Work

Sir Arthur Sullivan Composer
The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria; operetta)
Performances: 9
Tracks: 74

Musicology:
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The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria; operetta)Year: 1889
Genre: Opera
Pr. Instrument: Voice
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Act 1
- 1.Overture
- 2.List and learn
- 3.Good morrow pretty maids
- 4.For the merriest fellows are we
- 5.See see at last. Buongiorno, Signorine!
- 6.We're called gondolieri
- 7.And now to choose our brides
- 8.Thank you gallant gondolieri
- 9.From the sunny Spanish shore
- 10.In enterprise of marital kind
- 11.O rapture, when alone together
- 12.Duet: There was a time
- 13.I stole the prince
- 14.But bless my heart. Quintet: Try we life long
- 15.Bridegroom and bride!
- 16.When a merry maiden marries
- 17a.Finale: Kind Sir you cannot have the heart
- 17b.Finale: Do not give way
- 17c.Finale: Then one of us will be a queen
- 17d.Finale: Replying we sing
- 17e.Finale: For everyone who feels inclined
- 17f.Finale: Come let's away
- 17g.Finale: Now Marco dear my wishes hear
- 17h.Finale: Then away we go
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Act 2
- 1.Of happiness the very pith
- 2.Rising early in the morning
- 3.Take a pair of sparkling eyes
- 4.Here we are, at the risk of our lives. After sailing to this island
- 5.Dance a Cachucha
- 6.There lived a king
- 7.In a contemplative fashion
- 8.March: With ducal pomp
- 9.On the day when I was wedded
- 10.To help unhappy commoners / Small titles and orders
- 11.I am a courtier grave and serious
- 12.Here is a case unprecedented!
- 13.Now let the loyal lieges gather round. Finale
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