The Prince Consort Rose of Persia (1985)

Cast Sultan Scott Cooper Hassan Richard Bourjo Yassur Alan Borthwick Abdallah Simon Boothroyd The Grand Vizier Roland York The Physician-in-Chief Maxwell Smart The Royal Executioner Simon Boothroyd Soldier of the Guard Scott Cooper The Sultana Zubeydeh Mary Timmons Scent-of-Lillies Mary Timmons Heart's Desire Margaret Leask Honey-of-Life Jane Borthwick Dancing Sunbeam Christine Watson Blush-of-Morning Judith Lovat The Prince Consort Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Edinburgh The Consort Orchestra Conductor: David Lyle

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This recording is among the best of the Consort's efforts. By the time it was made, they already had The Emerald Isle and The Beauty Stone behind them, and perhaps had better mastered the recording process too. It also helps that this is one of the stronger operas that Sullivan wrote without Gilbert. For details about this recording, see Michael Walters's comparative review.