The Rose of Persia (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Composition Year	1899
Genre Categories	Savoy operas; Theatrical 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

1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Vocal Scores
  - 2.1.1 Selections
    - 2.1.1.1 Joy and Sorrow (Act II)
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 Cadenzas
3 General Information
4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Recordings

Act I
*#760487 - 128.57MB - 78:42 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 102×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

MP3 file (audio)
Dbmiller (2022/1/28)

Act II
*#760488 - 113.53MB - 68:43 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 42×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

MP3 file (audio)
Dbmiller (2022/1/28)

Performer Pages	Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society Dunedin (company) Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (orchestra, as Dunedin Civic Orchestra) Michael Andrewes (conductor/musical director) Joan Gardiner (leader) Natalie Ellis (producer) Robert Mair (Sultan Mahmoud of Persia) David Thompson (Hassan) William Hodgson (Yussuf) Noel Davie (Abdallah) Charles Agnew (Grand Vizier) Peter Rowlands (Physician-in-Chief) Cyril Powell (Royal Executioner) David Clark (Soldier of the Guard) Kathleen Padman (Sultana Zubeydah/Rose-in-Bloom) Ann Steenson (Scent-of-Lilies) Robyn Schroeder (Heart's-Desire) Glenda Simkin (Honey-of-Life) Mona Semke (Dancing-Sunbeam) Robyn White (Blush-of-Morning) Effie Cockburn (Oasis-in-the-Desert) Dianne McKay (Moon-upon-the-Waters) Nola Walsh (Song-of-Nighingales) Joyce Jackson (Whisper-of-the-West-Wind)
Publisher Info.	RASPT Revisited, 2022.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Recorded live, 1969. Enquiries, comments or requests for programme books may be addressed to ragsptrevisited@gmail.com.
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Naxos

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Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Complete Score
*#517589 - 12.92MB, 243 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 91×⇩ - Tonypanache

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Tonypanache (2009/8/14)

Publisher. Info.	London: Chappell & Co., 1900. Plate 20872.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score (cued)
*#517590 - 14.92MB, 240 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 53×⇩ - Savoyardta1

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Savoyardta1 (2015/9/2)

Publisher. Info.	London: Chappell & Co., 1900. Plate 20872.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Cued with orchestral and libretto cues for use by Musical Director.
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Selections

Joy and Sorrow (Act II)

Complete Score
*#977259 - 0.84MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/6/22)

Publisher. Info.	London: Chappell, No. 142, 1900. Plate 37950.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Cadenzas

Neath my lattice through the night (Act I, No. 6)
*#742584 - 3.15MB, 4 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2021/11/3)

Arranger	Composer
Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1899.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Dedicated to Ellen Beach Yaw (1869–1947). This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Neath my lattice through the night (Act I, No. 6)
*#781384 - 0.22MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 105×⇩ - Dbmiller

PDF typeset by editor
Dbmiller (2022/5/13)

Arranger	Composer
Editor	Robert Watson
Publisher. Info.	Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 2005.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This edition incorporates the cadenza written by Sullivan for Ellen Beach Yaw, and so differs from the version of the song found in the published vocal score.
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General Information

Work Title	The Rose of Persia
Alternative. Title	The Story-Teller and the Slave
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAS 65
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1899
First Performance.	1899-11-29 — London, Savoy Theatre
First Publication.	1900 – London: Chappell & Co.
Librettist	Basil Hood (1868-1917)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
External Links	Gilbert & Sullivan Archive

Navigation etc.

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 (1884) The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1885) 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)