (Scynthius)
Winifred Lawson (Princess Ida)
Bertha Lewis (Lady Blanche)
Kathleen Anderson (Lady Psyche)
Eileen Sharp (Melissa / Sacharissa)
Publisher Info. His Master's Voice, No.D977–986, 1925.
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A5340.
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Editor First edition (later printing)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., n.d.[1884]. Plate 17,871.
Reissue - n.d.(after 1911).
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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.(ca.1970s). Plate 17181.
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Editor James Cooper
Publisher. Info. Troupers, 2007.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Choruses

For Male Chorus and 2 Pianos (Davison)

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Arranger Archibald Thompson Davison (1883-1961)
Publisher. Info. The Concord Series: Harvard University Glee Club Collection of Part Songs for Men's Voices, No.962-3
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1937. Plate E.C.S. Nos.926-7.
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Work Title Princess Ida
Alternative. Title Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant
Composer Sullivan, Arthur
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAS 61
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts:
Overture (includes "We are warriors three" and "Minerva! oh, hear me")
Act I
1. "Search throughout the panorama" (Florian and Chorus)
2. "Now hearken to my strict command" (Hildebrand and Chorus)
3. "Today we meet" (Hilarion)
4. "From the distant panorama" (Chorus)
5. "We are warriors three" (Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
6. "If you give me your attention" (Gama)
7. Finale Act I (Gama, Hildebrand, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian and Chorus)
"P'raps if you Address the Lady"
"Expressive glances"
"For a month to dwell in a dungeon cell"
Act II
8. "Towards the empyrean heights" (Lady Psyche, Melissa, Sacharissa and Chorus of Girls)
9. "Mighty maiden with a mission" (Chorus of Girls)
10. "Minerva! oh, hear me!" ... "Oh, goddess wise" (Princess)
10a."And thus to Empyrean Heights" (Princess and Chorus)
11. "Come, mighty Must" (Lady Blanche)1
12. "Gently, gently" (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
13. "I am a maiden, cold and stately" (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
14. "The world is but a broken toy" (Princess, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
15. "A lady fair, of lineage high" (Psyche with Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)2
16. "The woman of the wisest wit" (Psyche, Melissa, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
17. "Now wouldn't you like to rule the roast" (Melissa and Blanche)3
18. "Merrily ring the luncheon bell" (Blanche, Cyril and Chorus of Girls)
19. "Would you know the kind of maid?" (Cyril)
20. Finale Act II (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril,
Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
"Oh, joy! our chief is saved"
"Whom thou hast chained must wear his chain"
"Walls and fences scaling"
"Some years ago, no doubt you know"
"We may remark, though nothing can dismay us"
"To yield at once to such a foe with shame were rife"
Act III
21. "Death to the invader" (Melissa and Chorus of Girls)
22. "Whene'er I spoke" (King Gama with Chorus of Girls)4
23. "I built upon a rock" (Princess)
24. "When anger spreads his wing" (Chorus of Girls and Soldiers)
25. "This helmet, I suppose" (Arac with Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
26. Chorus during the fight, "This is our duty plain" (Chorus)
27. "With joy abiding" [Reprise of "Expressive glances"] (Ensemble)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1883
First Performance. 1884-01-05 — London, Savoy Theatre.
First Publication. 1884 – London: Chappell & Co.
Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
King Hildebrand (bass-baritone)
Hilarion, King Hildebrand's Son (tenor)
Cyril, Hilarion's Friend (tenor)
Florian, Hilarion's Friend (lyric baritone)
King Gama (comic baritone)
Arac, King Gama's Son (bass-baritone)
Guron, King Gama's Son (bass-baritone)
Scynthius, King Gama's Son (bass)
Princess Ida, King Gama's Daughter (soprano)
Lady Blanche, Professor of Abstract Science (contralto)
Lady Psyche, Professor of Humanities (soprano)
Melissa, Lady Blanche's Daughter (mezzo-soprano)
Sacharissa, Girl Graduate (soprano)
Chloe, Girl Graduate (speaking role/chorus)
Ada, Girl Graduate (speaking role/chorus)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Chorus of Soldiers, Courtiers, "Girl Graduates", "Daughters of the Plough", etc.

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trombones
timpani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, strings
Related Works Pieces based on 'Princess Ida'
Discography Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
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