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CHRONOLOGY
of first productions

 

Key:  The works of W. S. Gilbert are shown in Red.

         The works of Arthur Sullivan are shown in Green.

         The joint works of Gilbert and Sullivan are shown in Black.

         The works of other composers and librettists are shown in Blue.


  

Date

Title

Venue

Performances

1857

 

Overture in C minor ‘Timon of Athens’

 

 

 

13 July

1858

 

Overture in D minor

Royal Academy of Music

 

25 May

1860

 

Overture ‘Rosenfest’

Leipzig Gewandhaus

 

1860

 

Procession March

 

 

6 Apr

1861

 

Incidental music to “The Tempest”

Leipzig Gewandhaus

 

14 Mar

1863

 

Princess of Wales’ March

Crystal Palace

 

31 Oct

1863

 

Uncle Baby

Lyceum Theatre

 

14 May

1864

 

Ballet “L’île enchantée”

Covent Garden

 

18 July

1864

 

The Sapphire Necklace

(Libretto by Henry Chorley)

Excerpts St James’s Hall

(never performed complete)

 

8 Sep

1864

 

Kenilworth

(Libretto Henry Chorley)

Birmingham

 

1866

 

Ruy Blas

Unperformed

 

10 Mar

1866

 

Symphony in E ‘Irish’

Crystal Palace

 

24 Nov

1866

 

Concerto in D major for Violoncello & Orchestra

Crystal Palace

 

30 Oct

1866

 

Overture in C minor/major ‘In Memoriam’

Norwich

 

17 Dec

1866

 

Cox and Box

(Libretto by F C Burnand)

Prince’s Theatre, Manchester

(First public performance)

 

26 Dec

1866

 

Hush-a-Bye, Baby, on the Tree Top

Astley’s Theatre

 

29 Dec

1866

 

Dulcamara!

St James’s Theatre

 

3 June

1867

 

Concert Overture ‘Marmion’

St James’s Hall

 

15 June

1867

 

La Vivandière

St James’s Hall, Liverpool

 

6 July

1867

 

Robinson Crusoe

Haymarket Theatre

 

4 Nov

1867

 

Allow Me To Explain

Prince of Wales Theatre

 

5 Dec

1867

 

Highly Improbable

Royalty

 

18 Dec

1867

 

The Contrabandista

(Libretto by F C Burnand)

St George’s Hall

72

???

 

A Colossal Idea

Unperformed

 

26 Dec

1867

 

Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren

Lyceum Theatre

 

21 Mar

1868

 

The Merry Zingara

Royalty Theatre

 

21 Dec

1868

 

Robert the Devil

Gaiety Theatre

 

29 Mar

1869

 

No Cards

(Composed by German Reed/Lionel Elliott)

Royal Gallery of Illustration

 

19 June

1869

 

The Pretty Druidess

Charing Cross Theatre

 

26 July

1869

 

An Old Score

Gaiety Theatre

 

8 Sep

1869

 

The Prodigal Son

Worcester

 

22 Nov

1869

 

Ages Ago

(composed by Frederic Clay)

Royal Gallery of Illustration

 

8 Jan

1870

 

The Princess

Olympic Theatre

 

26 May

1870

 

The Gentleman in Black

(Composed by Frederic Clay)

Charing Cross Theatre

26

20 June

1870

 

Our Island Home

(Composed by German Reed)

Royal Gallery of Illustration

 

31 Aug

1870

 

Overture di Ballo

Birmingham

 

19 Nov

1870

 

The Palace of Truth

Haymarket Theatre

 

1871

 

March Danois

Weippert

 

25 Jan

1871

 

Randall’s Thumb

Court Theatre

 

30 Jan

1871

 

A Sensation Novel

(Composed by German Reed)

Royal Gallery of Illustration

 

28 Apr

1871

 

Creatures of Impulse

(Composed by Alberto Randagger)

Court Theatre

91

1 May

1871

 

