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02MaySingers announced for Wolverhampton 125th AnniversaryOn Tuesday 26th November, the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton will celebrate it's 125th Anniversary. It was on this date that the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company opened The Grand Theatre in 1894 with a performance of Utopia, Limited. D'Oyly Carte are...Singers announced for Wolverhampton 125th Anniversary
10AprThe Gondoliers & Utopia Limited in Spring of 2020It is with enormous pleasure that we announce our next collaboration with Scottish Opera in 2020. We will present two new productions to follow on from our hugely successful The Pirates of Penzance (2013) and The Mikado (2016). Firstly there...The Gondoliers & Utopia Limited in Spring of 2020
07MarGilbert & Sullivan a la Carte at Wolverhampton GrandD'Oyly Carte opened the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton way back in 1894, and now 125 years later we will be giving a special performance of Gilbert and Sullivan a la Carte to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the theatres opening...Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte at Wolverhampton Grand
12Jul30th anniversaryOn 12th July, 1988 The New D'Oyly Carte Opera Company opened it's London season at the Cambridge Theatre in Seven Dials, Covent Garden. The season opened with "Iolanthe"on 12th July, with "The Yeomen of the Guard" opening on 18th July...30th anniversary
20MarGilbert and Sullivan – Singers WorkshopsThis spring D'Oyly Carte is partnering with English Touring Opera to present a series of singers workshops to coincide with ETO's Spring Tour. Renowned mezzo-soprano Gaynor Keeble and star baritone Bradley Travis lead the workshops. Bradley was Bunthorne in ETO’s acclaimed Patience last spring, and Gaynor...Gilbert and Sullivan – Singers Workshops
11JanI Have a Song to Sing O!This Spring we are collaborating with English Touring Opera, to deliver workshops for teenagers and young adults, introducing the world of Gilbert and Sullivan, and focusing on vocal technique, dialogue, comic timing and patter songs. The sessions will also look at pathways into...I Have a Song to Sing O!
28Nov“Trial by Jury” & “Cox and Box” to be premiered in Russia.In December 2017, both Trial by Jury and Cox and Box will receive their Russian premiere. They have both been translated into Russian by Alexander and Sergey Pantykin and will be performed at the Saint Petersburg Theatre of Musical Comedy. The operettas...“Trial by Jury” & “Cox and Box” to be premiered in Russia.
24NovD’Oyly Carte Archive cataloguing on schedule for Spring/Summer 2018 completionSince leaving us last year our archive has been taken into the collection at The British Library and staff there have been exhaustively cataloguing each item so that it can be easily accessed using the British Library's accession reference system...D’Oyly Carte Archive cataloguing on schedule for Spring/Summer 2018 completion
10AprThe Gondoliers & Utopia Limited in Spring of 2020It is with enormous pleasure that we announce our next collaboration with Scottish Opera in 2020. We will present two new productions to follow on from our hugely successful The Pirates of Penzance (2013) and The Mikado (2016). Firstly there...The Gondoliers & Utopia Limited in Spring of 2020
07MarGilbert & Sullivan a la Carte at Wolverhampton GrandD'Oyly Carte opened the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton way back in 1894, and now 125 years later we will be giving a special performance of Gilbert and Sullivan a la Carte to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the theatres opening...Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte at Wolverhampton Grand
12Jul30th anniversaryOn 12th July, 1988 The New D'Oyly Carte Opera Company opened it's London season at the Cambridge Theatre in Seven Dials, Covent Garden. The season opened with "Iolanthe"on 12th July, with "The Yeomen of the Guard" opening on 18th July...30th anniversary
20MarGilbert and Sullivan – Singers WorkshopsThis spring D'Oyly Carte is partnering with English Touring Opera to present a series of singers workshops to coincide with ETO's Spring Tour. Renowned mezzo-soprano Gaynor Keeble and star baritone Bradley Travis lead the workshops. Bradley was Bunthorne in ETO’s acclaimed Patience last spring, and Gaynor...Gilbert and Sullivan – Singers Workshops
11JanI Have a Song to Sing O!This Spring we are collaborating with English Touring Opera, to deliver workshops for teenagers and young adults, introducing the world of Gilbert and Sullivan, and focusing on vocal technique, dialogue, comic timing and patter songs. The sessions will also look at pathways into...I Have a Song to Sing O!
28Nov“Trial by Jury” & “Cox and Box” to be premiered in Russia.In December 2017, both Trial by Jury and Cox and Box will receive their Russian premiere. They have both been translated into Russian by Alexander and Sergey Pantykin and will be performed at the Saint Petersburg Theatre of Musical Comedy. The operettas...“Trial by Jury” & “Cox and Box” to be premiered in Russia.
24NovD’Oyly Carte Archive cataloguing on schedule for Spring/Summer 2018 completionSince leaving us last year our archive has been taken into the collection at The British Library and staff there have been exhaustively cataloguing each item so that it can be easily accessed using the British Library's accession reference system...D’Oyly Carte Archive cataloguing on schedule for Spring/Summer 2018 completion