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Alfred Cellier was a contemporary of Arthur Sullivan as a Chapel Royal chorister, and would later conduct several Gilbert and Sullivan productions. With its rural tale of disguise and romantic scheming, its jaunty tunes, lively characters and farcical comedy, Cellier’s light opera, Dorothy, has been almost entirely forgotten today. It had the longest run of any 19th-century piece of musical theatre, seeing off The Mikado and Ruddigore, and became such a popular hit in its day that the box office profits were able to fund the building of the Lyric Theatre on London’s Shaftsbury Avenue. The work is receiving on this release its world premiere recording, presented by The Victorian Opera.
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Reviews
Raymond Walker - Recording of the year 2019
“There’s a freshness to Cellier's lush melody lines, with vivacious singing and superb diction by young professional singers under the baton of world class conductor, Richard Bonynge.”
MusicWeb-International.com - 2019
"... Cellier does a nice line in lilting ballads and waltz-songs, and, with Richard Bonynge at the helm of an orchestra that would have done any Victorian theatre proud, we can enjoy both the graceful swing of Cellier's melodies and his luminous little touches of colour ... Cast and chorus sound fresh, and there isn't an unenjoyable voice here. You don't expect or need heavyweight singing in this repertoire, though Majella Cullagh has richness to spare as Dorothy and John Ieuan Jones, as Harry Sherwood, brings warmth to the show's big hit number, 'Queen of my heart' ..."
Richard Bratby - Gramophone magazine - April 2019
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