Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan
English composer and conductor; born Lambeth, London 13 May, 1842; died London 22 November, 1900.
Stage Works:
- L'ile enchantée, ballet Covent Garden Theatre, 14 May 1864
- Cox and Box, or The Long-lost Brothers; 1 act; libretto by F. C.
Burnand after J. M. Morton Box and Cox: Adelphi Theatre, 13
May 1867
- The Contrabandista,
or The Law of the Ladrones; 2 acts; libretto by
F.C. Burnand; St George's Hall, 18 December, 1867 rev. 1894 as The
Chieftain
- The Merchant of Venice; incidental music Shakespeare; Prince's Theatre,
Manchester, 19 September 1871
- Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert;
Gaiety Theatre, London, 26 December, 1871
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, incidental music Shakespeare; Gaiety Theatre,
19 December, 1874
- Trial by Jury; 1 act; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Royalty Theatre, London;
25 March (1875)
- The Zoo; 1 Act, B. Rowe [pseud. of B. C. Stephenson]; St James's
Theatre, London; 5 June, 1875
- Henry VIII, incidental music; Shakespeare; Theatre Royal, Manchester;
29 August, 1877
- H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass Who Loved a Sailor; Opéra Comique, London - 25 May, 1878 (571 perfs)
- The Sorcerer; 2 acts; libretto by W.S.
Gilbert; Opera Comique, London; 17 Nov 1877; rev. version, Savoy Theatre,
London; 11 October, 1884
- The
Pirates of Penzance,
or The Slave of Duty; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Paignton,
Royal Bijou Theatre, 30 December, 1879, New York, Fifth Avenue Theatre,
31 December, 1879
- Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride;
2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Opera Comique, London; 23 April, 1881
- Iolanthe, or The Peer and the
Peri; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Savoy Theatre, London; 25
November, 1882
- Princess
Ida, or Castle Adamant; 3 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert;
after Tennyson's The Princess; Savoy Theatre, London; 5 January,
1884
- The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu;
2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Savoy Theatre, London; 14 March, 1885
- Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse;
2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Savoy Theatre, London; 22 January,
1887
- The
Yeomen of the Guard,
or The Merryman and his Maid; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert;
Savoy Theatre, London; 3 October, 1888
- Macbeth, incidental music; Shakespeare; Lyceum Theatre, 29 December,
1888
- The
Gondoliers, or The King
of Barataria; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Savoy Theatre, London;
7 December, 1889
- Ivanhoe, romantic opera; 3 acts; libretto by J. Sturgis, after Scott;
Royal English Opera House; 31 January, 1891; rev. version, Liverpool,
Court Theatre; 14 February, 1895
- The Foresters; incidental
music; Tennyson; Daly's Theatre, London, 17 March, 1892: Daly's Theatre,
New York, 17 March 1892
- Haddon Hall 2 acts; libretto by Sydney Grundy Savoy Theatre, London;
24 September, 1892
- Utopia
Limited, or The
Flowers of Progress; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert; Savoy Theatre,
London; 7 October, 1893
- The Chieftain 2 acts; Burnand Savoy Theatre, London; 12 December,
1894 rev. from The Contrabandista, 1867
- King Arthur; incidental music; play by J. Comyns Carr; Lyceum Theatre,
12 January, 1895
- The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel; 2 acts; libretto by W.S. Gilbert;
Savoy Theatre, London; 7 March, 1896
- Victoria and Merrie England, ballet; choreographed by C. Coppi; Alhambra
Theatre, London; 25 May, 1897
- The Beauty Stone; 2 acts; libretto by A. W. Pinero and J. Comyns
Carr; Savoy Theatre, London; 28 May 1898
- The
Rose of Persia, or The
Story-teller and the Slave; 2 acts; libretto by B. Hood; Savoy Theatre,
London; 29 November, 1899
- The Emerald Isle, or The Caves of Carig-Cleena; completed by Edward German; 2 acts; libretto by Basil; Hood Savoy Theatre, London; 27 April, 1901