Gilbert & sullivan: The Gondoliers (Complete with dialogue)
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & sullivan: The Gondoliers (Complete with dialogue)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Gillian Knight; Thomas Round; John Reed / New Symphony Orchestra / Godfrey
[ Decca Records / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 April 2003
Isidore Godfrey's conducting is vividly alive and Decca provided a large and excellent orchestra. The solo singing throughout is consistently good. Thomas Round sings Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes very well indeed. *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide.
*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide.
The Gondoliers has always been among the most popular of all the Gilbert & Sullivan operas. The gondoliers of the title are Marco and Giuseppe, who sail the Grand Canal in Venice until they find themselves at the centre of another of Gilbert's tales of babies swapped at birth. Discovering that one of them is King of Barataria, they are forced to reign in tandem until the unlikely truth is revealed.
Isidore Godfrey's conducting is vividly alive and Decca provided a large and excellent orchestra. The solo singing throughout is consistently good. Thomas Round sings Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes very well indeed.
