The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus Song List
The Zoo: "My Father!"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Jane Metcalfe, Meston Reid, John Ayldon & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Mikado: Overture
Isidore Godfrey, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & New Symphony Orchestra, London
The Yeomen of the Guard: "Comes the Pretty Young Bride" - "'Tis Said to You" - "Hold, Pretty One!"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Barbara Lilley, Suzanne O'Keefe, Jane Metcalfe, Patricia Leonard, Kenneth Sandford, Geoffrey Shovelton, John Reed, John Ayldon & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Yeomen of the Guard: "Hark! What Was That, Sir?" - "Who Fired That Shot?" "Like a Ghost His Vigil Keeping." - "The River Must Be Dragged"
Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Patricia Leonard, Geoffrey Shovelton, Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, John Ayldon, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Yeomen of the Guard: "Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Patricia Leonard & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Yeomen of the Guard: "Oh, Sergeant Meryll" - "Ye Tower Warders" - "Leonard Meryll!" - "Forbear, My Friends" - "Didst Thou Not" - "Leonard!" - "As Escort for the Prisoner"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Patricia Leonard, Geoffrey Shovelton, Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, John Ayldon, Barry Clark, Gareth Jones & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Yeomen of the Guard: "Here's a Man of Jollity"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Yeomen of the Guard: "When Our Gallant Norman Foes"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Patricia Leonard & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Yeomen of the Guard: "Tower Warders under Orders"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Gareth Jones & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "We gather from what you have said"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "Ho-guards! Minions!"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "The British Public here - you see"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Meston Reid & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "And now let's go back to where we were.Ah maiden fair"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Jane Metcalfe, Julia Goss, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "Help! Ah Help!"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Jane Metcalfe, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "Where is my daughter?"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Jane Metcalfe, John Ayldon & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "Ladies and Gentlemen!"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: Finale: "What do I see in this disguise"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Jane Metcalfe, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Zoo: "I loved her fondly"
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Meston Reid & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 17. "'Tis twelve, I think"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Valerie Masterson, Valérie Masterson, David Palmer, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 26. "Or he or I must die"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Valerie Masterson, Valérie Masterson, Ann Hood, Christene Palmer, Jean Allister, David Palmer, Alan Styler, John Reed, Donald Adams, Stanley Riley & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 18. "Dear friends, take pity on my lot"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Ann Hood, Valérie Masterson, Valerie Masterson, David Palmer, Stanley Riley & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 16. "Now to the banquet we press"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Valérie Masterson, Valerie Masterson, Ann Hood, Christene Palmer, Jean Allister, David Palmer, Alan Styler, John Reed, Donald Adams, Stanley Riley & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 10. "With heart and with voice"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 15. "Sprites of earth and air"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Valérie Masterson, Valerie Masterson, David Palmer, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 12. "All is prepar'd for sealing and for sighing"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Valerie Masterson, Valérie Masterson, David Palmer & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 7. "With heart and voice"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 1. "Ring forth, ye bells"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Sorcerer: 24. "Oh, joyous boon"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Valérie Masterson, Valerie Masterson, David Palmer, Alan Styler & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 30-33. Take a pair of sparkling eyes.Dance.
Thomas Round, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra & Isidore Godfrey
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 20. When the night wind howls
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey, Donald Adams & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 15. Hold, bride and bridegroom
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey, Mary Sansom, Jean Hindmarsh, Jean Allister, Gillian Knight, Thomas Round, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford, Stanley Riley & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 14. Hail the bride of seventeen summers
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey, Jean Hindmarsh, Gillian Knight, Thomas Round, Stanley Riley & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 21. He yields! He yields!
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 18. in bygone days I had thy love
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey, Jean Hindmarsh, John Reed, Thomas Round & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 25. Oh, happy the lily when kiss'd by the bee
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse: 24. There grew a little flower
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey, Jean Hindmarsh, Jean Allister, Gillian Knight, Thomas Round, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford, Donald Adams & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 47. One More, Gondolieri
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Lyndsie Holland, Meston Reid, Geoffrey Shovelton, Michael Rayner, Kenneth Sandford, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 44. Speak Woman Speak, We're All Attention!
Royston Nash, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Julia Goss, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Beti Lloyd-Jones, Lyndsie Holland, Meston Reid, Geoffrey Shovelton, Michael Rayner, Kenneth Sandford, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 43. Now Let the Loyal Lieges Gather Round
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Lyndsie Holland, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner, Kenneth Sandford, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 42. Here Is a Case Unprecedented!
