An examination of the 1877 and 1884 scores[dead link] shows the lowered keys. David Mackie, the associate musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1976 to 1982, wrote and presented 14 interval talks on BBC Radio 2, for the network's 1989 series of the complete Gilbert & Sullivan operas. In his talk on The Sorcerer, broadcast on 1 October 1989, he stated that the keys were lowered to accommodate Bond.
May left the role in January 1878, and Giulia Warwick moved into the role in February. See Stone, David. Giulia Warwick, Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 7 May 2014, accessed 1 August 2020. Between May and Warwick, Gertrude Ashton played the role for two weeks. Stone, David. Gertrude Cave-Ashton, Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 28 October 2002, accessed 1 August 2020
When Warwick took over the role of Aline in February 1878, Lisa Walton assumed the role of Constance. See Stone, David. Lisa Walton, Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 30 May 2018, accessed 1 August 2020
MacLeod, Charlotte, The Plain Old Man, New York: Doubleday, 1985. See "The Sorcerer Plot", for an excerpt from the book's introduction reprinted at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 22 July 2020
See these 1879 Reviews of early productions of The Sorcererin Australia (The Melbourne Argus, 29 July 1879) and in New Zealand (New Zealand Herald, 26 May 1879)
An examination of the 1877 and 1884 scores[dead link] shows the lowered keys. David Mackie, the associate musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1976 to 1982, wrote and presented 14 interval talks on BBC Radio 2, for the network's 1989 series of the complete Gilbert & Sullivan operas. In his talk on The Sorcerer, broadcast on 1 October 1989, he stated that the keys were lowered to accommodate Bond.
