The New D'Oyly Carte Iolanthe (1991)

Cast Lord Chancellor Richard Suart Earl of Mountararat Lawrence Richard Earl Tolloller Philip Creasy Private Willis John Rath Strephon Philip Blake Jones Queen of the Fairies Jill Pert Iolanthe Regina Hanley Celia Yvonne Patrick Leila Madeleine Mitchell Fleta Louise Owen Phyllis Elizabeth Woollett Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Conductor: John Pryce-Jones

Koch International 340 282

Sony S2K-58898

This Iolanthe was one of two recordings issued after the New D'Oyly Carte's 1991 season. The recording was based on a performing edition prepared from Sullivan's autograph by Gerald Hendrie, who is also preparing the forthcoming Broude Brothers critical edition of the full score. The set also includes Strephon's deleted aria "Fold your flapping wings."

The CD issue on TER (but not the TER cassette or the Sony CD) also includes a recording of the ballet music from Thespis, which was recently rediscovered quite by accident by Selwyn Tillett and Roderick Spencer of the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society as they were preparing for a revival of Sullivan's ballet L'Ile Enchantée. If you can forego dialogue, the extra material makes this the Iolanthe recording of choice.

The CD highlights disc on Koch International includes the following tracks, for a total playing time of 44:47:

Tripping Hither
Good morrow good mother
None shall part us
Loudly let the trumpet bray
When I went to the bar
When darkly looms (complete Act one finale)
When all night long
If were weak enough to tarry
My lord, a suppliant
Finale Act 2