The Yeomen of the Guard
Gilbert and Sullivan's opera is one of the most treasured of their collaboration. The first
Gilbert and Sullivan opera to come to Covent Garden, it is performed in a new production by Tim Hopkins for Welsh National Opera.
Set in the Tower of London, the opera centres on the romantic figure of Colonel Fairfax, wrongly imprisoned on a charge of sorcery. Presented by Nicola Heywood-Thomas .
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Charles Mackerras
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8.45 Music Should Speak to the Heart
The Yeomen of the Guard was Sullivan's most romantic operatic score.
Patrick O'Connor exposes the "underlying seriousness" in Sullivan's work.
9.05 Act 2
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