Iolanthe - Opening Chorus
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I remember my Gilbert & Sullivan phase with much affection. D'oyly Carte was a great introduction to light opera to many of my generation. We then progressed to Carmen and Puccini and still further on to Wagner in some cases. Am-dram. companies the world over have kept up the tradition but i think it was short-sighted of the U.K. government to withdraw funding for what was an irreplaceable institution.
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sounds pretty much how Gilbert & Sullivan intended it to me!
Much of the fairy queen humour is based on her being overweight and the house of peers (Lords) today still consists of what were once effeminate, gay high school boys.
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@Kevin90028 Maybe if the peers were played by middle-aged overweight housewives and the fairies were played by effeminate high school boys, it would have made for a better production. XD
1 year ago 3
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The chorus and cast are very good. The harp gives me fits. Why was it necessary to mar this otherwise good production by re-orchestrating Sullivan's outstanding orchestration. The harp ruins this for me.
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The bit from 2:41 is outstanding.
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great preformance!!! that alto line is so important and they did it!!
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Great fun.
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I could watch thm all day... I lovfe the idea of fairies who may not be as graceful as expected...
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Actually, Gilbert's directions for the casting of the fairies is that they are to be precisely what you saw: overweight. He wrote them as a parody of Wagner's Walkyries. Check out the Martyn Green's Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan.
corlyssd 2 years ago 8
Saw a community theatre production years ago. This being the suburbs, the fairies were all played by overweight middle aged housewives. The peers were all played by effeminate gay high school boys who loved theatre. It didnt really work.
Kevin90028 3 years ago 6