Gilbert and Sullivan's iconic operas come alive in this captivating album, 'Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado - Iolanthe Highlights', released on 1 January 1993 by Warner Classics. Conducted by Peter Murray, the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival Orchestra & Chorus deliver a masterful performance of the beloved comic operas.
This opera album is a showcase for the respective geniuses of Sir W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, featuring highlights from 'The Mikado' and 'Iolanthe'. 'The Mikado', a comic opera in two acts, is a masterpiece of collaboration, with Sullivan's music perfectly complementing Gilbert's witty libretto. The opera is a satirical tale set in the fictional town of Titipu, with a unique blend of Japanese-inspired setting and English satire.
The album takes the listener on a journey through the world of Gilbert and Sullivan, with a range of memorable characters, catchy melodies, and humorous storylines. From the opening overture to the final finale, the orchestra and chorus bring the operas to life with their energetic and engaging performances.
With a duration of 2 hours and 15 minutes, this album is a must-have for fans of Gilbert and Sullivan, and opera enthusiasts alike. The 'Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado - Iolanthe Highlights' album is a testament to the enduring legacy of these two musical giants, and their ability to craft operas that are both entertaining and thought-provoking. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the delightful music of Gilbert and Sullivan, performed by the talented Gilbert and Sullivan Festival Orchestra & Chorus.
Tracks
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu: Overture (Allegro moderato - Andante comodo - Allegro con brio)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 1, Chorus, "If you want to know who we are" (Nobles)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 2a, Recitative and Scena, "Gentlemen, I pray you tell me" (Nanki-Poo, A Noble)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 2b, Song with Chorus, "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" (Nanki-Poo, Nobles)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 3, Song and Chorus, "Our Great Mikado, virtuous man" (Pish-Tush, Nobles)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 4, Song, "Young man, despair" (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 4a, Recitative, "And have I journey'd for a month" (Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 5, Chorus with Song, "Behold the Lord High Executioner!" (Nobles, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 5a, Song, "As some day it may happen" (Ko-Ko, Nobles)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 6, Chorus, "Comes a train of little ladies" (Girls)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 7, Trio with Chorus, "Three little maids from school" (Yum-Yum, Peep-bo, Pitti-Sing, Girls)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 8, Quintett, "So please you, sir, we much regret" (Yum-Yum, Peep-bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Pish-Tush, Girls)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 9, Duet, "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 10, Trio, "I am so proud" (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: No. 11, Finale, "With aspect stern and gloomy stride" (Nobles, Girls, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Others)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 1: "Your revels cease!" (Katisha, Nanki-Poo, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Others)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 12, Chorus with Solo, "Braid the raven hair" (Girls, Pitti-Sing)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 13, Song, "The sun, whose rays are all ablaze" (Yum-Yum)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 14, Madrigal, "Brightly dawns our wedding day" (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 15, Trio, "Here's a how-de-do!" (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 16, Entrance of Mikado, "Miya sama β¦ From every kind of man obedience I expect" (Girls, Nobles, Mikado, Katisha)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 17, Song with Chorus, "A more humane Mikado" (Mikado, Nobles)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 18, Trio and Chorus, "The criminal cried" (Ko-Ko, Nobles, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 19, Glee, "See how the Fates their gifts allot" (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Katisha)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 20, Duets, "The flowers that bloom in the spring" (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 21a, Recitative, "Alone, and yet alive" (Katisha)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 21b, Song, "Hearts do not break" (Katisha)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 22, Song, "On a tree by a river a little tom-tit" (Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 23, Duet, "There is beauty in the bellow of the blast" (Katisha, Ko-Ko)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 24, Finale, "For he's gone and married Yum-Yum β¦ The threatened cloud" (Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Others)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri: Overture (Andante - Andante espressivo - Allegro giocoso)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 1: No. 5, Duet, "None shall part us from each other" (Phyllis, Strephon)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 1: No. 6, Chorus, "Loudly let the trumpet bray!" (Peers, Band)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 1: No. 9, Recitative with Chorus, "Nay, tempt me not" (Phyllis) - No. 10, Ballad with Chorus, "Spurn not the nobly born" (Lord Tolloller, Peers)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 1: No. 12, Song, "When I went to the Bar as a very young man" (Lord Chancellor)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 1: No. 13, Finale, "When next your Houses do assemble" (Queen of the Fairies, Celia, Leila, Fleta, Fairies, Strephon, Peers, Lord Chancellor, Lord Mountararat, Lord Tolloller)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 14, Sentry Song, "When all night long a chap remains" (Private Willis)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 15, Chorus, "Strephon's a Member of Parliament" (Fairies, Peers)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 16, Song with Chorus, "When Britain really ruled the waves" (Lord Mountararat, Fairies, Peers)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 18, Song with Chorus, "Oh, foolish fay" (Queen of the Fairies, Fairies)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 20a, Recitative, "Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest" (Lord Chancellor)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 20b, Nightmare Song, "When you're lying awake with a dismal headache" (Lord Chancellor)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 21, Trio, "If you go in" (Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Lord Chancellor)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 22, Duet, "If we're weak enough to tarry" (Strephon, Phyllis)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 23, Recitative and Ballad, "My Lord, a suppliant at your feet β¦ He loves!" (Iolanthe)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 24, "It may not be" (Lord Chancellor, Iolanthe, Queen of the Fairies, Fairies)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Sullivan: Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Act 2: No. 25, Ensemble, "Soon as we may, off and away" (Lord Chancellor, Lord Mountararat, Lord Tolloller, Iolanthe, Queen, Leila, Celia, Fleta, Phyllis, Strephon, Fairies, Peers)Arthur Sullivan, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Alexander Faris, Alexander Faris, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
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