"This album presents at least one recording by every artist who appeared at the Savoy Theatre under the direct supervision of Gilbert or Sullivan and who also made recordings in the early days of the gramophone."

In container.

Manual sequence.

Program and biographical notes ([1] leaf ill.) inserted in container.

Includes: George Baker recollects [reminiscences about the performers]; excerpts from The pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, The yeomen of the guard, The gondoliers, Utopia ltd., The grand Duke, The sorcerer, Trial by jury, H.M.S. Pinafore, Patience, Iolanthe, Ruddigore, and Princess Ida (all by Gilbert and Sullivan); excerpts from Edward German's Merrie England; and arias from Chu Chin Chow, Tom Jones, A Princess of Kensington, and The Rose of Persia.

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.