September 12, 2024: The Beginnings of British Musicals (A Very Brief Overview); The Impact of Gilbert and Sullivan on American Musical Theatre

Class Preparation

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: "Victor Herbert and American Operetta," pages 40-42
• ​Handout of Key Class 1 slides
• Class 1 Selected Lyrics (selected songs from H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado)

Links & Playlists

 Playlists:

• H.M.S. Pinafore (Selections from the 1994 Welsh National Opera Recording on Telarc)
• The Pirates of Penzance  (Selections from the 1981 Broadway Cast Recording)
• The Mikado (Selections from the 1993 Recording by the New D'Oyly Carte Company)
• Class 1 Videos (includes two videos we didn't get to in class, plus a parody video of "Modern Major-General by an Obama impersonator)