Bibliograph

Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri, music by Arthur Sullivan ; authentic version edited by Bryxeson Treharne

Type

Label

Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri, music by Arthur Sullivan ; authentic version edited by Bryxeson Treharne

Language

eng

Form of composition

operas

Format of music

accompaniment reduced for keyboard

Literary text for sound recordings

not applicable

Main title

Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri

Oclc number

22395393

Responsibility statement

music by Arthur Sullivan ; authentic version edited by Bryxeson Treharne

Series statement

G. Schirmer's vocal scores of standard operas

Summary

"25 years previous to the action of the opera, Iolanthe, a fairy, had committed the capital crime of marrying a mortal. The Queen of the Fairies had commuted the death sentence to banishment for life--on condition that Iolanthe must leave her husband without explanation and never see him again. Her son, Strephon has grown up as a shepherd, half fairy, half mortal...the entire House of Lords is enamored of Phyllis [as is Strephon. The opera focuses on the drama of the privledge to marry Phyllis...]"--Argument

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Peer and the peri

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Creator