This handsome affordable volume includes the Overtures to The Flying Dutchman and Rienzi; the Overture and Introduction to Act III of Tannhäuser; the Preludes

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An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.

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