Word: savoyard
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard Savoyard Society, an unofficial, rapidly growing local organization (of which I am present sole member) has unanimously voted publicly to express its tremendous appreciation of WHRV for broadcasting the Gilbert & Sullivan Orgy on Sunday thus bringing a large dose of culture to the masses. However, we also have the unpleasant task of informing the announcer who constantly referred to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as the "DuhOily Carte Opera Company," that by vote of the Society, he has been placed on The List. May he never be missed. Solemnly, The Harvard Savoyard Society, per Stephen O. Saxe...
...Enough stage business was crammed into the operetta's twenty-five minutes to fill a three-hour play, but somehow nothing seemed forced. Richard Watson as the jovial Judge and Gwyneth Cullimore as the charming but money-conscious Plaintiff helped to make the evening joyous for both the arrogant Savoyard and the man who merely likes a good tune and a good laugh...
...aticlonados are aware that in addition to their eleven famous operetta Gilbort and Sullivan collaborated on three other works that were comparatively unsuccessful when produced. None of the three has been recorded, and they are almost never produced, so the music has remained unfamiliar to even the most fanatic Savoyard...
...Iolanthe" must rank high on any Savoyard's list of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Packed with good tunes and breathtaking lyrics, it is also a social satire at times as bitter and biting as the early novels of Evelyn Waugh. In short, "Iolanthe" is as difficult to perform successfully as it is easy to make entertaining...
Died. Jessie Bond, 89, last but one of the original Savoyards,* player of numerous Gilbert & Sullivan roles (including Iolanthe, Pitti-Sing in The Mikado, Edith in The Pirates of Penzance) ; in Worthing, England. She retired in 1896. Only surviving Savoyard: Durward Lely of Glasgow...