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Utopia Unlimited

CATALOGUE NUMBER
473 662-2

LISTEN
Imperial March
O maiden rich in Girton lore
     


CAST
Utopia Unlimited or The Flowers of Progress
without dialogue

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan 1842–1900
Words by W.S. Gilbert 1836–1911

King Paramount Kenneth Sandford
Scaphio John Reed
Phantis John Ayldon
Tarara Jon Ellison
Calynx Michael Buchan
Lord Dramaleigh James Conroy-Ward
Captain FitzBattleaxe Meston Reid
Captain Corcoran John Broad
Mr Goldbury Michael Rayner
Sir Bailey Barre Colin Wright
Mr Blushington David Porter
Princess Zara Pamela Field
Princess Nekaya Julia Goss
Princess Kalyba Judi Merri
Lady Sophy Lyndsie Holland
Phylla Rosalind Griffiths

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
Soloists and Chorus
Recorded under the direction of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, D.B.E.
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Macbeth Overture*
Victoria and Merrie England (suite no.1)
Marmion Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royston Nash
RECORDING INFORMATION
Utopia Unlimited
Though among the least well known Gilbert & Sullivan works, Utopia Limited is an accomplished stage work in the tradition of the best of the Savoy Operas. Though set in the south seas it involves a rather British royal scandal. The tropical utopia is, of course, based on Victorian England!

The whole opera is well worth having in such a lively and vigorous account … Royston Nash shows plenty of skill in the matter of musical characterization, and the solo singing is consistently assured … the sparkle and spontaneity of the performance as a whole are irresistible … The CD transfer shows the 1975 recording as being of Decca’s best vintage quality, full, atmospheric and capturing the orchestra splendidly in an admirable balance with the voices.
The Penguin Guide to Opera on CD
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