The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True?…” (Ensemble)

~ Work

Relationships

lyricist:	W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:	Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)

part of:

The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I (number) (order: 14)

parts:

1. The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True?” (Sergeant Meryll, Chorus) (first part only of Act I Finale)
2. The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “Forbear, My Friends, and Spare Me This Ovation” (Fairfax as Leonard, 1st & 2nd Yeomen, Phœbe, Wilfred, Chorus)
3. The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “To Thy Fraternal Care, Thy Sister I Commend” (Wilfred, Phœbe, Fairfax as Leonard, Chorus)
4. The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “The Prisoner Comes to Meet His Doom” (Elsie, Chorus)
5. The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “My Lord! I Know Not How to Tell” (Fairfax as Leonard, Lieutenant, Wilfred, Sergeant, Phœbe, Dame, Elsie, Jack, Chorus)
6. The Yeoman of the Guard: Act I Finale, no. 12 “All Frenzied With Despair They Rave” (Lieutenant, Ensemble)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
	Act I: No. 12 Finale: “Oh, Sergeant Meryll” / Recitative: “Ye Tower Warders” / Recitative: “Leonard Meryll!” / Recitative: “Forebear, my friends” / Couplets: “Didst thou not” / Recitative: “Leonard!” / Trio: “To thy fraternal care” / Chorus: “The prisoner comes” / “My lord! My lord!” / Trio: “As escort for the prisoner” / Trio: “Astounding news!”		Arthur Sullivan	17:25
	Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True		Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras	18:26
	The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true?” (Yeomen, Meryll, Fairfax, Phœbe, Wilfred, People, Elsie, Lieutenant, Dame Carruthers, Point)		Gilbert & Sullivan	17:16
	The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. “Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true”		The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent	17:44
	The Yeomen of the Guard: Act I. Oh, Sergeant Meryll, Is It True		Geoffrey Chard, David Hillman, [first yeoman], [second yeoman], Claire Powell, Alfred Marks, Elizabeth Gale, Peter Savidge, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Joel Grey, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris	17:29