November 9th 2013 | Concert £6 (£8) |
"An Evening With..." |
Geoff Porter and friends |
"The Contrabandista" |
A Concert Version with Libretto |
accompanied by Nigel Smith ~ piano
"The Contrabandista" (1867) by F.C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan followed the success of Cox and Box. Based on a book about Spanish brigands by Frances Burnand (who would later become Editor of Punch), in "The Contrabandista", Sullivan attempts a wide variety of musical styles. At times, these are more reminiscent of Offenbach than the German and Italian operatic masters that Sullivan is likened to.