Iolanthe

DVD 1999

When Phyllis falls in love with the shepherd Strephon, she doesn't know that he is the product of a marriage between a mortal and a fairy. So when she sees him embracing the apparently young and undeniably attractive Iolanthe, Phyllis naturally refuses to believe his assurances that the lady in question is actually his mother, and gets her own back by becoming engaged to not one but two peers of the realm. Whereupon Strephon does what any self-re...

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ISBN:

9781569383476
1569383472

Description:

1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program sheet
polychrome
optical Dolby
videodisc
Laser optical
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Title on container: Gilbert & Sullivan : Iolanthe
Gilbert and Sullivan : Iolanthe

Notes:

Additional arrangements by Berthold Carrière
Originally produced as a TV program by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1984
Set and costume design, Susan Benson ; lighting design, Harry Frehner ; direction and choreography, Brian MacDonald ; producer for the CBC, James Guthro
Maureen Forrester (Queen of the Fairies) ; Eric Donkin (the Lord Chancellor) ; Marie Baron (Phyllis) ; Paul Massel (Strephon) ; Katharina Megli (Iolanthe) ; Stephen Beamish (Earl of Mountararat) ; supporting soloists ; Stratford Festival ; Berthold Carrière, musical director
DVD; Dolby digital

Contents:

Special features: Chapter indexing of songs
Two CBS documentaries about the production
Text alterations (original and revised for those songs which were updated for this production)
Biographies of Gilbert and Sullivan
Program notes, glossary and photographs of historic relevance
Interactive menus
Sketches of Our Town; Stratford, Ontario video

Control Number:

529130

UPC:

054961347292

Other Authors:

Acorn Media (Firm)
Baron, Marie, performer
Beamish, Stephen, performer
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Carrière, Berthold, conductor
Donkin, Eric, performer
Forrester, Maureen, performer
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist
Macdonald, Brian, 1928-2014, director
Massel, Paul, performer
Megli, Katharina, performer
Morningstar Entertainment Inc
Stratford Festival (Ont.)
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Iolanthe

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