How To Produce Concert Versions Of Gilbert & Sullivan

Out Of Print... An exciting challenge to Amateur Operatic Companies, including School Societies, is offered in this entirely new approach to the presentation of Concert versions of Gilbert and Sullivan. It is written in the belief that the traditional concert version with static chorus, embarrassed principals half-acting while holding vocal scores, and no libretto, is alien to the spirit of vivacity and continuity essential to Gilbert and Sullivan operas: and that such presentations are viewed with only reserved enthusiasm and modified rapture by performers and audiences. Production of concert versions is the all-important ideal of this book. Action is incorporated throughout each opera, with movement for both principals and chorus plotted in minute detail, illustrated by over 300 diagrams. Full narrative scripts are provided, with the subtle distinction that the narrators are members of the cast, thus act as link-men between audience and actors. The problem of costuming is tackled by full suggestion for styles (at nominal expense) integrated to match the production approach, so unifying the presentation. Concert versions thus assume a new guise, not as second best to stage productions, but as creations in a new dimension-different, but just as dramatic.