Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta has the subtitle “Flowers of Progress”?
"a desire to try new projects and convinced that it had been depending too much upon “the Big Three,” the Company undertook a complete cycle of the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, beginning with Princess Ida in 1992 and concluding in 2004 with The Mikado. The Project, which has been an overwhelming success, has featured the Long Island premieres of four operas—Princess Ida, The Yeomen of the Guard, Utopia, Limited and The Grand Duke, as well as of the Sullivan/Stephenson operetta The Zoo. In 1995 the Company presented the world premiere of Gayden Wren’s A Gilbert & Sullivan Christmas Carol."
"""Utopia"" well. ... The principals sing with fine style and admirable diction."" Unlike the D'Oyly Carte recording the later set has dialogue, though ""Opera News"" considered that some performers ""lack dramatic variety in the spoken dialogue"". Utopia, Limited Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress, is a Savoy opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was the second-to-last of Gilbert and Sullivan's fourteen collaborations, premiering on 7 October 1893 for a run of 245 performances. It did not achieve the success of most of their earlier productions. Gilbert's libretto satirises limited liability companies, and"
"Utopia, Limited Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress, is a Savoy opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was the second-to-last of Gilbert and Sullivan's fourteen collaborations, premiering on 7 October 1893 for a run of 245 performances. It did not achieve the success of most of their earlier productions. Gilbert's libretto satirises limited liability companies, and particularly the idea that a bankrupt company could leave creditors unpaid without any liability on the part of its owners. It also lampoons the Joint Stock Company Act by imagining the absurd convergence of natural persons"
"those of the better-known Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and professional productions are rare, ""Utopia"" is regularly presented by some of the amateur Gilbert and Sullivan repertory companies, and an amateur production has been seen most summers at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. Utopians Imported Flowers of Progress On the fictional South Pacific island of Utopia, the monarch, King Paramount, has sent his eldest daughter, Princess Zara, to Girton College in England. He hopes that her training there will contribute to his plan to civilise his people. The Public Exploder, Tarara, disturbs the languor of the Utopian maidens (""In lazy"
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"opera satirizes feminism, women's education and Darwinian evolution, all of which were controversial topics in conservative Victorian England. In the 15 years between the time that Gilbert wrote ""The Princess"" and the premiere of ""Princess Ida"", the movement for women's education had gained momentum in Britain, with the founding of Girton College (1869) and Newnham College (1871) at the University of Cambridge; and Somerville (1878) and Lady Margaret Hall (1878) at the University of Oxford. Westfield College in Hampstead, the University of London's first women's college, opened in 1882. As in ""Patience"" and ""Iolanthe"", the two previous Gilbert and Sullivan"
"the lady at the centre of a controversy to an officer of household cavalry ""as stakeholder"" until the argument is resolved (""It's understood, I think""). Thus, he and Zara can remain together. Soon, the Utopians assemble, and Zara introduces the Flowers of Progress one by one – Fitzbattleaxe (of the army), Sir Bailey Barre (Q.C. and MP), Lord Dramaleigh (a Lord Chamberlain), Mr. Blushington (of the county council), Mr. Goldbury (a company promoter) and Captain Corcoran (of the navy – a joking reference to the character from Gilbert and Sullivan's early popular opera, ""H.M.S. Pinafore""). The Utopian people are duly"
"on 22 March 1893 in aid of the fund for building a church at the Pembroke College, Cambridge mission in Walworth. The concert, which included Schubert's incidental music from ""Rosamunde"", receiving its ""First performance in England in its original and complete form"", was held under the patronage of the Master and fellows of Pembroke College, with a young Henry Wood conducting. Blackmore's association with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company spanned almost 30 years. In October 1893, he created the small role of Sir Bailey Barre, one of the 'Flowers of Progress', in Gilbert and Sullivan's ""Utopia, Limited"" at the Savoy"
"Notes A Harlot's Progress (opera) A Harlot's Progress is an opera in six scenes by the British composer Iain Bell which is based on William Hogarth's series of etchings of the same name. The libretto is by British author Peter Ackroyd. The opera premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 13 October 2013 with German coloratura soprano Diana Damrau in the lead role of Moll Hackabout under the baton of Finnish conductor Mikko Franck in a production by German opera and theatre director Jens-Daniel Herzog. Additional cast members included Nathan Gunn, Marie McLaughlin, Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught,"
