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Title:
Iolanthe [videorecording] / Goldcrest Films International ; producer, Judith De Paul.

Other Title Variation :
At head of title: Gilbert and Sullivan's
Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe Gilbert & Sullivan Iolanthe

Call Number:
DVD 782.1 SULLIVAN

ISBN:
156938536X

Publication Information :
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, c2002.

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Features: an introduction to the opera by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., "Making of featurette", Gilbert & Sullivan profile, song index and companion booklet featuring the Iolanthe libretto.

Creation/Production Credits:
Composer. Arthur Sullivan ; libretto, W.S. Gilbert.

Performer(s):
Beverley Mills, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Alexander Oliver, Kate Flowers ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Faris, conductor ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; John McCarthy, chorus master.

Summary:
Iolanthe used to be the life and soul of Fairyland but was banished 25 years ago for marrying a mortal. Now, pardoned by the Fairy Queen she returns as a beautiful teenager, but with a 24-year-old son, Strephon, who is half fairy, half mortal. He is in love with Phyllis, a ward of the rather susceptible Lord Chancellor. For a while, these complications wreck havoc with the proceedings of the House of Lords, giving Gilbert a chance to poke fun at that august institution.

Subject Term:
Operas.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Mills, Beverley.
Hammond-Stroud, Derek, 1929-
Oliver, Alexander, tenor.
Flowers, Kate.
De Paul, Judith.
Faris, Alex.
McCarthy, John, 1919-
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.

Added Author:
London Symphony Orchestra.
Ambrosian Opera Chorus.
Goldcrest Films International.
Acorn Media (Firm)