After watching Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Iolanthe” as produced bythe Lyric Opera San Diego, one question comes to mind: Why isn’tthis light opera performed more often? Sure, it’s filled with the ...

THE BASICS: IOLANTHE, OR THE PEER AND THE PERI, a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, directed by Lisa Berglund. 11/16-23 with one remaining performance at 2:00 this Sunday 11/23. Presented by Opera-Lytes at ...

Leila is a role in Iolanthe, a opera that opened Off-Broadway in 1965. Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd, wants to marry Phyllis, a ward of the Court of Chancery. Phyllis does not know that Strephon is ...

'Iolanthe is pulled together last minute," says J. Sherwood Montgomery, artistic director for Lyric Opera San Diego. "I had to find a stage set and a set of costumes and cast it, partially using ...

Valley Light Opera returns to Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" in their cyclic 36-year survey of operettas by that estimable British duo. "Iolanthe," subtitled "The Peer and the Peri," last mounted ...

ASKING a director of hit film or theatre to have a go at operas is a bit of a risky strategy. So is putting on Gilbert and Sullivan in a modern opera house. The latest production by the English ...

ASKING a director of hit film or theatre to have a go at operas is a bit of a risky strategy. So is putting on Gilbert and Sullivan in a modern opera house. The latest production by the English ...