| re: Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:18 pm EDT 08/30/20 |
| In reply to: re: Gilbert & Sullivan - singleticket 07:28 pm EDT 08/30/20 |
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And to the point, Sullivan was often deliberately parodying/borrowing from operatic styles of the time. So if you know what his source was, you're that much more in on the joke.
My personal favorite is the "Here Is A Case Unprecedented" quintet from The Gondoliers, which is a clear "steal" from the Quintet in Carmen. A more familiar one would be Mabel's cadenza in the middle of "Poor Wand'ring One" which is taken right from Violetta in La Traviata. |
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