When ‘Law’ Rhymes with ‘Flaw’: the Sounds of British Justice in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury (1875) by Joël Richard

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LE MASQUE COMIQUE DE L’OPÉRA DANS L’ITALIE DU XVIIIe SIÈCLE by Diana TODEA

“…During this period there was emphasised the need for the retrieval of verisimilitude and simplicity which were to be found in the comic opera emerged from the common people. These two trends will mark the final separation between the serious and comic styles that will begin to develop from now on towards two independent types, opera seria and comic opera. …”
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Topsy Turvy de Mike Leigh : l’envers du décor ou la norme mise à mal by Isabelle Cases

“…This film, which is rather unusual in his work, depicts a particular moment in the career of the famous musicians Gilbert and Sullivan, namely the writing and staging of one of their comic operas, The Mikado. Mike Leigh faithfully describes the collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as a rigid Victorian society nevertheless characterized by resistance in many ways. …”
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