and air" (Aline, Alexis, Mr. Wells, and Chorus) 14. Act I Finale (Ensemble) "Now to the banquet we press" The Tea-Cup Brindisi ("Eat, drink and be gay") (Sir Marmaduke, Dr Daly and Chorus) "Oh love, true love" (Aline and Alexis) "Oh marvellous illusion" Tea-Cup Brindisi reprise – 1877 version only Act II 15. "Happy are we in our loving frivolity" (Chorus) – 1877 version only 15. "'Tis twelve, I think" and "Why, where be Oi?... If you'll marry me" (Aline, Alexis, Mr. Wells, and Chorus) – 1884 version 16. "Dear friends, take pity on my lot" (Constance, Notary, Aline, Alexis, and Chorus) 17. "Thou hast the pow'r thy vaunted love" (Alexis) 18. "I rejoice that it's decided" (Aline, Mrs. Partlet, Alexis, Dr Daly, and Sir Marmaduke) 19. "Oh, I have wrought much evil with my spells" (Lady Sangazure and Mr. Wells) 20. "Alexis! Doubt me not, my loved one" (Aline) 21. "Oh, my voice is sad and low" (Dr Daly) 22. "Oh, joyous boon! oh, mad delight" (Aline, Alexis, Dr Daly, and Chorus) 23. "Prepare for sad surprises" (Alexis) 24. Act II Finale: "Or he or I must die" (leading to a reprise of "Now to the banquet we press") (Ensemble) Productions The Sorcerer opened on 17 November 1877 at the Opera Comique, preceded by Dora's Dream, a curtain-raiser composed by Sullivan's assistant Alfred Cellier, with words by Arthur Cecil, a friend of both Gilbert's and Sullivan's. Busy with last-minute cuts and changes the day before the show opened, Sullivan had no time to write an overture and used the "Graceful Dance" music from his incidental music to Henry VIII, together with a few measures of music from "Oh Marvellous Illusion", as an overture. For the 1884 revival, an overture was composed by Sullivan's assistant, Hamilton Clarke. Gilbert's meticulous rehearsal of the cast was noticed and commented on favourably by the critics, and the opening-night audience was enthusiastic. The Sorcerer ran for 178 performances, making a profit. A touring company also began playing the opera in March 1878. D'Oyly Carte continued touring the piece in the early 1880s. Unauthorised productions played on Broadway and elsewhere in the U.S. beginning by 1879. The original London sets were by W. Beverly, and costumes were by C. Wilhelm. The Sorcerer was revived in 1884, the first of Gilbert and Sullivan's full-length operas to be revived. Its second London revival in 1898 came sooner