I Am a Pirate King

Opera details:

Opera title:	The Pirates of Penzance
Composer:	Arthur Sullivan
Language:	English
Synopsis:	The Pirates of Penzance Synopsis
Libretto:	The Pirates of Penzance Libretto
Translation(s):	Not entered yet.

Aria details:

Type:	aria
Role(s):	Not entered yet.
Voice(s):	Baritone or Bass
Act:	Not entered yet.

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SARGENT The Pirates of Penzance - D'Oyly Carte, 1929 - Pristine PACO182

Singer(s): Dorothy Gill Elsie Griffin Peter Dawson Nellie Briercliffe Derek Oldham Leo Sheffield

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I am the very model of a modern Major-General
(Cc 15909-2 / D 1682 / 19 Feb 1929)

Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
Iâ€™m telling a terrible story
Although our dark career . . . Hail, Poetry
(Cc 16263-3 / D 1683 / 25 Mar 1929)

You may go, for youâ€™re at liberty
Pray, observe the magnanimity

(Cc 15948-6 / D 1683 / 25 Mar 1929)

Gilbert & Sullivan
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
(or THE SLAVE OF DUTY)

The Pirate King - Peter Dawson, bass-baritone
Major-General Stanley - George Baker, baritone
Samuel - Stuart Robertson, bass-baritone
Frederic - Derek Oldham, tenor
Sergeant of Police - Leo Sheffield, baritone
Mabel - Elsie Griffin, soprano
Edith - Nellie Briercliffe, mezzo-soprano
Kate - Nellie Walker, mezzo-soprano
Ruth - Dorothy Gill, contralto
Chorus and Light Opera Orchestra
Dr Malcolm Sargent

recorded February-May 1929

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

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