Iolanthe Stratford Festival part 1

iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan performed by the canadian troop of the Stratford Festival
Hard to find recording, do not let it get lost to time.

[@edwardhausfeld]

The testifyin' with the tambourine is too funny! The can-can line at the end of the act is hysterically funny! Got to make it to Stratford in 2021!

[@brianletter3545]

Absolutely splendid chorus work!

[@andrewferguson5653]

This is another favourite of mine from Stratford!

[@azoriusherald]

The quality is jaw dropping. So glad to have found this!

[@sarahkoester8007]

I absolutely love this production of Iolanthe.....it seems to me that it is way under-rated of all their works....

[@charlesajones77]

After the "big three" (Pinafore, Pirates,Mikado), Iolanthe is probably my favorite G&S play. And "Loudly Let the Trumpet Bray" was the first G&S song I ever heard.

[@queenmedesa]

Those beautiful Victorian costumes, unlike more modern versions

[@leo16511]

thank you thank for all of these

[@TueSorensen]

Wow, this is great!! :-)

[@WillScarlet16]

I first knew Maureen Foster from the Canadian Tintin cartoon, as the voice of Bianca Castafiore;

[@juvinaraymonds4210]

17:54 I was wondering why this bit sounded so familiar, until I realized it's almost identical to "Public Enemy Number One" from Anything Goes. I wonder if Cole Porter took some inspiration? 🤔

[@winterquilting7318]

I danced and sang as one of the “dainty fairies” despite being anything but dainty. Our Iolanthe was the granddaughter of famous singer, Judy Collins. She had a lovely voice but was a bit of a nut, poor dear. The whole thing was great fun.

[@18thcenturyJewishMom]

Clever staging, but songs were cut. Oh horror!

[@tonyprost5575]

What happened to Spurn Not the Nobly Born????????

[@tomshea8382]

They cast a baritone. Not cool.

[@jackbulmash4247]

Why do modern producers believe that they can improve upon the original score? They can't.

[@judynesher5898]

Why change Gilbert's sparkling dialogue? It has successfully withstood aging (unlike Strephon's legs!) for over a hundred years!

[@jensingerlady]

I believe it’s traditional in G&S to make timely political commentary.

[@Sueb18631]

There's also a video on KZbin on the making of the Stratford's productions of Iolanthe, The Gondoliers and The Mikado: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoXTe6tneM56kK8 There are several live performance clips and you can see that the actual performances of "Iolanthe" are a lot less jokey and forced than this recorded version.

[@roderickfernandez5382]

The Mikado is my favorite as I believe it is the favorite of many people. I've watched three different Productions on the web all of them good but they were all different some songs were in some songs were out I guess it's a matter of time some of them run them two hours one more

[@seanhale7915]

Gondoliers was great. This a bit weak. Why cast a baritone as Tololler requiring the cutting of his song? And unnecessary messing about with score and libretto.

[@edwardhausfeld]

A quandary: how does one appeal to modern audiences and maintain the Gilbertian text. Who of us understands the references to the 1880's except the died-in-the-wool? (guilty, as charged, have an annotated volume of G&S). The first fairy queen was attired as a Valkyrie, not to mention the "Waiahala/Waiahaloo." Can be this understood as an early feminist document?? Not really: G&S were men of their times.

[@roderickfernandez5382]

Thank you for explaining it on because I don't have to now that was perfectly done they always have comments that are relevant to the time they are done in. I believe most people might not get equip about the Boer War of course I would because I'm nuts most people might not so thank you again

[@charlesajones77]

Just FYI, the expression is "dyed in the wool", not died.

[@timelordvictorious]

God why can’t they speak with English accents

[@zelalife2559]

Sound is a disaster，The actor's voice gives me a headache