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Iolanthe, English National Opera review - still gorgeous but ever so slightly less funny than before theartsdesk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theartsdesk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Following a series of successful hits which have cemented the English National Opera’s (ENO) place as a major home for Gilbert & Sullivan’s works, Cal McCrystal’s Iolanthe returns to the London Coliseum for its first revival this October. Check out all new production photos here! ....
G&S always loved taking a pop at the establishment. The law, the army and the navy were all on the receiving end of W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's unfailing eye for the ridiculous and, in Iolanthe, it's the turn of the House of Lords. In fact, you don't see any noble peers until almost halfway through the first act when a massive steam locomotive bursts through the backdrop bringing the 19th century into the previously bucolic scene set a century earlier where the pastoral lovers, albeit dressed in Toile de Jouy from head to foot, are simple country folk. Or are they? Phyllis is apparently an Arcadian shepherdess but is actually a ward of court and needs the permission of the Lord Chancellor to marry Strephon who is also not as he seems. Though Phyllis does not know this, he is actually half fairy, his mother, Iolanthe (a sparkling Samantha Price), having broken fairy law by marrying a mortal. After 25 years of banishment, Iolanthe is allowed back to her fairy tri ....
English National Opera revives their uproarious Iolanthe: an undeniable smash hit – Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seenandheard-international.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cal McCrystal’s joyous Gilbert and Sullivan staging returns to English National Opera packed with pantomime animals, visual and verbal gags and, above all, terrific singing ....