Editing Gilbert and Sullivan (section)

===Recordings and broadcasts===
[[File:Mikado-1917.jpg|thumb|upright|Advertisement for the first recording of ''[[The Mikado]]'', 1917]]
The first commercial recordings of individual numbers from the Savoy operas began in 1898.{{refn|The first was "Take a pair of sparkling eyes", from ''The Gondoliers''.<ref>Wolfson, John (1973). "A history of Savoyard recordings", Notes to Pearl LP set GEM 118/120</ref>|group= n}} In 1917 the [[Gramophone Company]] (HMV) produced the first album of a complete Gilbert and Sullivan opera, ''The Mikado'', followed by recordings of eight more.<ref>Rollins and Witts, Appendix pp. x–xi; and Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narracou-doc.htm "The First D'Oyly Carte Recordings"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 18 November 2001, accessed 5 October 2014</ref> [[Sound recording and reproduction#Electrical|Electrical recordings]] of most of the operas were then issued by HMV and [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]], beginning in the late 1920s, supervised by [[Rupert D'Oyly Carte]].<ref>Rollins and Witts, Appendix, pp. xi–xiii; and Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narrelec.htm "G&S Discography: The Electrical Era"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 18 November 2001, accessed 5 October 2014</ref> The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company continued to produce well-regarded recordings until 1979, helping to keep the operas popular through the decades. Many of these recordings have been reissued on CD.<ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narrster-doc.htm "The D'Oyly Carte Stereo Recordings"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 24 December 2003, accessed 5 October 2014</ref> After the company was revived in 1988, it recorded seven of the operas.<ref name=Digital/>

After the copyrights on the operas expired, numerous companies around the world released popular audio and video recordings of the operas.<ref name=Digital/><ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narrvisual.htm "G&S on Film, TV and Video"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 18 November 2001, accessed 5 October 2014</ref> In 1966 and again in the 1980s, [[BBC Radio]] presented complete cycles of the thirteen extant Gilbert and Sullivan operas, with dialogue.<ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narradio.htm#bbc "The G&S Operas on Radio"], ''Gilbert and Sullivan Discography'', 10 September 2008, accessed 9 December 2016</ref> Ad hoc casts of operatic singers conducted by [[Malcolm Sargent|Sir Malcolm Sargent]] in the 1950s and 60s<ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narrster.htm "G&S Discography: The Stereo Era"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, accessed 18 November 2001, accessed 5 October 2014</ref> and [[Charles Mackerras|Sir Charles Mackerras]] in the 1990s<ref name=Digital/> have made audio sets of several Savoy operas, and in the 1980s [[Alexander Faris]] conducted video recordings of eleven of the operas (omitting the last two) with casts including show-business stars as well as professional singers.<ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narrvideo-walker.htm "The Brent Walker Videos"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 5 April 2003, accessed 5 October 2014</ref> [[Joseph Papp]]'s Broadway production of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' was put on record in 1981.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/title/pirates-of-penzance-broadway-cast-album/oclc/173201312&referer=brief_results "The Pirates of Penzance: Broadway cast album], Elektra/Asylum Records LP VE-601, WorldCat, accessed 11 December 2017</ref><ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/pirpapp.htm "Papp's Pirates (1980)"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 5 April 2003, accessed 11 September 2011</ref> Since 1994, the [[International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival]] has released numerous professional and amateur CDs and videos of its productions.<ref>[http://www.gsfestivals.org/product-category/dvds/ "DVDs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205174946/https://www.gsfestivals.org/product-category/dvds/ |date=5 February 2020 }}, International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, accessed 10 December 2017</ref> [[Ohio Light Opera]] has recorded several of the operas in the 21st century.<ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/narrdig-other.htm "The Ohio Light Opera Recordings"], the Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 18 April 2010, accessed 2 December 2017</ref> The Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust (RAGSPT) of [[Dunedin]], New Zealand, recorded all 13 extant Savoy Operas between 2002 and 2012 and licensed the recordings on [[Creative Commons]].<ref>RAGSPT Revisited. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAdlZ1jPr9cU4tMyBB8lOA/videos Videos of the 13 extant Gilbert and Sullivan operas], YouTube, accessed 20 June 2022; and [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Really_Authentic_Gilbert_and_Sullivan_Performance_Trust Wikimedia Commons copies of the videos], accessed 20 June 2022</ref>