Eyes and No Eyes
Music by Thomas German Reed · libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Eyes and No Eyes, or The Art of Seeing is a one-act musical entertainment with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music originally by Thomas German Reed. The story concerns two sisters who love flirtatious twin brothers (though it is not certain which loves which). The sisters lose their uncle's wedding cloak. To avoid his anger, they persuade him that the cloak is magically visible only to true lovers and invisible to flirts. The entertainment premiered in 1875 at St. George's Hall in London. The original music was lost, and twenty years later new music was composed by "Florian Pascal" (a pseudonym for Joseph Williams Jr. (1847–1923), a music publisher who acquired the copyright to the show). It was then published, but not immediately performed.
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About the Composer
Thomas German Reed is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Thomas German Reed
- A Sensation Novel (1871)