Societies
Deutsche Sullivan-Gesellschaft (German Sullivan Society)
www.deutschesullivangesellschaft.de
Gilbert and Sullivan Society
www.gilbertandsullivansociety.org.uk
Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Manchester
Gilbert and Sullivan Society, New York
W.S. Gilbert Society
British Music Society
Resources
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
world’s biggest and most comprehensive online resource
Royal Academy of Music
collection of autograph manuscripts, music: Sullivan Archive/Arthur Jacobs Collection
Royal College of Music
collection of autograph manuscripts
www.rcm.ac.uk/Research+and+Collections
British Library
large collection of autograph scores, letters, sheet music etc
Bodleian Library, Oxford
large collection of autograph scores
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
the biggest single collection in the world of autograph scores, letters, sheet music etc
Yale University Beinecke Library
for Sullivan’s diaries
www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/
Harvard Theatre Collection
https://library.harvard.edu/collections/harvard-theatre-collection
GSOpera
information about companies, productions, resources, talent, and production concepts to support the mounting of live productions of G&S operas
The Light Music Society
The Library of Light Orchestral Music is an international archive of light music, an essential resource for anybody interested in this genre of music. The library contains numerous orchestral arrangements from Sullivan’s operas – selections, dance arrangements, individual numbers – as well as songs, incidental music and a few sacred pieces including two items from The Light of the World.
Performing Organisations
International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, Buxton
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
the hire of G&S orchestral parts is now managed by Scottish Opera www.scottishopera.org.uk
Carl Rosa Opera Company
Opera della Luna
Charles Court Opera
English Music Festival
www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk
Grim’s Dyke Opera
grimsdyke.com
Victorian Opera Northwest
www.victorianoperanorthwest.org
Much Loved Productions
G&S concerts
Illyria
Amateur performances
Gilbert & Sullivan Diary
Brief listings of forthcoming amateur performances of G&S and other related shows; plus an index of historical performances of rarely performed operettas, musical comedies and light operas
Online performances
GS Opera TV
Unheard Songs by Sir Arthur Sullivan
David Owen Norris and the Royal Northern College of Music
Recording Companies
Chandos
Dutton Epoch
Hyperion
Priory Records
Somm
Capriol Films
Retrospect Opera
Records British operas of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Music Publishers
for Full Scores, Vocal Scores and Orchestral material
The Amber Ring
Contact the publisher via email robin@amber-ring.co.uk
R. Clyde
www.gilbertandsullivanonline.com
James Newby Music
Reduced orchestration for the G&S operas
Contact the publisher via email Dorothy.Ryan@btinternet.com
Novello
P J Music Works
Yamaha Music London (formerly Chappell of Bond Street)
Dealers
for ephemera to suit every collector’s taste
Christopher Browne
www.gilbertandsullivanonline.com
Simon Moss
www.c20th.com/gilbert&sullivan.htm
David Lovell
Talks and Lectures
Gresham College Sullivan Song Day Conference
John Andrews interviewed by Katherine Cooper about The Light of the World and recording session video
The Light of the World recording session video
The Light of the World performed in Karlsruhe April 2023
(5) The Light of the World | Arthur Sullivan | Gortner – YouTube