The Sapphire Necklace

The opening of Charles Godfrey, Jr's military band arrangement of the overture.

The Sapphire Necklace, or the False Heiress (completed by 1867, and at least mostly completed by 1864),[1] was the first opera composed by Arthur Sullivan. It was never performed, and most of the music and libretto are now lost.

  1. ^ Bond, Ian; Farron, Jim; Howarth, Paul (2003). "The Sapphire Necklace". The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2012.