Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert...

Eugene d'Albert, The overtures to The Mikado and Ruddigore are by Hamilton Clarke (although the Ruddigore overture was later replaced by one written by Geoffrey...

in Iolanthe (1882), Pitti Sing in The Mikado (1885), Mad Margaret in Ruddigore (1887), Phoebe in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), Tessa in The Gondoliers...

and Sullivan) Iolanthe, Iolanthe (Gilbert and Sullivan) Mad Margaret, Ruddigore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Melissa, Princess Ida (Gilbert and Sullivan) Pitti-Sing...

Pooh-Bah, The Mikado Reginald Bunthorne, Patience Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Ruddigore Sir Joseph Porter, H.M.S. Pinafore Sir Richard Cholmondeley (Lieutenant...

Cornwall, as do Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas The Pirates of Penzance and Ruddigore. Clara Vyvyan was the author of various books about many aspects of Cornish...

Sullivan) Nanki-Poo, The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan) Richard Dauntless, Ruddigore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Colonel Fairfax, The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert...

have been the inspiration for the Murgatroyd Baronets in the comic opera Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the opera has been performed at the Hall...

later Ruddigore). That night, the paintings of the castle's former owners come to life and step out of their frames (as would happen again in Ruddigore)....

made other minor changes in the score. The "Matter Patter" trio from Ruddigore and "Sorry her lot" from H.M.S. Pinafore, two other Gilbert and Sullivan...

George Grossmith fell ill, and the 22-year-old Lytton went on for him in Ruddigore. Lytton starred in D'Oyly Carte touring companies from 1887 to 1897, playing...

Despard Murgatroyd in a television production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore (with Keith Michell as Robin Oakapple). In 1983, he played the Sinister...

orchestras and operas, beginning the latter with a series of performances of Ruddigore for Opera North in early 2010. He has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra...

and David Janson. In 1966, Routledge sang the role of Mad Margaret in Ruddigore, the title role in Iolanthe, and Melissa in Princess Ida, in a series...

He got his big break when he was called upon to play Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore on short notice in May 1949 (and several of the other "patter" roles that...

larger mezzo-soprano roles of Tessa in The Gondoliers and Mad Margaret in Ruddigore. Following her stint with D'Oyly Carte, Evers often alternated between...

music played under spoken dialogue, for instance, Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore (itself a parody of melodramas in the modern sense) has a short "melodrame"...

Trial by Jury, Celia in Iolanthe, Lady Psyche in Princess Ida, Zorah in Ruddigore and Fiametta in The Gondoliers. Her performance with the company as Lady...

have at least one lead bass. Notable roles include: Adam Goodheart, Ruddigore Arac, Princess Ida Bob Becket (Carpenter's mate), H.M.S. Pinafore Don...

Mountararat Princess Ida: King Hildebrand The Mikado: The Mikado of Japan Ruddigore: Sir Roderic Murgatroyd The Yeomen of the Guard: Sergeant Meryll The Gondoliers:...

you what I am" (King Gama) Sullivan: Ruddigore – "My boy, you may take it from me" (Robin) Sullivan: Ruddigore – "Henceforth all the crimes that I find...

various scenes: gavottes in Ruddigore and The Gondoliers; a country dance in The Sorcerer; a nautical hornpipe in Ruddigore; and the Spanish cachucha and...

adapted for a cast of 6 to 8 and no chorus. The first was The Ghosts of Ruddigore (1997), where a couple of nerds, Amanda Goodheart and Kevin Murgatroyd...

also had the quickest revival: after Gilbert and Sullivan's next work, Ruddigore, closed relatively quickly, three operas were revived to fill the interregnum...

"Basingstoke" is a code word in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1887 comic opera Ruddigore, used by the "bad baronet" after he reforms, to remind his bride "Mad...

These elements include paintings coming to life (Ages Ago, used again in Ruddigore), a deaf nursemaid binding a respectable man's son to a "pirate" instead...

General Stanley The Gondoliers (1982, TV movie) – Don Alhambra del Bolero Ruddigore (1982, TV movie) – Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd Memorial Day...

against sailboats at Atlantic Ocean. In the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Ruddigore, Richard Dauntless sings of shipping out in "a revenue sloop" and encountering...

final recording as a singer in December 1962, in Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, a few weeks before his 78th birthday. Baker was also in demand as an...

YEAR SHOW PRODUCER MUSICAL DIRECTOR 2018 Ruddigore Marilyn Seager Brian Smith 2017 The Pirates of Penzance Mark Duffy Chris Larkin 2016 The Gondoliers...