Cellier: Dorothy / Richard Bonynge, Victorian Opera

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 11, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CELLIER, ALFRED
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Victorian Opera Orchestra, Victorian Opera Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Bonynge, Maclaine, Maitland, Cullagh, Vallis, Mea
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 11, 2019
    • UPC
      730099044776
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8660447
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    2. Act I: Opening Chorus: Lads and lasses round about (Tom, Phyllis, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Sebastian Maclaine, Stephanie Maitland

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    3. Act I: Song and Trio: Be wise in time, Oh Phyllis (Dorothy, Lydia, Phyllis)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Stephanie Maitland

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    4. Act I: Quartet: We're sorry to delay you (Wilder, Sherwood, Dorothy, Lydia)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones, Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    5. Act I: Song and Trio: With such a dainty dame (Wilder)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Matt Mears

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    6. Act I: Quintet: A father's pride and joy (Tuppitt, Wilder, Sherwood, Dorothy, Lydia)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Patrick Relph, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones, Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    7. Act I: Song and Trio: I am the Sheriff's faithful man (Lurcher)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Michael Vincent Jones

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    8. Act I: Quartet: You swear to be good and true (Dorothy, Lydia, Wilder, Sherwood)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    9. Act I: Chorus and Solo: Under the pump (Lurcher, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Michael Vincent Jones

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    10. Act I: Finale: Now take your seats (Principals, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    11. Act II: Country Dance

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    12. Act II: Song: Though born a man (Wilder)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Matt Mears

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    13. Act II: Entrance Music (Dorothy, Lydia)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    14. Act II: Graceful Dance

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    15. Act II: Song: Contentment I give you (Bantam)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Robinson

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    16. Act II: Sextet and Chorus: Now let's to bed (Bantam, Lurcher, Sherwood, Dorothy, Wilder, Lydia)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Robinson, Michael Vincent Jones, John Ieuan Jones, Majella Cullagh, Matt Mears, Lucy Vallis

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    17. Act II: Quartet: One moment, pray (Wilder, Sherwood, Dorothy, Lydia)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones, Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    18. Act II: Song: Queen of my Heart (Sherwood)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: John Ieuan Jones

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    19. Act II: Trio: Are you sure? (Wilder, Sherwood, Bantam)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones, Edward Robinson

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    20. Act II: Ensemble: What noise was that (Bantam, Wilder, Sherwood, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Robinson, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    21. Act II: Finale: Hark for'ard, away! (Principals, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    22. Act III: Ballet

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    23. Act III: Dance of the Peasants

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    24. Act III: Ballad: The time has come (Phyllis, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Stephanie Maitland

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    25. Act III: Chorus: What joy untold (Phyllis, Tom, Tuppitt, Bantam, Chorus)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Stephanie Maitland, Sebastian Maclaine, Patrick Relph, Edward Robinson

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge

    26. Act III: Finale: You swore to be good and true (Dorothy, Lydia, Full Company)

      Composer: Alfred Cellier

      Ensemble: Victorian Opera Chorus, Victorian Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Stephanie Maitland, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones, Edward Robinson, Patrick Relph, Michael Vincent Jones, Sebastian Maclaine

      Conductor: Richard Bonynge


Alfred Cellier was a contemporary of Arthur Sullivan as a Chapel Royal chorister, and would later conduct several Gilbert and Sullivan productions. With its rural tale of disguise and romantic scheming, its jaunty tunes, lively characters and farcical comedy, Cellier’s light opera, Dorothy, has been almost entirely forgotten today. It had the longest run of any 19th-century piece of musical theatre, seeing off The Mikado and Ruddigore, and became such a popular hit in its day that the box office profits were able to fund the building of the Lyric Theatre on London’s Shaftsbury Avenue. The work is receiving on this release its world premiere recording, presented by The Victorian Opera.