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- catalog abstract ""Alice May created the role of the heroine, Aline, in Gilbert and Sullivan's first successful full-length operetta, The Sorcerer. It is for this brief association with one of the musical stage's most famous partnerships that her name is tenuously remembered today. But there was much more to Alice's career than The Sorcerer. During the 1870s and '80s she played leading roles in dozens of comic operas. She sang in a number of world premieres and took part in the first English-language performances of several works by notable European composers. If she never quite scaled the dizzying heights of stardom reached by a few special performers, she nonetheless enjoyed significant success in her chosen profession. At the peak of her powers she gave pleasure to thousands and even in her sad, declining years she remained a performer of consequence, as popular with her colleagues as with the public."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12749139.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Alice May created the role of the heroine, Aline, in Gilbert and Sullivan's first successful full-length operetta, The Sorcerer. It is for this brief association with one of the musical stage's most famous partnerships that her name is tenuously remembered today. But there was much more to Alice's career than The Sorcerer. During the 1870s and '80s she played leading roles in dozens of comic operas. She sang in a number of world premieres and took part in the first English-language performances of several works by notable European composers. If she never quite scaled the dizzying heights of stardom reached by a few special performers, she nonetheless enjoyed significant success in her chosen profession. At the peak of her powers she gave pleasure to thousands and even in her sad, declining years she remained a performer of consequence, as popular with her colleagues as with the public."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index.".
- catalog description "The mysterious Miss May -- Green girl in a golden land -- New directions, new roles -- Toast of the Antipodes -- Indian adventure -- Crowned with success -- Working for D'Oyly Carte -- Ally Pally to the Alhambra -- Prima donna in the provinces -- Starting afresh in America -- Playing the Casino -- "A perfect Katisha" -- Downward spiral.".
- catalog extent "xv, 208 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415937507 (hardback : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Forgotten stars of musical theatre.".
- catalog isPartOf "Forgotten stars of the musical theatre".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "ML420.M3368 S56 2003".
- catalog subject "May, Alice, approximately 1847-1887.".
- catalog subject "Singers Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The mysterious Miss May -- Green girl in a golden land -- New directions, new roles -- Toast of the Antipodes -- Indian adventure -- Crowned with success -- Working for D'Oyly Carte -- Ally Pally to the Alhambra -- Prima donna in the provinces -- Starting afresh in America -- Playing the Casino -- "A perfect Katisha" -- Downward spiral.".
- catalog title "Alice May : Gilbert and Sullivan's first prima donna / Adrienne Simpson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".