The 1961 D'Oyly Carte Gondoliers

Cast Duke of Plaza-Toro John Reed Luiz Jeffrey Skitch Don Alhambra Kenneth Sandford Marco Thomas Round Giuseppe Alan Styler Antonio Michael Wakeham Francesco Joseph Riordan Giorgio George Cook Annibale Michael Wakeham Duchess of Plaza-Toro Gillian Knight Casilda Jennifer Toye Gianetta Mary Sansom Tessa Joyce Wright Fiametta Dawn Bradshaw Vittoria Ceinwen Jones Giulia Daphne Gill Inez Jeanette Roach D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus New Symphony Orchestra of London Conductor: Isidore Godfrey Recorded in September, 1960

London A-4351

London 425 177-2

Decca 473 632-2

This recording continued the welcome trend started with the 1960 Pinafore and Iolanthe of including all the dialogue. It is the strongest recording of the opera in stereo and, like the legendary 1927 recording, belongs in every listener's collection.

At the time this recording was made, technology did not permit The Gondoliers with complete dialogue to fit on the usual four record sides. Consequently, the opera was issued on five sides, with the sixth given over to D'Oyly Carte's first-ever recording of Cox & Box. It was issued simultaneously on stereo on mono LPs and has been re-issued on CD and cassette (but not with Cox & Box, which had its CD re-issue with Ruddigore).