Which composers are associated with Savoy operas?

by Marguerite on August 26th, 2009

Perhaps the most outstanding composers who were associated with the Savoy Operas were W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. The Savoy Operas were comique operas developed in England in the late 19th century.

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by iwnit on November 24th, 2009

"The Savoy Operas denote a style of comic opera that developed in Victorian England in the late 19th century, with W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as the original and most successful practitioners. The name is derived from the Savoy Theatre, which impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte built to house the Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, and later, those by other composer–librettist teams. The great bulk of the non-G&S Savoy Operas either failed to achieve a foothold in the standard repertory, or have faded over the years, leaving the term "Savoy Opera" as practically synonymous with Gilbert and Sullivan. The Savoy operas (in both senses) were one of the seminal influences on the creation of the modern musical."

Here the composers of the list of the full-length operas that could be considered "Savoy Operas":
Arthur Sullivan, Edward Solomon, Ernest Ford, André Messager, Alexander Mackenzie, Jacques Offenbach, Ivan Caryll, Edward German, Franco Leoni, Cecil Cook, Reginald Somerville, Orlando Morgan.

"During the original runs of the Savoy Operas, each full-length work was normally accompanied by one or two short companion pieces. A piece that began the performance was called a curtain-raiser, and one that ended the performance was called an afterpiece."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_opera

"Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan

"Hidden treasures - Gilbert & Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) - Selected highlights (Mackerras)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qIE0BLhMmY
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