Recorded in the Royal Festival Hall, London on the occasion of the centenary of The Mikado.
Twenty-seven former members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company come together to commemorate this 'entirely new and original Japanese Opera' and other masterpieces that sprang from the inimitable collaboration ofW.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, including Trial by Jury, The Pirates of Penzance and Iolanthe. Featured soloists Lorraine Daniels Patricia Leonard Vivian Tierney John Ayldon
Alistair Donkin Meston Reid
Kenneth Sandford and special guest presenter John Dunn
BBC Concert Orchestra leader ROY GILLARD conducted by Fraser Goulding Producer TIM MCDONALD
(Given in association with Raymond Gubbay Ltd)
8.20-8.40* Interval Talk
Peter Gammond examines the separate careers and talents of William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Producer TONY WILLS (R)