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Julia Goss, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 37. This Polite Attention Touches Heart of Duke
Lyndsie Holland, John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 36. With Ducal Pomp and Ducal Pride
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Lyndsie Holland, John Reed & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 33. Dance a Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 32. After Sailing to This Island
Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 31. Here We Are, at the Risk of Our Lives
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Glynis Prendergast, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, Caroline Baker, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 29. Rising Early in the Morning
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 28. Of Happiness the Very Pith
Meston Reid, Michael Rayner, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 27. Then Away They Go to an Island Fair
Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 24. For Ev’ryone Who Feels Inclined - Sing High, Sing Low
Meston Reid, Michael Rayner, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 23. Replying, We Sing As One Individual
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 22. Now Pray, What Is the Cause of This Remarkable Hilarity
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 17. Bride-Groom and Bride!
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Jane Metcalfe & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 9. Thank You Gallant Gondolieri
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Barbara Lilley, Jane Metcalfe & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 8. Are You Peeping?
Caroline Baker, Glynis Prendergast, Jane Metcalfe, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 7. And Now to Choose Our Brides!
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 6. We're Called Gondolieri, but That's a Vagary
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 5. Buon' giorno, signorine!
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Meston Reid, Michael Rayner & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 4. See, See at Last They Come to Make Their Choice
Glynis Prendergast, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 3. For the Merriest Fellows Are We
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, James Conroy-Ward & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
The Gondoliers: 2. Good Morrow, Pretty Maids
Caroline Baker, Anne Egglestone, Glynis Prendergast, James Conroy-Ward, Michael Buchan, Barry Clark, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Gondoliers: 1. List and Learn
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Glynis Prendergast & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
33. "There's a little group of isles beyond the wave"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Pamela Field, Julia Goss & Judi Merri
32. "Tarantella.Upon our sea-girt land" (Chorus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
23. "This ceremonial.Eagle high." (King, Chorus)
Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
20. "Society has quite forsaken all" (King, Chorus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
17. "A Company Promoter this, with special education"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Lyndsie Holland, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford, Colin Wright, John Reed, Jon Ellison, Pamela Field, Julia Goss, Judi Merri, James Conroy-Ward, John Ayldon, John Broad & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
16. "Altho' your royal summons to appear" (Finale, A. 1)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Pamela Field, Colin Wright, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford, Jon Ellison, John Ayldon, James Conroy-Ward & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
13. "Ah! gallant solduer, brave and true"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Pamela Field, Meston Reid & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
12. "Oh maiden rich in Girton lore" (Chorus, Zara. Cpt.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Pamela Field, Meston Reid & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
7. "A king of autocratic power we" (King, Chorus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, Kenneth Sandford & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
6. "Quaff the nectar" (Chorus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
4. "In every mental lore" (Scaphio, Phantis, Chorus)
John Reed, John Ayldon, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
3. "O make way for the Wise Men !" (Chorus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
2. "In lazy langour" (Phylla, Chorus)
Rosalind Griffiths, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Happy couples, lightly treading
Michael Rayner, Kenneth Sandford, Jane Metcalfe, Meston Reid, Julia Goss, John Reed, Barbara Lilley, Lyndsie Holland, John Ayldon, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Well, you're a pretty kind of fellow
John Reed, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Hurrah! Now away to the wedding
John Ayldon, James Conroy-Ward, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Take my advice - when deep in debt
John Ayldon, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: We're rigged out in magnificent array
John Ayldon, Barbara Lilley, James Conroy-Ward, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: The Prince of Monte-Carlo
James Conroy-Ward, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Why, who is this approaching?
Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Come, bumpers-aye, ever-so-many
Lyndsie Holland, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: If the light of love's lingering ember
Julia Goss, Meston Reid, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Now away to the wedding we go
Lyndsie Holland, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Your Highness, there's a party at the door
Lyndsie Holland, Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Your loyalty our. At the outset I may mention
Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: As before you we defile
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Come hither, all you people
Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, Julia Goss, Jane Metcalfe, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: The good Grand Duke of Pfennig Halbpfennig
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Ten minutes since I met a chap
Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: My goodness me! What shall I do?
Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Were I a king in very truth
Meston Reid, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Pretty Lisa, fair and tasty
Jane Metcalfe, Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Grand Duke: Won't it be a pretty wedding?
Patricia Leonard, Beti Lloyd-Jones, Glynis Prendergast, Anne Egglestone, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash
The Pirates of Penzance (Version without Dialogue), Act II: 19. Oh, Dry the Glist'Ning Tear
Jean Hindmarsh, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London & Isidore Godfrey
The Pirates of Penzance (Version without Dialogue), Act II: 19. No., I'll Be Brave
Jean Hindmarsh, Kenneth Sandford, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London & Isidore Godfrey
The Pirates of Penzance (Version without Dialogue), Act II: 36. Now What Is This, and What Is That
Jean Hindmarsh, Thomas Round, Peter Pratt, Donald Adams, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London & Isidore Godfrey
The Pirates of Penzance (Version without Dialogue), Act II: 39. Poor Wand'ring Ones, Though Ye Have Surely Strayed
Jean Hindmarsh, Beryl Dixon, Marion Martin, Ann Drummond-Grant, Thomas Round, Howard Short, Donald Adams, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London & Isidore Godfrey