"to his opportunity, and we are disposed to account ""Iolanthe"" his best effort in all the Gilbertian series."" Similarly, the ""Theatre"" asserted that ""the music of ""Iolanthe"" is Dr Sullivan's ""chef d'oeuvre"". The quality throughout is more even, and maintained at a higher standard, than in any of his earlier works..."" ""Iolanthe"" is one of a number of Gilbert's works, including ""The Wicked World"" (1873), ""Broken Hearts"" (1875), ""Princess Ida"" (1884) and ""Fallen Fairies"" (1909), where the introduction of men and ""mortal love"" into a tranquil world of women wreaks havoc with the status quo. Gilbert had created several ""fairy"
"A Harlot's Progress (opera) A Harlot's Progress is an opera in six scenes by the British composer Iain Bell which is based on William Hogarth's series of etchings of the same name. The libretto is by British author Peter Ackroyd. The opera premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 13 October 2013 with German coloratura soprano Diana Damrau in the lead role of Moll Hackabout under the baton of Finnish conductor Mikko Franck in a production by German opera and theatre director Jens-Daniel Herzog. Additional cast members included Nathan Gunn, Marie McLaughlin, Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, English"
"a transformative magic potion, which Sullivan feels is too similar to the magic lozenge and other magic talismans used in previous operas and appears mechanical in its reliance on a supernatural device. Sullivan, under pressure to write more serious music, says he longs for something that is ""probable"" and involves ""human interest"", and is not dependent on magic. Gilbert sees nothing wrong with his libretto and refuses to write a new one, which results in a standoff. The impasse is resolved after Gilbert and his wife visit a popular exhibition of Japanese arts and crafts in Knightsbridge, London. When the"
"in Northern Africa and the Christian states of the Mediterranean, especially Genoa. The theme is the sorrows and separations that are always incidental to war. The central characters are a sailor and his love, who are separated when he goes to battle, and later reunited. The final chorus, ""Sink and Scatter, Clouds of War,"" was later renamed ""The Song of Peace"" and was played separately as a concert item. The same year as ""On Shore and Sea"" premiered, W. S. Gilbert first worked together with Sullivan, on a burleque-style comic opera, ""Thespis"". Four years later, in 1875, Gilbert and Sullivan's"
"The ""Daily Telegraph""'s review of ""Yeomen"" was very admiring of Sullivan's efforts: ""The Times"" noted, ""It should... be acknowledged that Mr. Gilbert has earnestly endeavoured to leave familiar grooves and rise to higher things."" Some reviewers, however, suggested that Gilbert took too much of his story from William Vincent Wallace's 1845 opera, ""Maritana"", in which a street singer is married in secret to a gentleman. Another antecedent of ""Yeomen"" is Gilbert's 1875 tragedy, ""Broken Hearts"". There, the love triangle among Prince Florian, Lady Vavir and the hunchbacked servant Mousta parallels the triangle in ""Yeomen"" among Fairfax, Elsie and Point. The"
"The Pilgrim's Progress (opera) The Pilgrim's Progress is an opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on John Bunyan's allegory ""The Pilgrim's Progress"". The composer himself described the work as a 'Morality' rather than an opera. Nonetheless, he intended the work to be performed on stage, rather than in a church or cathedral. Vaughan Williams himself prepared the libretto, with interpolations from the Bible and also text from his second wife, Ursula Wood. His changes to the story included altering the name of the central character from 'Christian' to 'Pilgrim', so as to universalise the spiritual message. The musical gestation of"
"and sixths; Offenbach has a Venetian admiral telling of his cowardice in battle; Gilbert and Sullivan have their Duke of Plaza-Toro who led his regiment from behind."" Offenbach's ""Les Géorgiennes"" (1864), like Gilbert and Sullivan's ""Princess Ida"" (1884), depicts a female stronghold challenged by males in disguise. The best-known instance in which a Savoy opera draws on Offenbach's work is ""The Pirates of Penzance"" (1879), where both Gilbert and Sullivan follow the lead of ""Les brigands"" (1869) in their treatment of the police, plodding along ineffectually in heavy march-time. ""Les brigands"" was presented in London in 1871, 1873 and 1875;"
