Iolanthe (Libretto)

伊奥朗特》是一部喜歌剧，由阿瑟-沙利文作曲，W-S-吉尔伯特作词。它是萨沃伊歌剧之一，也是吉尔伯特和沙利文 14 部合作歌剧中的第七部。在歌剧中，仙女伊奥朗特被逐出仙境，因为她嫁给了凡人；这是仙女法律所禁止的。她的儿子施特雷丰是一位阿卡迪亚牧羊人，想娶大法官办公室的女看守菲利斯为妻。贵族院的所有成员也都想娶菲利斯。当菲利斯看到斯特里丰拥抱一位年轻女子时（她并不知道那是他的母亲--不朽的仙女都很年轻），她做出了最坏的打算，并引发了贵族与仙女之间的激烈对抗。这部歌剧讽刺了英国政府、法律和社会的许多方面。仙女与同龄人之间的对峙是吉尔伯特最喜欢的主题之一：女性的宁静文明被男性主导的世界所破坏，因为发现了凡人的爱情

作曲家: Sullivan, Arthur S.
乐器: Voice
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Iolanthe is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert and Sullivan. In the opera, the fairy Iolanthe has been banished from fairyland because she married a mortal; this is forbidden by fairy law. Her son, Strephon, is an Arcadian shepherd who wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery. All the members of the House of Peers also want to marry Phyllis. When Phyllis sees Strephon hugging a young woman (not knowing that it is his mother – immortal fairies all appear young), she assumes the worst and sets off a climactic confrontation between the peers and the fairies. The opera satirises many aspects of British government, law and society. The confrontation between the fairies and the peers is a version of one of Gilbert's favourite themes: a tranquil civilisation of women is disrupted by a male-dominated world through the discovery of mortal love.