Richard Doyly Carte

Author : Paul Seeley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135104589X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard D’Oyly Carte written by Paul Seeley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Richard D’Oyly Carte, this is a critical survey of the career of the impresario whose ambitions went beyond the famous partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan. Errors and misconceptions in current literature are challenged and corrected to give a truer portrayal of one of the most influential music theatre promoters in the nineteenth century.

Author : PAUL. SEELEY
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367610494
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book D'Oyly Carte written by PAUL. SEELEY and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers and discuss aspects of the management of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the twentieth century since the death of its founder Richard D'Oyly Carte and concentrate on key events which contributed to its demise in 1982. In this project, Paul Seeley follows the analytical model that no single factor may trigger the collapse but several, both external and internal. In the case of an opera company the external factors may include public taste and market forces, but more significant are the internal factors such as the management decisions taken in response to external factors and how these compare with the original artistic aims, aspirations and business models of the founder. This is a study by someone with close observation of the administration, for at the 1982 demise Paul was assistant to the company manager, having earlier served on the music staff. The book will be of great interest to music historians, theatre historians, and arts management professionals, but also for a wider public interested in Gilbert and Sullivan opera and production.

Author : Olivia Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643137395
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of the Savoy written by Olivia Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel’s founders, told through three generations—and one hundred years—of glamour and high society. For the gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner was served on a silk-lined floating gondola, real swans were swimming in the water, and as a final flourish, a baby elephant borrowed from London Zoo pulled a five-foot high birthday cake. In three generations, the D'Oyly Carte family and London's Savoy Hotel pioneered the idea of the luxury hotel and the modern theater, propelled Gilbert and Sullivan to lasting stardom, made Oscar Wilde a transatlantic celebrity, inspired a P. G. Wodehouse series, and popularized early jazz, electric lights, and Art Deco. Following the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel through three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family, The Secret Life of the Savoy brings to life the extraordinary cultural legacy of the most famous hotel in the world.

Author : Paul Seeley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000487342
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book D’Oyly Carte written by Paul Seeley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers and discusses aspects of the management of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company in the twentieth century since the death of its founder Richard D’Oyly Carte, and concentrates on key events that contributed to its demise in 1982. In this book, Paul Seeley follows the analytical model that proposes no single factor triggered the collapse, but rather several, both external and internal. In the case of an opera company the external factors may include public taste and market forces, but more significant are the internal factors such as the management decisions taken in response to external factors and how these compare with the original artistic aims, aspirations and business models of the founder. This is a study by someone with close observation of the administration; at the 1982 demise, Seeley was assistant to the company manager, having earlier served on the music staff. The book is a must-read for music historians, theatre historians and arts-management professionals; as an uncompromisingly critical history of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company it is designed to serve a wider public, not just the Gilbert and Sullivan opera specialist, but anyone keen to debate the desirability of private or public sponsorship of the performing arts.

Author : Roberta Morrell
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785893807
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book D'Oyly Carte written by Roberta Morrell and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'D'Oyly Carte: The Inside Story' looks at the life of the historic D'Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1950 and its sad demise in 1982. After thrilling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic from the time of Queen Victoria with its productions of Gilbert and Sullivan, the last great touring repertory company said farewell to its audiences after 107 years. Although many books have been written about the company founded by Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1875, none has been from the perspective of its members. This book details the working life of every department of the famous company, from its London management to the wardrobe department, as told by Roberta Morrell, herself a performer with the company for 10 years. Having travelled all over the UK to interview her former colleagues, Roberta uses their stories and recollections to present an insight into the world of a theatre company on tour for 48 weeks of every year. Personal tales of travel, theatrical digs, mad-cap parties, on-stage disasters, overseas tours and glamorous occasions are told by singers, musicians, back-stage staff and senior managers proud to have been a part of the D'Oyly Carte story. Hilarious anecdotes are mingled with serious fact, from eccentric landladies of the 1950s, to the logistics of presenting a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle. Mix in a little intrigue over the ownership of the Savoy Hotel and you have an entertaining account of a unique theatrical institution that will appeal to any reader.

Author : François Cellier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte written by François Cellier and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Regina B. Oost
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754664123
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert and Sullivan written by Regina B. Oost and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making extensive use of archival resources, Regina B. Oost examines advertisements, promotional materials, and programs; letters, diaries, and account books; and the operas themselves to reconstruct the ways in which Gilbert and Sullivan and their producer attracted and shaped the expectations of theatergoers. Highly accessible and entertaining, her book will appeal to scholars of theater history, literature, music, and popular culture, as well as general readers.

Author : Kurt Gänzl
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438485476
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert and Sullivan written by Kurt Gänzl and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the first book to focus on the original cast members of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, world-renowned musical theater expert Kurt Gänzl provides a concise history of the writing and production of each opera, vividly colored by the often little-known life stories of these early performers. Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated with rare photographs, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays delves into the professional and personal lives of the British and American actors and singers who created the celebrated "famous fourteen" Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

Author : François Cellier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas written by François Cellier and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Bigio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946113095
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rudall, Rose & Carte written by Robert Bigio and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: