"Iolanthe or, The Peer and the Peri" Gilbert & Sullivan [Full Performance] Musical Theater

Описание: Gilbert & Sullivan Austin 2019 Grand Production of Iolanthe or, The Peer and the Peri

Written by W.S. Gilbert & Composed by Arthur Sullivan

Stage Director and Choreographer - Ralph MacPhail, Jr.
Music Director and Conductor - Jeffrey Jones-Ragona


First performed in 1882, “Iolanthe” is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert and Sullivan. It is universally regarded as one of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s most beautiful scores - a high water mark in terms of music, wit, cleverness, and color – with incredible choruses, wonderful solos and orchestration beyond compare. Peers, British noblemen and honorable members of Parliament encounter Peris, lovelorn fairies from a golden glen – a collision of powerful mortals with feet of clay and immortal beings wielding magic wands. The result - havoc is wreaked in the House of Lords!


ACT I ♫
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Tripping hither, tripping thither
Iolanthe! From thy dark exile thou art summoned!
Good morrow, good mother
Fare thee well, attractive stranger
Good morrow, good lover
None shall part us from each other
Loudly let the trumpet bray! Tantantara!
The law is the true embodiment
My well-loved Lord and Guardian dear
Nay, tempt me not
Spurn not the nobly born
My Lords, it may not be
When I went to the bar
When darkly looms the day (Finale of Act I)

ACT II ♫
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When all night long
Strephen's a member of Parliament
When Britain really ruled the waves
In vain to us you plead
Oh, foolish fay
Though p'haps I may incur your blame
Love, Unrequited robs me of my rest
If you go in you're sure to win
If we've weak enough to tarry
My Lord, a suppliant oft your feet
If may not be-for so the fates decide!
Soon as we may, all and away! (Finale of Act II)