Ruddigore When The Night Wind Howls Gilbert And Sullivan Sullivan
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The sullivan scholar gervase hughes characterised sir roderic's song "when the night wind howls" as "unquestionably the finest piece of descriptive music that sullivan ever wrote, worthy of a place beside schubert's erlkönig, wagner's overture to the flying dutchman, and well above saint saëns' danse macabre, all of which are tone paintings. Ruddigore (or, the witch’s curse)librettist: sir william schwenk (w.s.) gilbertcomposer: sir arthur sullivanfirst performance: savoy theatre, london, 22 janu.
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Ruddigore, act ii, "when the night wind howls" sung by sir roderic murgatroyd, played by michael swisher and the gilbert and sullivan opera company men's cho. Sir roderic. when the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, and inky clouds, like funeral shrouds, sail over the midnight skies –. when the footpads quail at the night bird's wail, and black dogs bay at the moon, then is the spectres' holiday – then is the ghosts' high noon! ghosts. Ruddigore (sullivan, arthur) really authentic gilbert and sullivan performance trust, 2008. "when the night wind howls" (sir roderic and chorus). Ruddigore was revived at the prince's theatre in october, 1921 and again in february, 1924 and is now very popular; it is one of the regular series of the gilbert and sullivan repertoire. gilbert himself included ruddigore among his three favourites; the other. two being utopia ltd. and the yeomen of the guard. archive home | ruddigore.
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Ruddigore (sullivan, arthur) really authentic gilbert and sullivan performance trust, 2008. "when the night wind howls" (sir roderic and chorus). Ruddigore was revived at the prince's theatre in october, 1921 and again in february, 1924 and is now very popular; it is one of the regular series of the gilbert and sullivan repertoire. gilbert himself included ruddigore among his three favourites; the other. two being utopia ltd. and the yeomen of the guard. archive home | ruddigore. When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls – hooded chimney tops. when the footpads quail – robber or highwayman (to quail is to recoil in fear) away they go with a mop and a mow – gestures and grimaces. with his ladye toast – lady to whom toasts are drunk. with a kiss, perhaps, on her lantern chaps – long thin jaws, looking. This satire on victorian melodrama has a high esteem among dedicated lovers of gilbert and sullivan operas. but from the earliest performances its popularity among the wider public of suffered through comparison with its wildly successful immediate predecessor, the mikado. as a result there are few opportunities to see professional productions.
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When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls – hooded chimney tops. when the footpads quail – robber or highwayman (to quail is to recoil in fear) away they go with a mop and a mow – gestures and grimaces. with his ladye toast – lady to whom toasts are drunk. with a kiss, perhaps, on her lantern chaps – long thin jaws, looking. This satire on victorian melodrama has a high esteem among dedicated lovers of gilbert and sullivan operas. but from the earliest performances its popularity among the wider public of suffered through comparison with its wildly successful immediate predecessor, the mikado. as a result there are few opportunities to see professional productions.
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