| Edition |
Vocal score / edited by Elizabeth Montgomery Thomas. |
| Description |
1 vocal score (188 pages) : portrait ; 28 cm |
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vocal score |
| Note |
Opera in two acts. |
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"...a new score to replace the lost score for Thespis 'in the style of Sullivan' using Gilbert's libretto"--Page 3. |
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First performed in 1971. |
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With program and biographical notes in English. |
| Language |
Staff notation. |
| Contents |
Dramatis personae -- Notes -- About the composer -- Overture -- Act one. Throughout the night (Venus & chorus of stars) -- Entrance of Mercury -- Oh, I'm the celestial drudge (Mercury) -- Jupiter, by Jove -- Oh, incident unprecedented (Gods) -- Here, far away (Sparkeion & Nicemis) -- Climbing over Rocky Mountain (Thespians) -- Picnic music -- I once knew a chap (Thespis & Company) -- Finale : Act 1 (Company) -- Act two : Of all Symposia (Sillimon & Thespians) -- Little maid of Arcadee (Sparkeion) -- Olympus is now in a terrible muddle (Mercury) -- You're Diana, I'm Apollo (Nicemis, Daphne, Sparkeion, Thespis) -- Oh, rage and fury (Jupiter, Apollo, Mars) -- Oh, monster! (Jupiter, Apollo, Mars) -- Finale : Act 2 (Company and solos). |
| Summary |
The story follows an acting troupe headed by Thespis, the legendary Greek father of the drama, who temporarily trade places with the gods on Mount Olympus, who have grown elderly and ignored. The actors turn out to be comically inept rulers. Having seen the ensuing mayhem down below, the angry gods return, sending the actors back to Earth as "eminent tragedians, whom no one ever goes to see". Gilbert would return to this theme twenty-five years later in his last opera with Sullivan, The Grand Duke, in which a theatre company temporarily replaces the ruler of a small country and decides to "revive the classic memories of Athens at its best". Seasonal works like Thespis were not normally expected to endure, and apart from a benefit performance shortly after the original staging, Thespis was not performed again during its creators' lifetimes. A renewed interest in the piece began in the 1950s, and numerous productions have been performed since, either with music taken from Sullivan's other works, or with original music. - Wikipedia. |
| Language |
English words. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Vocal scores with piano.
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Operas -- Vocal scores with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Vocal scores.
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Vocal scores.
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| Added Author |
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist.
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Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900, composer.
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Thomas, Elizabeth Montgomery, editor.
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Nealley, Edwin, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Based on (work): Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Thespis.
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| Added Title |
Thespis. Vocal score
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Gods grown old |
| ISBN |
9780692725351 |
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0692725350 |
| Standard No. |
822424037581 |
| Music No. |
3042000 Wingert-Jones Publications |
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