is she alive?
17 June 1942.
Jessie Bond
Jessie Charlotte Bond (10 January 1853 – 17 June 1942) was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
what is jessie bond? A singer and actress who performed in operas. what was her first show? At the age of eleven, she played a Beethoven piano sonata in a concert. what is h.m.s. pinafore? A two act comic opera. what was this opera about? The story is about a captain's daughter who falls in love with a lower-class sailor against her father's wishes. does it have any version that was produced for children? Yes, the unauthorised juvenile productions of "Pinafore" were so popular that Carte mounted his own children's version. describe in few words what was analyzed from its songs? It is argued that the music of "Pinafore" is quintessentially English and free of European influences throughout most of the score. mention a few references it gets in politics? It includes a 1996 satiric pastiche of "When I Was a Lad" aimed at Tony Blair. who was directing the opera? The Comedy Opera Company. what made its casting historical? UNANSWERABLE in what way did the opera help the modern musicals? The historian John Bush Jones opines that "Pinafore" and the other Savoy operas demonstrate that musical theatre "can address contemporary social and political issues without sacrificing entertainment value" and that "Pinafore" created the model for a new kind of musical theatre, the "integrated" musical, where "book, lyrics, and music combined to form an integral whole". name a few characters from the opera? Ralph Rackstraw, Josephine, Sir Joseph Porter among others. what was jessie's last show? In "The Mikado" in February 1897. what role did she play in it? She played Pitti-Sing. did she attend any university? Yes in the Royal Academy of Music.
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Jessie Bond [SEP] Introduction
Jessie Charlotte Bond (10 January 1853 – 17 June 1942) was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Musical from an early age, Bond began a concert singing career in Liverpool by 1870. At the age of 17, she entered into a brief, unhappy marriage. After leaving her abusive husband, she continued her concert career and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with such famous singing teachers as Manuel García.