Comments on: Lively and colourful Iolanthe from Wellington G&S Light Opera

By: Claire Vekony

Claire Vekony — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 05:46:52 +0000

Rozies’s mother did indeed enjoy it Thank you

By: Lindis Taylor

Lindis Taylor — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:34:42 +0000

Thanks for the comment Rozie. I’d been similarly impressed by Chris’s poetic embellishment of Gondoliers in 2015 (see 19 September 2015), delighting in the delicate political asides. It might be a form of verse not much admired by the poetic cognoscenti these days, but probably harder to carry off persuasively.
Lindis

By: Rozie Gorman

Rozie Gorman — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 02:14:04 +0000

Thank you for asking permission to publish Chris Whelan’s as put it re=working of “When you’re lying awake; very very cleverly written and so topical after a very interesting run up to the election where you were never quite sure what was going to happen next and in fact we still don’t know, not until the 7th at least!!

I suggested my Mum read this as she, like Chris Whelan is equally talented in clever writing of poetry and like I thought she enjoyed it as much as I did!

By: Stuart Gordon

Stuart Gordon — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 03:07:18 +0000

To be clear, the Scene 1 arcadian rural backdrop as used is a cherished work of art that had been produced specifically for Iolanthe. Other legacy Iolanthe scenic art and stage furniture was not used.

By: Al Gustafson

Al Gustafson — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:29:35 +0000

Ah ah. The editor has been in. Andrew has now be reclassified as a baritone.

By: Gillian Gordon

Gillian Gordon — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:33:54 +0000

Yes, Strephon is a bass/baritone and very good one too.

By: Al Gustafson

Al Gustafson — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:17:01 +0000

I thought Andrew was a base?

And alas I feature in none of the choirs listed and often pinch myself for being able to perform with such talent. Mores the pity I didn’t venture down this path at the beginning of my life and not towards its end.

By: John Goddard

John Goddard — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:50:40 +0000

Listed as director, because he was.

The set, is the set, has been the set, and required to be used as the set, regardless of director’s wish to redesign. But that was the brief. Designed and created by Wilf Conroy it has been around for generations. Wrong assumption there Lindis. But thanks for the other nice words. John Goddard.