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BBC Proms 2000

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall.
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri) remains as satirical about politics and the law today as it was in 1900. It charts the fortunes of Strephon, son of a mortal father and the fairy Iolanthe, as he outwits the entire House of Lords in pursuit of the fair shepherdess Phyllis.

BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Jane Glover, director David Edwards

Act 1
8.40 Twenty Minutes
Professor Roderick Swanston considers how the House of Lords is lampooned in Iolanthe and what makes the House of Lords such a perfect target for satire.

9.00 Act 2

(Win tickets to the Last Night of the Proms: page 43)

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Singers
Musicians:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor:
Jane Glover
Opera Director:
David Edwards
Iolanthe:
Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
Phyllis:
Claire Rutter (soprano)
Strephon:
William Dazeley (baritone)
Lord Chancellor:
Richard Suart (bass)
Queen of the Fairies:
Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo)
Lord Tolloller:
John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Lord Mountararat:
Ashley Holland (baritone)
Private Willis:
Jonathan Veira (bass)
Narrator:
Ian Richardson
Speaker (Twenty Minutes):
Roderick Swanston
Source: Radio Times

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