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D'Oyly Carte : the decline and fall of an opera company / Paul Seeley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seeley, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies
- Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900--Performances.
- Sullivan, Arthur.
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
- Opera companies--England--London--History--20th century.
- Opera companies.
- Opera--England--20th century.
- Opera.
- History.
- Performances.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Paul Seeley read German and Linguistics at University College of North Wales, Bangor, and Music at Edinburgh before joining the music staff of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1976. Before the company closed in 1982, he was assistant to the Company Manager. In 2004, Liverpool University awarded him a Ph.D. for his research on Franz Lehr̀. He is author of Richard D'Oyly Carte (Routledge 2019). He is a private teacher in semi-retirement.
- Contents:
- The making of D'Oyly Carte
- Helen D'Oyly Carte
- The birth of a tradition
- On radio and on record
- On film and television
- The D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust
- The last Savoyards
- D'Oyly Carte and the Arts Council
- A 'new' D'Oyly Carte?
- Appendix 1. The Sullivan Manuscript Sale
- Appendix 2. Who was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 22, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Seeley, Paul. D'Oyly Carte
- ISBN:
- 9781003103059
- 1003103057
- 9781000487329
- 1000487326
- 9781000487343
- 1000487342
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873145
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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