The Contrabandista (Sullivan, Arthur)

		Movements/Sections 2 acts Composition Year 1867 Genre Categories Comic operas; Stage Works; Operas; Operettas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (2)

Vocal Scores

 Complete score (color)
*#21258 - 8.27MB, 91 (iii, #1-87, ad) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 375x⇩

PDF scanned by University of Illinois
Carolus (2008/8/22)

 Complete score (monochrome)
*#21259 - 15.85MB, 91 (iii, #1-87, ad) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 293x⇩

PDF scanned by University of Illinois
Carolus (2008/8/22)

Editor:

First edition (later issue)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Boosey & Co., n.d.(1871).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Purchase:

Javascript is required for this feature.

Javascript is required to submit files.

General Information

Work Title	The Contrabandista
Alternative Title	The Law of the Ladrones

Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Movements/Sections	2 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1867
First Performance	1867-12-18 in London, St. George's Hall. Arthur Sullivan, conductor
First Publication	1871 – London: Boosey & Co. Vocal score – 87 pages
Librettist	Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, Chorus, Orchestra
Related Works	Reworked by Sullivan and Burnand in 1894 as The Chieftain
External Links	Wikipedia article Gilbert & Sullivan Archive Libretto Review of 22 December 1867 from The Era Discography (Marc Shepherd)

Misc. Comments

William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's Savoy Operettas
Thespis, or the Gods Grown Old (1871, lost) Trial by Jury (1875) The Sorcerer (1877) H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor (1878) The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty (1879) Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride (1881) Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri (1882)	Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant (1883) The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1884) Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse (1886) The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid (1888) The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria (1889) Utopia Limited, or The Flowers of Progress (1893) The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel (1896)
Other Operas and Operettas
The Sapphire Necklace, or The False Heiress (1864, lost) Cox and Box, or The Long Lost Brothers (1866) The Contrabandista, or The Law of the Ladrones (1867) The Zoo (1875) Ivanhoe (1890)	Haddon Hall (1892) The Chieftain (1894) The Beauty Stone (1898) The Rose of Persia, or The Story-Teller and the Slave (1899) The Emerald Isle, or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena (1900)