On Shore and Sea

(Libretto by Tom Taylor)

Albert Hall

 

29 May

1871

 

Great Expectations

(Adapted from Dickens)

Court Theatre

 

19 Sep

1871

 

Incidental music to “The Merchant of Venice”

Prince’s Theatre, Manchester

 

28 Oct

1871

 

On Guard

Court Theatre

 

9 Dec

1871

 

Pygmalion and Galatea

Haymarket Theatre

 

26 Dec

1871

 

Thespis

Gaiety Theatre

63

24 Oct

1872

 

A Medical Man

St George’s Hall

 

28 Oct

1872

 

Happy Arcadia

(Composed by Frederic Clay)

Royal Gallery of Illustration

 

25 Nov

1872

 

Quits

(revised version of An Old Score)

Court Theatre

 

4 Jan

1873

 

The Wicked World

Haymarket Theatre

 

3 Mar

1873

 

The Happy Land

Court Theatre

 

27 Aug

1873

 

The Light of the World

Birmingham

 

18 Oct

1873

 

The Realm of Joy

Royalty Theatre

 

15 Nov

1873

 

The Wedding March

Court Theatre

 

3 Jan

1874

 

Charity

Haymarket Theatre

 

17 Jan

1874

 

Ought We To Visit Her?

Royalty Theatre

 

24 Jan

1874

 

Committed For Trial

Globe Theatre

 

4 Mar

1874

 

The Blue-Legged Lady

Court Theatre

 

21 Mar

1874

 

Topsyturveydom

(Composed by Alfred Cellier)

Criterion Theatre

 

30 Aug

1874

 

Incidental music to “The Merry Wives of Windsor”

Theatre Royal, Manchester

 

7 Nov

1874

 

Sweethearts

Prince of Wales Theatre

 

25 Mar

1875

 

Trial by Jury

Royalty Theatre

131

24 Apr

1875

 

Tom Cobb

St James’s Theatre

 

5 June

1875

 

The Zoo

(Libretto by ‘Bolton Rowe’)

St James’s Theatre

 

5 July

1875

 

Eyes and No Eyes

(Composed by German Reed)

Royal Gallery of Illustration

 

9 Dec

1875

 

Broken Hearts

Court Theatre

 

24 June

1876

 

Princess Toto

(Composed by Frederic Clay)

Theatre Royal, Nottingham

 

11 Sep

1876

 

Dan’l Druce, Blacksmith

Haymarket Theatre

 

3 Feb

1877

 

On Bail

(revision of Committed for Trial)

Haymarket Theatre

 

29 Aug

1877

 

Incidental music to “Henry VIII”

Theatre Royal, Manchester

 

3 Oct

1877

 

Engaged

Haymarket Theatre

 

17 Nov

1877

 

The Sorcerer

Opera Comique

178

13 Feb

1878

 

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Gaiety Theatre

1

25 Feb

1978

 

The Ne’er-Do-Weel

Olympic Theatre

 

Mar

1878

 

The Vagabond

(rewritten version of The Ne-er-Do-Weel)

Olympic Theatre

 

25 May

1878

 

HMS Pinafore

Opera Comique

571

24 Mar

1879

 

Gretchen

Olympic Theatre

 

30 June

1879

 

Lord Mayor’s Day

Folly Theatre

 

30 Dec

1879

 

31 Dec

1879

 

3 Apr

1880

 

The Pirates of Penzance

Royal Bijou Theatre, Paignton

 

 

First Avenue Theater, New York

 

Opera Comique

1

 

 

 

 

 

363

15 Oct

1880

 

The Martyr of Antioch

(Libretto from Dean Millman, Edited by W. S. Gilbert)

Leeds

 

23 Apr

1881

 

 

10 Oct

1881

 

Patience

Opera Comique

transferring to

 

Savoy Theatre

 

 

 

 

 

578

15 Dec

1881

 

Foggerty’s Fairy

Criterion Theatre

 

25 Nov

1882

 

