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The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances (at that time the fifth longest-running piece of musical theatre in history), closing on 30 June 1891.
Gondoliers dress in a blue or red striped top, red neckerchief, wide-brimmed straw hat and dark pants. [26] A gondolier can earn the equivalent of up to US$150,000 per year. [21] Gondoliers plying their craft in a narrow canal On the Grand Canal. In August 2010, Giorgia Boscolo became Venice's first fully licensed female gondolier. [27] [28] [29]
Gilbert and Sullivan (referred to below as "Sullivan"): The Gondoliers – "In enterprise of martial kind" (Duke of Plaza-Toro, with Duchess, Casilda and Luiz) [3] [4] Sullivan: The Gondoliers – "Rising early in the morning" (Giuseppe) [5] Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore – "When I Was a Lad" (Sir Joseph) [5]
A barcarolle is characterized by a rhythm reminiscent of the gondolier's stroke, almost invariably in 6 8 metre at a moderate tempo. [2]While the most-famous barcarolles are from the Romantic period, the genre was known well enough in the 18th century for Burney to mention, in The Present State of Music in France and Italy (1771), that it was a celebrated form cherished by "collectors of good ...
The Gondoliers, an 1891 opera by Gilbert and Sullivan; The Silent Gondoliers, a 1983 novel by William Goldman, written under the pseudonym of "S. Morgenstern". Broadway Gondolier, a musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon released 1935.
The Silent Gondoliers (ISBN 0-345-44263-6) is a 1983 novel by William Goldman, written under the pseudonym of "S. Morgenstern". The novel purports to explain why the gondoliers of Venice no longer sing, through the story of the protagonist Luigi.
Gondoliers have witnessed the ebbs and flows of tourism. They've seen everything from the slump during the COVID-19 pandemic to the gradual progression to overtourism.
He recorded a poorly-received album, Let's Have a Blast with the Gondoliers, issued in 1961, and continued to perform with his band in clubs in New Orleans through to the mid-1960s. [4] His last, untypically raucous, recordings, were made in the late 1960s but were not issued at the time. [3] He died in New Orleans in 1972, aged 48. [3]