Sullivan: Cox and Box

• Cox and box (1866)
• Brand: Divine Art – Inghilt
• Manufacturer: Divine Art

Review Earnest dedication to authenticity ..Donald Francke is genuinely funny. -- Opera Quarterly Lively..enjoyable,,spirited and polished performance. -- Penguin Guide to Compact Discs Professionally performed and comically expert. -- BBC Music Magazine Strongly recommended. -- Classic CD The performance has real flair and accomplishment. -- The Gramophone Product Description Gilbert and Sullivan without Gilbert! Before the two met, Sullivan had already written a number of operas, including "Cox and Box" which is more of a musical comedy revue or farce. The version always heard since the early 1900s is the heavily truncated D'Oyly-Carte production, often played as a curtain-raiser. This is the ORIGINAL full length version (still only an hour long) of 1866, and is this "live" recording is a re-enactment of the very first performance which took place at the home of librettist F Burnand. A must for all lovers of operetta, musical comedy and vaudeville. Full libretto included.