NEXT MEETING: THIS SUNDAY (19 April 2026) at 2.30 p.m.
at Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
Celebrity Concert with Phoebe Smith.
We are looking forward to welcoming PHOEBE SMITH, soprano. Phoebe studied at the Royal Academy of Music and
performs regularly with the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company. She will be accompanied at the piano by our
member, DAVID WHEELER. Everyone is welcome to attend the concert: admission is £5 for members, and £7 for visitors.
The Sorcerer
The following four items are reproduced from The Variorum Gilbert & Sullivan (Volume 1) by Marc Shepherd and Michael Walters, published in 2015.
1 - Introduction
3 - Deleted Passages
2 - Libretto
4 - An Elixir of Love
Music for items cut/revised from the original version:
In Days Gone By (Lady Sangazure)
No. 2 – Recitative (Mrs Partlet and Constance)
No. 16 – Ensemble (Constance, Notary, Aline, Alexis and Chorus)