"the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas would be known as the Savoy Operas, and both fans and performers of Gilbert and Sullivan would come to be known as ""Savoyards."" ""Patience"" was the sixth operatic collaboration of fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan. It ran for a total of 578 performances, which was seven more than the authors' earlier work, ""H.M.S. Pinafore"", and the second longest run of any work of musical theatre up to that time, after the operetta ""Les Cloches de Corneville"". The opera is a satire on the aesthetic movement of the 1870s and '80s in England, part of"
"is in love with another man. ""The Gondoliers"" was Gilbert and Sullivan's last great success. In this opera, Gilbert returns to the satire of class distinctions figuring in many of his earlier librettos. The libretto also reflects Gilbert's fascination with the ""Stock Company Act"", highlighting the absurd convergence of natural persons and legal entities, which plays an even larger part in the next opera, ""Utopia Limited"". As in several of their earlier operas, by setting the work comfortably far away from England, Gilbert was emboldened to direct sharper criticism at the nobility and the institution of the monarchy itself. ""The"
"The Rake's Progress The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings ""A Rake's Progress"" (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. The story concerns the decline and fall of one Tom Rakewell, who deserts Anne Trulove for the delights of London in the company of Nick Shadow, who turns out to be the Devil. After several misadventures, all initiated by the devious Shadow, Tom"
"Gilbert and Sullivan works as operettas. ""Patience"" (1881) was the first opera to appear at the Savoy Theatre, and thus, in a strict sense, the first true ""Savoy Opera"", although the term ""Savoy Opera"" has, for over a century, included the complete set of thirteen operas that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote for Richard D'Oyly Carte: During the years when the Gilbert and Sullivan (“G&S”) operas were being written, Richard D'Oyly Carte produced operas by other composer–librettist teams, either as curtain raisers to the G&S pieces, or to fill the theatre when no G&S piece was available. To their contemporaries, the"
"women students, but are discovered, and all soon face a literal war between the sexes. The opera satirizes feminism, women's education and Darwinian evolution, which were controversial topics in conservative Victorian England. ""Princess Ida"" is based on a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson called ""The Princess"" (1847), and Gilbert had written a farcical musical play, based on the poem, in 1870. He lifted much of the dialogue of ""Princess Ida"" directly from his 1870 farce. It is the only Gilbert and Sullivan opera in three acts and the only one with dialogue in blank verse. By Savoy Opera standards,"
"love between members of different social classes and lampoons the British class system in general. ""Pinafore"" also pokes good-natured fun at patriotism, party politics, the Royal Navy, and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority. The title of the piece comically applies the name of a garment for girls and women, a pinafore, to the fearsome symbol of a warship. ""Pinafore's"" extraordinary popularity in Britain, America and elsewhere was followed by the similar success of a series of Gilbert and Sullivan works, including ""The Pirates of Penzance"" and ""The Mikado"". Their works, later known as the Savoy operas,"
"later be a defining part of his work. These led to Gilbert's more mature ""fairy comedies"", such as ""The Palace of Truth"" (1870) and ""Pygmalion and Galatea"" (1871), which in turn led to the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Although Gilbert gave up direct parodies of opera soon after ""Robert"", his parodic pokes at grand opera continued to be seen in the Savoy operas. The title character, a breeches role, was played as an insouciant ""swell"" by Nellie Farren, who became famous as the theatre's ""principal boy"". Gilbert later renounced ""travesti"" roles and revealing dresses on his actresses, and made"
"Judith Raskin as Ann and John Reardon as Nick Shadow, is from London 1964 and is conducted by Stravinsky himself. It is currently available on the Sony/BMG 22-CD box set ""Works of Igor Stravinsky"". Sources The Rake's Progress The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings ""A Rake's Progress"" (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. The story concerns the decline and fall of"
"accelerate the development of mankind. Because this advancement is not part of God's plan for humanity, Eve and Caino's affair has grievous consequences, namely, a brutal war between children of different races. The basic outline of Eve's sin and repentance is echoed in the action of the dancer couples. They begin as natural pairings, but as a result of swapping partners, they engender unnatural hybrids. In the opera's finale, these hybrids join into a towering candle flame and spiral upward. The audience is greeted by 8-track electronic music in the lobby, which is lit solely by candles. The music is"
