Ruddigore When The Night Wind Howls Gilbert And Sullivan Sull 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. Ruddigore (or, the witch’s curse)librettist: sir william schwenk (w.s.) gilbertcomposer: sir arthur sullivanfirst performance: savoy theatre, london, 22 janu.
When The Night Wind Howls Reno Wilson From Ruddigore Gilbert Opera in concert, december, 2019. 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. 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. Sullivan, sir arthur (1842 1900), english: "interesting" performance of ruddigore on starting at https: "when the night wind howls" starts at around 1.
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