Iolanthe

Music: Arthur Sullivan (100)
Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert (63)
Book: W. S. Gilbert (63)
Type: Operetta
Notes: IOLANTHE; or The Peer and the Peri. First performed at The Savoy Theatre, London, on 25 November 1882, conducted by Sullivan, and presented by Richard D'Oyly Carte. Initial run of 398 performances in London.

Gilbert and Sullivan's eighth operetta, written after PATIENCE and before PRINCESS IDA.

Two innovations of IOLANTHE were (1) is premiered simultaneously in London and New York on 25 November 1882; and (2) the fairies hair gleamed with light and this was the first time stage light was used a part of stage costume.
Premiere: 1930

		Iolanthe - 1930 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
		Iolanthe - 1931 Columbia Light Opera Company
		Iolanthe - 1951 The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
		Iolanthe - 1959 Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
		Iolanthe - 1960 The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
		Iolanthe - 1962 Sadler's Wells Opera
		Iolanthe - 1963 Studio Cast (Reader's Digest)
		Iolanthe - 1966 Studio Cast
		Iolanthe - 1974 The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
		Iolanthe - 1991 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company