{"product_id":"814627","title":"Various - Princess Ida, the Gondoliers (Godfrey, D'Oyly Carte) [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)Princess Ida, or 'Castle Adamant'The three-act comic opera Princess Ida appeared,chronologically, between Iolanthe (1882) and TheMikado (1885) and was first performed under the batonof the composer, on 5th January 1884 at the'electrically-lighted' Savoy Theatre. Its initialproduction ran for 246 performances (with a firstAmerican production opening in parallel at New York'sFifth Avenue Theatre, on 11th February). Billed a'respectful Operatic Per-Version of Tennyson's\\\\Princess ', it was a re-working by Gilbert of his ownunsuccessful 1870 burlesque The Princess, itself a satireof Tennyson's narrative poem, but whereas in ThePrincess: A Medley (1847; augmented in 1853) the PoetLaureate had eagerly anticipated female emancipation,in Princess Ida the conservative Gilbert reaffirmed hisown more sceptical view of the feminist movement, astance which, after the establishment during the 1870sof women's colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, wasalready becoming unfashionable.Peter Dempsey''\u003cp\u003eOverture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath to the invader!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearch throughout the panorama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Built Upon a Rock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow hearken to my strict command\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhene'er I spoke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday we meet, My baby bride and I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen anger spreads his song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the distant panorama - We are warriors three\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis helmet, I suppose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf You Give Me Your Attention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is our duty plain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP'raps if you address the lady\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome, Cyril, Florian - Expressive glances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Merriest Fellows are We\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMust we, till then, in prison cell be thrust? - For a month to dwell in a dungeon cell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuon giorno, signorine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTowards the empyrean heights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Sunny Spanish Shore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMighty maiden with a mission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Enterprise of Martial Kind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinerva! Hear me - Oh, goddess wise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere Was a Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGently, gently, evidently\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Stole the Prince\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey intend to send a wire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecit: But bless my heart - Try we lifelong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a maiden, cold and stately\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridegroom and Bride\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is but a broken toy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a Merry Maiden Marries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lady fair (The Ape and the Lady)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen One of Us Will Be a Queen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe women of the wisest wit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRising Early in the Morning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow wouldn't you like to rule the roost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake a Pair of Sparkling Eyes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerrily ring the luncheon bell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere Lived a King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould you know the kind of maid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a courtier, grave and serious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere we are, at risk of our lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDance a cachucha\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55582576279937,"sku":"814627","price":17.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/61SFgIKwy7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1777454449","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/814627","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}