This is a partial discography of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Pirates of Penzance , which premiered on 31 December 1879, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City. [1]
Year | Cast: The Pirate King, Mabel, Ruth, Frederic, Major-General Stanley, Samuel, Sergeant of Police, Edith | Conductor, Theater and orchestra | Label |
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1949 | Darrell Fancourt, Muriel Harding, Ella Halman, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Donald Harris, Joan Gillingham | Isidore Godfrey, Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | LP:Decca Cat: DPA 3051/2 mono [2] |
1961 | James Milligan, Elsie Morison, Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis, George Baker, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Heather Harper | Malcolm Sargent, Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus | EMI [3] |
1968 | Donald Adams, Valerie Masterson, Christene Palmer, Philip Potter, John Reed, George Cook, Owen Brannigan, Carol Malone | Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus | Decca Studios [4] |
1981 | Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Estelle Parsons, Rex Smith, George Rose, Stephan Hanan, Tony Azito, Alexandra Korey | William Elliott, conductor Original Broadway Cast Album | Columbia Records |
1982 | Peter Allen, Janis Kelly, Gillian Knight, Alexander Oliver, Keith Michell, Brian Donlan, Paul Hudson, Kate Flowers | Alexander Faris, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra | VHS: Polygram Cat: 632 5283 (Video); OperaWorld PIR10V (Video) [5] |
1990 | Malcolm Rivers, Marilyn Hill Smith, Susan Gorton, Philip Creasy, Eric Roberts, Gareth Jones, Simon Masterton, Patricia Cameron | John Pryce-Jones Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | CD: TER 1177; Showtime SHOW CD010 (CD) (85'24) [6] |
1993 | Donald Adams, Rebecca Evans, Gillian Knight, John Mark Ainsley, Richard Suart, Nicholas Folwell, Richard Van Allan, Julie Gossage, | Charles Mackerras, Chorus & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | CD: Telarc Cat: 80353 [7] |
1994 | Anna Butera Helen Donaldson Jon English Susie French Simon Gallaher Marc James Toni Lamond Melissa Langton Derek Metzger Tim Tyler | Kevin Hocking | CD: CD:ABC/EMI Records Cat: 4797752 |
For a more complete discography up to 2009, see Marc Shepherd's discography at the Gilbert and Sullivan archive. [8]