The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze

E631571

"The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" is a light, lyrical soprano aria sung by the character Yum-Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera *The Mikado*.

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The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
song from an opera ⓘ
soprano aria ⓘ
associatedCharacterVoiceType soprano ⓘ
associatedWithDuo Gilbert and Sullivan ⓘ
basedOnWorkPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
cataloguedAs Yum-Yum’s aria from The Mikado ⓘ
linked to: The Mikado
characterInOpera Yum-Yum ⓘ
commonArrangement voice and piano ⓘ
composer Arthur Sullivan ⓘ
countryOfOriginWork United Kingdom ⓘ
eraOfCompositionWork 1880s ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork The Mikado original production ⓘ
form strophic song with refrain ⓘ
fromLargerWorkGenre Savoy opera ⓘ
genre comic opera aria ⓘ
hasTitleText The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze ⓘ
includedIn standard soprano audition repertoire from Gilbert and Sullivan ⓘ
key commonly performed in F major (varies by edition) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist W. S. Gilbert ⓘ
meter simple duple meter ⓘ
musicalStyle late 19th-century English operetta ⓘ
notableFor comic and self-regarding text ⓘ
lyrical melodic line ⓘ
virtuosic soprano writing ⓘ
opera The Mikado ⓘ
originalInstrumentation voice and orchestra ⓘ
originalMedium stage performance ⓘ
partOfWork The Mikado ⓘ
performanceTradition often sung in English even in non-English-speaking countries ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereCityWork London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
premiereCountryWork United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereDateWork 1885 ⓘ
premiereLocationWork Savoy Theatre ⓘ
publisher Chappell & Co. (original Mikado vocal score publisher) ⓘ
settingWork fictional Japanese town of Titipu ⓘ
style light, lyrical ⓘ
sungByCharacter Yum-Yum ⓘ
thematicFocus Yum-Yum’s vanity and self-admiration ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext as a standalone concert aria ⓘ
within full productions of The Mikado ⓘ
voiceType light lyric soprano ⓘ
workNumberInOpera solo aria for Yum-Yum in Act II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Mikado → hasFamousSong → The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze ⓘ
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze → hasTitleText → The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze ⓘ