Ruddigore: Overture (composed by Geoffrey Toye)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Fair is Rose as bright May day (Chorus, Zorah)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (Dame Hannah, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: If somebody there chanced to be (Rose)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: I know a youth who loves a little maid (Robin, Rose)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: From the briny sea - Ballad: I shipped d'ye see (Chorus, Richard)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Hornpipe (Orchestra)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: My boy, you may take it from me (Robin)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: If well his suit has sped (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: In sailing o'er life's ocean wide - My heart says (Chorus, Richard, Robin, Rose, Ensemble)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Cheerily carols the lark - To a garden full of posies (Margaret)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Welcome, gentry, for your entry (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Oh why am I moody and sad? (Sir Despard)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: You understand? I think I do (Sir Despard, Richard)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Hail the bride of seventeen Summers (Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: When the bands are blossoming (Rose, Hannah, Ensemble)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Gavotte (Orchestra)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act I: Hold, bride and bridegroom - Finale (Sir Despard, Robin, Richard, Rose, Margaret, Hannah, Adam, Zorah, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: I once was meek as a new-born lamb (Sir Ruthven, Adam)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: Happily coupled are we (Richard, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: In bygone days I had thy love (Rose, Sir Ruthven, Richard, Chorus)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: Painted emblems of a race (Sir Ruthven, Ghosts)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: When the night wind howls (Sir Roderick)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: He yields! He answers to our call (Chorus, Sir Ruthven)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: I once was a very abandoned person (Despard, Margaret)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: My eyes are fully open (Sir Ruthven, Despard, Margaret)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: There grew a little flower (Hannah, Sir Ruthven)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore: Act II: Finale (The Company)Arthur Sullivan, Martyn Green, Leonard Osborn, Richard Watson, Radley Flynn, Darrell Fancourt, Margaret Mitchell, Ella Halman, Deirdre Thurlow, Ann Drummond-Grant, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
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Album Description
2004 Naxos2004 Naxos
Immerse yourself in the whimsical and witty world of Arthur Sullivan's "Ruddigore," a delightful operatic gem released on Naxos in 2004. This enchanting album captures the essence of Sullivan's brilliant composition, offering a full-length performance of the comic opera that premiered in 1887. With a runtime of 1 hour and 14 minutes, "Ruddigore" is a captivating journey through a tale of love, mistaken identities, and ghostly curses, all wrapped in Sullivan's signature melodic charm and Gilbert's clever libretto.
The album features a stellar cast bringing to life the eccentric characters of Ruddigore, from the lovable rogue Robin Oakapple to the formidable Dame Hannah. The orchestral arrangements are rich and vibrant, showcasing Sullivan's mastery of blending humor and pathos in his music. The tracklist includes beloved arias, duets, and ensemble pieces, such as "Fair is Rose as bright May day," "I once was meek as a new-born lamb," and the rousing "Finale (The Company)."
"Ruddigore" is not just an opera; it's a celebration of Victorian-era musical theater at its finest. Sullivan's score is filled with memorable tunes and clever wordplay, making it a joy for both opera enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Whether you're a fan of Arthur Sullivan's other works like "The Pirates of Penzance" or "H.M.S. Pinafore," or you're simply looking to explore the world of comic opera, this album is a must-listen. Dive into the hilarious and heartwarming story of Ruddigore and experience the timeless magic of Arthur Sullivan's music.
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