Iolanthe

Savoy Theatre

398

5 Jan

1884

 

Princess Ida

Savoy Theatre

246

16 Jan

1884

 

Comedy and Tragedy

Lyceum Theatre

 

14 Mar

1885

 

The Mikado

Savoy Theatre

672

4 May

1886

 

Ode for the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition

(Libretto by Alfred Lord Tennyson)

 

Albert Hall

 

16 Oct

1886

 

The Golden Legend

(Libretto by Joseph Bennett after Longfellow)

 

Leeds

 

22 Jan

1887

 

Ruddygore

Savoy Theatre

288

4 July

1887

 

Ode for the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Imperial Institute

(Libretto by Lewis Morris)

 

Site of the Imperial Institute

 

3 Oct

1888

 

The Yeomen of the Guard

 

Savoy Theatre

423

29 Nov

1888

 

Brantinghame Hall

St James’s Theatre

 

29 Dec

1888

 

Incidental music to “Macbeth”

Lyceum Theatre

 

2 Sep

1889

 

The Brigands

(Composed by Jacques Offenbach)

Theatre Royal, Plymouth

 

7 Dec

1889

 

The Gondoliers

Savoy Theatre

554

31 Jan

1891

 

Ivanhoe

(Libretto by Julian Sturgis)

Royal English Opera House

165

3 June

1891

 

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Vaudeville Theatre

 

30 Jun

1891

 

The Nautch Girl

 

Savoy Theatre

200

4 Jan

1892

 

The Mountebanks

(Composed by Alfred Cellier)

Lyric Theatre

229

28 Jan

1892

 

The Vicar of Bray

Savoy Theatre

143

25 Mar

1892

 

The Foresters

(Incidental music for a play by Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Daly’s Theater, New York

 

27 July

1892

 

“Haste to the Wedding”

(Composed by George Grossmith)

Criterion Theatre

22

24 Sep

1892

 

Haddon Hall

(Libretto by Sydney Grundy)

Savoy Theatre

204

10 May

1893

 

Imperial March

Imperial Institute

 

13 May

1893

 

Jane Annie

Savoy Theatre

50

7 Oct

1893

 

Utopia, (Limited)

Savoy Theatre

245

3 Jul

1894

 

Mirette

Savoy Theatre

41

6 Oct

1894

 

Mirette (revised)

Savoy Theatre

61

27 Oct

1894

 

His Excellency

(Composed by Frank Osmond Carr)

Lyric Theatre

161

12 Dec

1894

 

The Chieftain

(Libretto by F C Burnand)

Savoy Theatre

97

12 Jan

1895

 

King Arthur

(Incidental music to a play by Joseph Comyns Carr)

Lyceum Theatre

 

7 Mar

1896

 

The Grand Duke

Savoy Theatre

123

20 Feb

1897

 

His Majesty

Savoy Theatre

61

25 May

1897

 

Ballet “Victoria and Merrie England”

Alhambra Theatre

 

27 Sep

1897

 

The Fortune-Hunter

Theatre Royal, Birmingham

 

4 Dec

1897

 

The Grand Duchess

Savoy Theatre

104

28 May

1898

 

The Beauty Stone

(Libretto by Arthur Wing Pinero & Joseph Comyns Carr)

Savoy Theatre

50

7 Jan

1899

 

The Lucky Star

Savoy Theatre

143

29 Nov

1899

 

The Rose of Persia

(Libretto by Basil Hood)

Savoy Theatre

213

27 April

1901

 

The Emerald Isle

(Libretto by Basil Hood, Music completed by Edward German)

Savoy Theatre

205

3 May

1904

 

Harlequin and the Fairy’s Dilemma

Garrick Theatre

 

15 Dec

1909

 

Fallen Fairies

(Composed by Edward German)

Savoy Theatre

51

27 Feb

1911

 

The Hooligan

London Coliseum

 

1911

 

Trying a Dramatist

Unperformed

 

 


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