FULL IOLANTHE (Gilbert&Sullivan) Harvard 2022 Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Iolanthe or, The Peer and the Peri   
• Composer: Arthur Sullivan  
• Libretto: W. S. Gilbert    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Agassiz Theatre in Radcliffe Yard, Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts  
• Recorded: 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Isaac Newman, Eliza Zangerl, Sophie Choate, Ines Hynett, Jordan Woods, Carl Ho, Andrew Lu, Soren Choi, Abigail White, Luaren Xu, Claire Guo, Isabel Kim
• Conductor: Arhan Kumar  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Nick Fahy  
• Stage Designer: Aurora Yin, Kelly Liu  
• Costume Designer: Kate Ravenscroft  
• Lighting Designer: Phoebe Barr  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd, wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery. Phyllis does not know that Strephon is half-fairy, and when she sees Strephon kissing a seemingly young woman, she assumes the worst. But her “rival” turns out to be none other than Strephon’s own mother, Iolanthe, who is a fairy and thus eternally young. Meanwhile, the Lord Chancellor, and half the peers in the House of Lords are also after Phyllis’ hand. Soon, the peers and the fairies are virtually at war, and long friendships are nearly torn asunder. Will it all be happily sorted out? It all depends upon the “subtleties of the legal mind.” —–

The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players is an independent, non-profit undergraduate organization which had dedicated itself to performing Gilbert & Sullivan operettas since 1956. HRG&SP brings together Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, and members of the wider Boston-Cambridge community to produce and perform two shows from the Gilbert and Sullivan canon every year at the Agassiz Theatre in Radcliffe Yard.