The Sapphire Necklace
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The Sapphire Necklace, or the False Heiress, was the first opera composed by Arthur Sullivan, to a libretto by Henry F. Chorley. It was never performed, and most of the music and libretto are now lost
The opening of Charles Godfrey, Jr's military band arrangement of the overture.
The Tempest (Sullivan)
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The Tempest incidental music, Op. 1, is a set of movements for Shakespeare's play composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1861 and expanded in 1862. This was Sullivan's first major composition, and its success
The Sapphire Necklace
…Sullivan, to a libretto by Henry F. Chorley. It was never performed, and most of the music and libretto are now lost. After his incidental music to The Tempest brought Arthur Sullivan early fame in 1862, he began to experiment with a wide variety of musical compositions. By 1864, the young Sullivan had written…
Prospero and Ariel from a painting by William Hamilton