NOTE: Only some of the London seasons and American tours are shown-the full list of the Company’s stateside engagements is not available, or at least I don’t think it is. Also, here are some mistakes I've already caught (sorry about that): - Alphabetical order mishaps: 1919 (should be Goulding→Granville), 1928 (should be Eyre→Gelsthorpe), late '20s/early '30s (men's chorus might be out of order, specifically from Hodgkins to Jones), 1930s (should be Curtis→Drummond-Grant), late 1960s (should be Lloyd-Jones→Lowry, although in Welsh I am correct) - Inconsistencies: TRIAL BY JURY should be written out in full, just like PRINCESS IDA; the last three pairs of operas recorded in 1950 are not separated by an ampersand, making it appear that “Mikado Gondoliers”, “Ruddigore Yeomen” and “Patience Iolanthe” are their actual names; a few extra spaces are needed in the recordings timeline for the early 1970s (Pirates/Pinafore) and 1978 (Gondoliers/Cox-Box-Zoo) - Lack of justification for lists: April 1922, February 1932, August 1975 (women's chorus) - Mistakes in dates: TRIAL BY JURY recording in September 1927, not August - Mistakes in footnotes: The footnote stating that Ralph Mason was earlier known as John is not listed, leading to to the temporary assumption that his name was “Ralph*” for a month (1959); the same applies to Janet “St. Claire*” (1970) - Mistakes in status: - From 1955 to 1959, John Reed should be listed as a semi-principal, as that's when he played the Learned Judge (an undeniably non-chorus rôle) - The WWW mentions that David Palmer was promoted to principal tenor in the same month that Thomas Round left the Company (1965), and the video shows it as such-however, his promotion (and Round’s departure) was actually a year earlier - From early 1971 to 1972, Arthur Jackson's name appears as both chorister and semi-principal; he was actually a semi-principal because he played chorus parts as well as Sergeant of Police in PIRATES - Name errors (the worst kind): ABBY Hadfield (not “Vanessa”, 1963-70), JANETTE Kearns (not “Janettte”, early 1970s)
NOTE: Only some of the London seasons and American tours are shown-the full list of the Company’s stateside engagements is not available, or at least I don’t think it is.
Also, here are some mistakes I've already caught (sorry about that):
- Alphabetical order mishaps: 1919 (should be Goulding→Granville), 1928 (should be Eyre→Gelsthorpe), late '20s/early '30s (men's chorus might be out of order, specifically from Hodgkins to Jones), 1930s (should be Curtis→Drummond-Grant), late 1960s (should be Lloyd-Jones→Lowry, although in Welsh I am correct)
- Inconsistencies: TRIAL BY JURY should be written out in full, just like PRINCESS IDA; the last three pairs of operas recorded in 1950 are not separated by an ampersand, making it appear that “Mikado Gondoliers”, “Ruddigore Yeomen” and “Patience Iolanthe” are their actual names; a few extra spaces are needed in the recordings timeline for the early 1970s (Pirates/Pinafore) and 1978 (Gondoliers/Cox-Box-Zoo)
- Lack of justification for lists: April 1922, February 1932, August 1975 (women's chorus)
- Mistakes in dates: TRIAL BY JURY recording in September 1927, not August
- Mistakes in footnotes: The footnote stating that Ralph Mason was earlier known as John is not listed, leading to to the temporary assumption that his name was “Ralph*” for a month (1959); the same applies to Janet “St. Claire*” (1970)
- Mistakes in status:
- From 1955 to 1959, John Reed should be listed as a semi-principal, as that's when he played the Learned Judge (an undeniably non-chorus rôle)
- The WWW mentions that David Palmer was promoted to principal tenor in the same month that Thomas Round left the Company (1965), and the video shows it as such-however, his promotion (and Round’s departure) was actually a year earlier
- From early 1971 to 1972, Arthur Jackson's name appears as both chorister and semi-principal; he was actually a semi-principal because he played chorus parts as well as Sergeant of Police in PIRATES
- Name errors (the worst kind): ABBY Hadfield (not “Vanessa”, 1963-70), JANETTE Kearns (not “Janettte”, early 1970s)