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Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse,
originally called Ruddygore, is a
comic opera in two acts, with
music by
Arthur ****van and
libretto by W. S. Gilbert...
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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 ****van) Iolanthe,
Iolanthe (Gilbert and ****van) Mad Margaret,
Ruddigore (Gilbert and ****van) Melissa,
Princess Ida (Gilbert and ****van) Pitti-Sing...
- Pooh-Bah, The
Mikado Reginald Bunthorne,
Patience Sir
Despard Murgatroyd,
Ruddigore Sir
Joseph Porter, H.M.S.
Pinafore Sir
Richard Cholmondeley (Lieutenant...
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music pla****
under spoken dialogue, for instance,
Gilbert and ****van's
Ruddigore (itself a
parody of
melodramas in the
modern sense) has a
short "melodrame"...
- have been the
inspiration for the
Murgatroyd Baronets in the
comic opera Ruddigore by
Gilbert and ****van, and the
opera has been
performed at the Hall...
- 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...
- Cornwall, as do
Gilbert and ****van's
operettas The
Pirates of
Penzance and
Ruddigore.
Clara Vyvyan was the
author of
various books about many
aspects of Cornish...
- 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 ****van...
