Isidore Godfrey
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Biography
Isidore Godfrey, born Israel Gotfryd in 1900 in London, was a British music conductor. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music, studying piano under George B. Aitken and briefly studying conducting under Julius Harrison. He joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as chorus master and assistant musical director of one of its touring companies in 1925, and became the company's musical director in 1929 following Harry Norris' retirement. He conducted the companyâs performances for nearly four decades until his retirement in 1968, leading numerous tours. Godfrey conducted all eleven Gilbert and Sullivan operas performed by the company at the time, as well as several BBC broadcasts from the Savoy Theatre. In 1965, he was awarded the OBE. His albums include The Pirates of Penzance (1968), Patience (1989), and The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan (2001). Godfrey passed away in 1977.
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- Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1 - We shall sail the ocean blue featuring Isidore Godfrey
- Sullivan: Patience / Act 1: If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic.. featuring John Reed [Baritone]
- Sullivan: The Gondoliers - In enterprise of martial kind featuring New Symphony Orchestra
- Sullivan: The Gondoliers - We're called gondolieri, but that's a vagary featuring New Symphony Orchestra
- Sullivan: The Gondoliers - Take a pair of sparkling eyes featuring New Symphony Orchestra
- Sullivan: With cat-like tread featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- I'm Called Little Buttercup featuring New Symphony Orchestra
- Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 2 - Never mind the why and wherefore featuring Isidore Godfrey
- Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - Poor wand'ring one! featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: When a felon's not engaged in his employment featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - When the foeman bares his steel featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1 - Now give three cheers...I am the monarch of the sea featuring Joyce Wright [Soprano]
- The Gondoliers: In Enterprise Of Martial Kind by Isidore Godfrey
- The Gondoliers: And Now To Choose Our Brides
- The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince by Isidore Godfrey
- The Gondoliers: Then One Of Us Will Be A Queen
- The Gondoliers: Here We Are At The Risk Of Our Lives
- The Gondoliers: There Lived A King
- The Gondoliers: For Everyone Who Feels Inclined
- The Gondoliers: Rising Early In The Morning
- Iolanthe: Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray (Entrance And March Of The Peers)
- Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment (Such A Susceptible Chancellor) by Isidore Godfrey
- The Gondoliers: Small Titles And Orders by Isidore Godfrey
- Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar by Isidore Godfrey
