Thespis, or, The gods grown old / libretto by William S. Gilbert ; music by Bruce Montgomery and Arthur S. Sullivan ; program notes by Edwin Nealley.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Bruce, 1927-2008, composer.

Contributor:

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist.

Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900, composer.

Thomas, Elizabeth Montgomery, editor.

Nealley, Edwin, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.

Standardized Title:

Thespis. Vocal score

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Vocal scores with piano.

Genre:

Operas.

Vocal scores.

Arrangements (Music)

Physical Description:

1 vocal score (188 pages) : portrait ; 28 cm

Edition:

Vocal score / edited by Elizabeth Montgomery Thomas.

Other Title:

Gods grown old

Place of Publication:

Exton, PA : Wingert-Jones Publications, [2016]

Language Note:

Staff notation.

English words.

Summary:

The story follows an acting troupe headed by Thespis, the legendary Greek father of the drama, who temporarily trade places with the gods on Mount Olympus, who have grown elderly and ignored. The actors turn out to be comically inept rulers. Having seen the ensuing mayhem down below, the angry gods return, sending the actors back to Earth as "eminent tragedians, whom no one ever goes to see". Gilbert would return to this theme twenty-five years later in his last opera with Sullivan, The Grand Duke, in which a theatre company temporarily replaces the ruler of a small country and decides to "revive the classic memories of Athens at its best". Seasonal works like Thespis were not normally expected to endure, and apart from a benefit performance shortly after the original staging, Thespis was not performed again during its creators' lifetimes. A renewed interest in the piece began in the 1950s, and numerous productions have been performed since, either with music taken from Sullivan's other works, or with original music. - Wikipedia.

Contents:

Dramatis personae

Notes

About the composer

Overture

Act one. Throughout the night (Venus & chorus of stars)

Entrance of Mercury

Oh, I'm the celestial drudge (Mercury)

Jupiter, by Jove

Oh, incident unprecedented (Gods)

Here, far away (Sparkeion & Nicemis)

Climbing over Rocky Mountain (Thespians)

Picnic music

I once knew a chap (Thespis & Company)

Finale : Act 1 (Company)

Act two : Of all Symposia (Sillimon & Thespians)

Little maid of Arcadee (Sparkeion)

Olympus is now in a terrible muddle (Mercury)

You're Diana, I'm Apollo (Nicemis, Daphne, Sparkeion, Thespis)

Oh, rage and fury (Jupiter, Apollo, Mars)

Oh, monster! (Jupiter, Apollo, Mars)

Finale : Act 2 (Company and solos).

Notes:

Opera in two acts.

"...a new score to replace the lost score for Thespis 'in the style of Sullivan' using Gilbert's libretto"--Page 3.

First performed in 1971.

With program and biographical notes in English.

Contains:

Based on: Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Thespis.

ISBN:

9780692725351

0692725350

OCLC:

948627841

Publisher Number:

822424037581

3042000 Wingert-Jones Publications