Who was Cunningham Bridgeman? Part 1.5 Sing!
I love living in The Future I’m calling this “Part 1.5” of this story, because it is a short diversion from the main plot. But an exciting one. In Part 1 of this story I began to explore the mystery of Cunningham Bridgeman. The mystery is, who is he, and how did he come to […]
10 November, 1899: The Absent Minded Distraction, Part 2
10 November, 1899 Called1. Bosworth. about foreign production & publication of new opera. He to be my representative in Germany & Austria, with Bloch-Erben (Ferenzcy [sic]) as his agents, at 20 p.c. 2. Byng & Coates – latter to sing “Ab: M. Beg” – Today Sullivan notes visits from three gentlemen. Meeting number 1 is […]
7 November, 1899: The Absent-Minded Distraction, Part 1
7 November, 1899 Bendall took printer’s copy of “Ab: Mind: Beg:” to Balch –Daily Mail – also my M.S. to Alhambra for Byng to score.Rehearsal at Savoy. It’s a busy time for Sir Arthur Sullivan. It’s been more than three years since the production of The Grand Duke, his final collaboration with W.S. Gilbert. Since […]
18 September, 1892: A mad dash to Haddon Hall
18 September, 1892 Quiet all day – wrote song for Barrington (No 10)Gdma, Auntie & Beaumont dined here. In 1892 Sullivan produced a light opera with a writer other than W.S. Gilbert for the first time since 1875. Gilbert & Sullivan had split up two years previously. Since then, Sullivan had created his only grand […]
Ivanhoe: One view from the boxes.
‘Being hot is only becoming to some girls.’ Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913) was the sort of Victorian war hero who spent a lot of time away from his home and his wife, Louisa, Lady Wolseley. Hence, they exchanged many letters. After his death, Lady Wolseley asked a […]