Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Arthur Sullivan's timeless operatic masterpieces with "Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado - Iolanthe Highlights." This captivating album, released on January 1, 1993, under Warner Classics, offers a delightful journey through two of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire. With a runtime of 2 hours and 15 minutes, this collection showcases Sullivan's unparalleled ability to blend wit, humor, and profound emotion into his compositions.
"The Mikado" and "Iolanthe" are celebrated for their witty libretti by W.S. Gilbert and Sullivan's enchanting music. This album presents a carefully curated selection of highlights from both operas, allowing listeners to experience the essence of these iconic works. From the lively overtures to the poignant arias and the hilarious ensemble pieces, Sullivan's genius shines through in every note.
"The Mikado" introduces listeners to the whimsical world of Titipu, where the story of love, mistaken identities, and political satire unfolds. The album features beloved classics such as "Three Little Maids from School," "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring," and "A Wand'ring Minstrel I," each performed with the charm and wit that have made these pieces enduring favorites.
"Iolanthe," on the other hand, delves into the fantastical realm of fairies and politicians, blending satire with romance. Highlights include "None Shall Part Us from Each Other," "When I Went to the Bar as a Very Young Man," and the iconic "Nightmare Song," showcasing Sullivan's ability to create memorable melodies and engaging characters.
Performed by a stellar cast and accompanied by a full orchestra, this album captures the spirit of these beloved operas with clarity and precision. Whether you are a seasoned opera enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, "Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado - Iolanthe Highlights" offers a delightful and accessible introduction to the world of Arthur Sullivan's music.
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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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