Frederic Clay
English composer: born Paris 3 August, 1838; died Marlow, Bucks 24 November, 1889
Stage Works
- The Pirates' Isle (for amateur performance) 1859
- Out of Sight (for amateur performance) 1860
- Court and Cottage (libretto by Tom Taylor) Royal English Opera,
Covent Garden 1862
- Constance (libretto by Tom Robertson) Royal English Opera, Covent
Garden 23 January, 1865 (18 perfs)
- Ages Ago (musical legend; libretto by W.S. Gilbert) Gallery of Illustration
22 November, 1869
- The Gentleman in Black (musical legend; libretto by W.S. Gilbert)
Charing Cross Theatre, London 26 May, 1870 (26 perfs)
- The Bold Recruit (operetta; 1 act; libretto by B.C. Stephenson)
Theatre Royal, Canterbury 4 August, 1868: Gallery of Illustration
19 July, 1870
- In Possession (operetta; 1 act; libretto by Robert Reece) Gallery
of Illustration 20 June, 1871
- The Black Crook - with Georges Jacobi (grand opéra-bouffe
féerie; 4 acts; based on La biche au bois by Harry and Joseph
Paulton) Alhambra Theatre, London 23 December, 1872 (204 perfs)
- Happy Arcadia (operetta; 1 act; libretto by W.S. Gilbert) Gallery
of Illustration 28 October, 1872
- Oriana (romantic legend; 3 act; libretto James Albery) Globe Theatre,
London 16 February, 1873 (18 perfs)
- Cattarina or Friends at Court (comic opera; 2 acts; Libretto by
Robert Reece) Prince's Theatre, Manchester 17 August, 1874; Charing
Cross Theatre 15 May, 1875 (75 perfs)
- Green Old Age (musical improbability; Libretto Robert Reece) Vaudeville
Theatre 31 October, 1874
- Princess Toto (English comic opera; 3 acts; Libretto W.S. Gilbert)
Theatre Royal, Nottingham 26 June 1876: Strand Theatre, London 2 October,
1876 (48 perfs): Standard Theatre, New York 13 December, 1879 (22
perfs). Revised 1881. Opera Comique, London 15 October, 1881 (65 perfs)
- Don Quixote (grand comic & spectacular opera; 3 acts; Libretto
Harry Paulton and Alfred Maltby; additional music by Georges Jacobi)
Alhambra Theatre 25 September, 1876 (42 perfs)
- The Merry Duchess (sporting comic opera; 2 acts; Libretto by George
R. Sims) Royalty Theatre 23 April, 1883 (177 perfs)
- The Golden Ring (fairy opera; 3 acts; Libretto George R. Sims) Alhambra Theatre, London 3 December, 1883 (105 perfs)