Time Was When Love and I Were Well Acquainted

Dr. Daly's Act I aria, and scene with Constance and Mrs. Partlett, from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer. Produced by The Blue Hill Troupe. Performed at El Museo del Barrio's Teatro Heckscher, New York City, April 2009.

Ronald Madden as Dr. Daly.
Kathleen Stetson as Constance.
Lesley Berry as Mrs. Partlett.

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Music

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• The
• Air
• is
• Charged
• with
• Amatory
• Numbers.
• Time
• Was
• When
• Love
• and
• Were
• Well
• Acquainted.
• Blue
• Hill
• Troupe.

[mattietuck]

Oops - a typo crept into my last post. I did, of course, mean aria, not area!!

[mattietuck]

Mr Madden's performance is 'musically' excellent - lovely tone and resonance. I must say I prefer my Gilbert and Sullivan sung more simply, especially this lovely area from Dr Daly, who is singing about what a simple, "pale young curate" he was years ago. Diction is all important and the more 'operatic' the singer's voice has (technically vibrato), then the more difficult it is to understand the words. That's just a personal preference though!

[PLev20062006]

Bravo, Ron!