"October, ""Patience"" transferred to the new, larger, state-of-the-art Savoy Theatre, built with the profits of the previous Gilbert and Sullivan works. The rest of the partnership's collaborations were produced at the Savoy, and are widely known as the ""Savoy operas"". ""Iolanthe"" (1882), the first new opera to open at the Savoy, was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth hit in a row. Sullivan, despite the financial security of writing for the Savoy, increasingly viewed the composition of comic operas as unimportant, beneath his skills, and also repetitious. After ""Iolanthe"", Sullivan had not intended to write a new work with Gilbert, but he"
"grows up, she visits him on Earth, but she is mistaken for his lover, since fairies perpetually appear young and beautiful. Sullivan found the premise funny, and Gilbert set to work on fleshing out the story. By December, he had written some lyrics for Sullivan to look at, but he struggled with the plot for several months, whereas he had dashed off earlier operas in a matter of weeks. During these months, Sullivan took an extended trip to Egypt, Italy and elsewhere. Upon his return to London in April 1882, he moved into a new home; in May, his beloved"
"Concerto"" by Julian Lloyd Webber (1986); and ""The Rose of Persia"" (1999); ""The Golden Legend"" (2001); ""Ivanhoe"", (2009); and ""The Masque at Kenilworth"" and ""On Shore and Sea"" (2014), conducted by, respectively, Tom Higgins, Ronald Corp, David Lloyd-Jones and Richard Bonynge. In 2017 Chandos Records released an album, ""Songs"", which includes ""The Window"" and 35 individual Sullivan songs. Mackerras's Sullivan ballet, ""Pineapple Poll"", has received many recordings since its first performance in 1951. Arthur Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with"
"Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied ""Major-General's Song"". The opera was performed for over a century by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain and by many other opera companies and repertory companies worldwide. Modernized productions include Joseph Papp's 1981 Broadway production, which ran for 787 performances, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and spawning many imitations and a 1983 film adaptation. ""Pirates"" remains popular today, taking its place along with ""The Mikado"" and ""H.M.S. Pinafore"" as one of the most frequently played Gilbert and Sullivan operas. ""The Pirates"
"Minnesota Opera Minnesota Opera is a performance organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded in 1963 by the Walker Art Center, and is known for premiering such diverse works as ""Where the Wild Things Are"" by Oliver Knussen (based on the children's novel by Maurice Sendak) and ""Frankenstein"" by Libby Larsen. Its latest commissioned piece and world premiere, ""The Grapes of Wrath"" – based on John Steinbeck's novel of the same name, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Michael Korie – was presented in February 2007. The President and General Director is Ryan Taylor, and the"
"operas, ""Princess Ida"" concerns the war between the sexes. In ""Patience"", the aesthetic-crazed women are contrasted with vain military men; in ""Iolanthe"", the vague and flighty fairies (women) are pitted against the ineffective, dim-witted peers (men); and in ""Ida"", overly serious students and professors at a women's university (women) defy a marriage-by-force ultimatum by a militaristic king and his testosterone-laden court (men). ""Princess Ida"" is one of several Gilbert plays, including ""The Wicked World"", ""Broken Hearts"", ""Fallen Fairies"" and ""Iolanthe"", where the introduction of males into a tranquil world of women brings ""mortal love"" that wreaks havoc with the status"
"V). The success of ""Dulcamara"" and ""La Vivandière"" had shown that Gilbert could write entertainingly in this form, peppered with the dreadful puns traditional in burlesques of the period. The libretti also, at times, show signs of the satire that would later be a defining part of his work. They led to Gilbert's more mature ""fairy comedies"", such as ""The Palace of Truth"" (1870) and ""Pygmalion and Galatea"" (1871), and Gilbert's six German Reed Entertainments which, in turn, led to the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Although Gilbert gave up direct parodies of opera within a couple of years of"
"romanticism"" are accepted ""unflinchingly"" and taken to their logical conclusion: ""It is the reference to actuality that is essential; without it, the absurdity will not stand starkly out"". A theme that pervades the opera is the treatment of love across different social ranks. In the previous Gilbert and Sullivan opera, ""The Sorcerer"", a love potion causes trouble by inducing the villagers and wedding guests to fall in love with people of different social classes. In ""Pinafore"", the captain's daughter, Josephine, loves and is loved by a common sailor, but she dutifully tells him, ""your proffered love I haughtily reject"". He"