Organization

Cantante

Mezzosoprano

Samantha Price

Iolanthe

Soprano

Ellie Laugharne

Phyllis

Baritono

Marcus Farnsworth

Strephon

Ben McAteer

George, Earl of Mountararat

Llio Evans

Celia

Regia

Cal McCrystal

Scenografia

Paul Brown

Costumi

Luci

Tim Mitchell

Coreografia

Lizzi Gee

Direzione d'orchestra

Chris Hopkins

Contralto

Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Queen of the Fairies

John Savournin

The Lord Chancellor

Tenore

Ruairi Bowen

Thomas, Earl of Tolloller

Basso

Keel Watson

Private Willis

Bethan Langford

Leila

Narrazione

Petra Massey

Fleta

Adam Brown

The Lord Chancellor's Page

Ian Jackson-French

Recitazione

Clive Mantle

English National Opera

Orchestra

English National Opera Orchestra

inglese

Londra

Regno Unito

London Coliseum

Public

Private

Approvato

Iolanthe | 5 Oct–25 Oct 2023 | London Coliseum |Find out more: www.eno.org/IolantheIolanthe is a brilliantly funny, satirical fantasy.It’s a topsy-turvy worl...

Iolanthe Sullivan

The peers are getting restless and the fairies are in a frenzy. Can the Fairy Queen call Parliament to order?

Cal McCrystal (One Man, Two Guvnors) directs a production that embraces the chaotic physical comedy and irreverence that are his hallmarks. Outstanding young mezzo-soprano and ENO Harewood Artist Samantha Price leads a cast of ENO favourites, including Andrew Shore as the Lord Chancellor.

Iolanthe is a brilliantly funny, satirical fantasy.

It’s a topsy-turvy worldview, typical of Gilbert & Sullivan, in which life in the fairy world and Parliament is reversed.

Phyllis and Strephon (half man, half-fairy) wish to marry, but as Phyllis is a ward of court, she requires the Lord Chancellor’s permission. The Lord Chancellor, however, wants her for himself.

Sullivan’s ever-melodious musical score matches Gilbert’s libretto in satirising the vanities and egos of the peers of the realm. And, just for good measure, Iolanthe targets the celebrity culture of the day. There are thinly disguised portraits of the good and the great of late Victorian society. There are side swipes at Queen Victoria, John Brown (her personal servant and ‘close companion’), Lord Randolph Churchill (reformist Tory) and William Gladstone (the serving Liberal PM).

Cal McCrystal returns to direct this successful operetta, bringing his characteristic and joyfully chaotic physical comedy, irreverence and brilliant wordplay. Outstanding former ENO Harewood Artist, Samantha Price, leads a cast of ENO favourites – including baritone Marcus Farnsworth as Strephon.

Book your opera tickets for ‘a glorious night of mayhem, madness and misunderstandings’ (What’s on Stage) with the ENO production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe at the London Coliseum.

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