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''Mr. Jericho'' is a comic opera in one act with words by Harry Greenbank and music by Ernest Ford. The work was first performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 18 March 1893 as a curtain raiser to Arthur Sullivan's ''Haddon Hall'' in March and April 1893, and to Ford's ''Jane Annie'' in June and July 1893, for a total of 45 performances. A production of the work was given by Glimmerglass Opera in 1989.〔(Glimmerglass listing showing the production of ''Mr. Jericho'' in 1989 )〕 ==Background== When the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership disbanded after the production of ''The Gondoliers'' in 1889, impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte needed new works to fill the Savoy Theatre. He asked Sullivan to write additional operas, and one of these was ''Haddon Hall''. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers.〔Lee Bernard. ("Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", ) ''Sheffield Telegraph'', 1 August 2008〕 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... () served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.〔MacQueen-Pope, Walter James. ''Carriages at Eleven'' (1947), London: Robert Hale and Co., p. 23〕 ''Mr. Jericho'' was successful enough as a curtain raiser to ''Haddon Hall'' that it was selected again to precede ''Jane Annie''. To create the piece, Carte had selected a composer that he knew could get the job done: Ford had studied under Arthur Sullivan and written several operas up to that point. Greenbank was also a known quantity, having supplied the theatre with another curtain raiser, ''Captain Billy''. Greenbank also collaborated on ''A Gaiety Girl'' in 1893, a piece that would become a hit and establish his reputation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Jericho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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