Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Limited and King Arthur The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and Chorus & Derek Clark

• Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900): Utopia, Limited:
• 1 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited: Overture (arr. John Owen Edwards) 05:35
• Utopia, Limited, Act I:
• 2 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Chorus with Solo. In lazy languor motionless (Phylla) 02:52
• 3 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Chorus. O make way for the wise men! 03:01
• 4 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Duet. Let all your doubts take wing (Scaphio and Phantis) 02:19
• 5 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Chorus with solos. Quaff the nectar… Bold fac’d ranger 15:20
• 6 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Trio. First you’re born (King, Scaphio, and Phantis) 02:50
• 7 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Duet. Subjected to your heavenly gaze (King and Lady Sophy) 02:36
• 8 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Chorus with solos. O maiden, rich in Girton lore (Zara, Captain Fitzbattleaxe) 03:51
• 9 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Solos with Chorus. Ah! Gallant soldier, brave and true (Zara, Captain Fitzbattleaxe) 02:26
• 10 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Quartet. It’s understood, I think, all round (Zara, Captain Fitzbattleaxe, Scaphio, and Phantis) 01:53
• 11 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Duet. O admirable art! (Zara, Captain Fitzbattleaxe) 02:46
• 12 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act I: Finale. Altho’ your royal summons to appear (Chorus) 19:52
• Utopia, Limited, Act II:
• 13 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Recitative and Aria. O Zara, my beloved one…A tenor, all singers above (Captain Fitzbattleaxe) 04:05
• 14 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Duet. Words of love too loudly spoken (Zara, Captain Fitzbattleaxe) 03:12
• 15 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Song. Society has quite forsaken all its wicked courses (King, with Chorus of Flowers of Progress) 03:53
• 16 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Entrance of Court 01:28
• 17 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Drawing Room music 02:51
• 18 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Recitative (King) and Chorus. This ceremony our wish displays…Eagle high on cloudland soaring 04:42
• 19 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Duet. With fury deep we burn (Scaphio & Phantis) 00:48
• 20 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Trio. If you think that when banded in unity (King, Scaphio, and Phantis) 01:35
• 21 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Trio. With wily brain, upon the spot (Tarara, Scaphio, and Phantis) 03:04
• 22 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Song. A wonderful joy our eyes to bless (Mr Goldbury) 04:12
• 23 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Quartet. Then I may sing and play? (Nekaya, Kalyba, Lord Dramaleigh, Mr Goldbury) 02:33
• 24 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Recitative and Song. Oh, would some demon power… When but a maid of fifteen year (Lady Sophy) 03:22
• 25 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Recitative. Ah, Lady Sophy... Oh rapture unrestrained! (King and Lady Sophy) 03:26
• 26 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Tarantella 00:55
• 27 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Chorus. Upon our sea-girt land 00:41
• 28 Sullivan: Utopia, Limited, Act II: Finale. There’s a little group of isles beyond the wave 02:32
• Suite from the Incidental Music to King Arthur:
• 29 Sullivan: Suite from the Incidental Music to King Arthur: Chorus of Lake Spirits. Dawn and daytime turn to night 04:56
• 30 Sullivan: Suite from the Incidental Music to King Arthur: Chorus of Unseen Spirits. Fairest form of all the earth! 01:34
• 31 Sullivan: Suite from the Incidental Music to King Arthur: The Chaunt of the Grail. Look not to thy sword 04:48
• 32 Sullivan: Suite from the Incidental Music to King Arthur: The May Song. Ere upon its snowy bed lies the first-born of the Spring 02:41
• 33 Sullivan: Suite from the Incidental Music to King Arthur: Final Chorus. Sleep! oh, sleep! Till night outworn wakens 03:52
• Total Runtime 02:06:31

Info for Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Limited and King Arthur

Utopia, Limited Or The Flowers of Progress An Original Comic Opera in Two Acts by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan King Arthur Suite from the Incidental Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan Gilbert & Sullivan's penultimate opera, Utopia, Limited, was written immediately after The Gondoliers. Here, with an updated libretto by director Stuart Maunder and a revised musical version by Scottish Opera's Head of Music Derek Clark, it is given it's Scottish Opera premiere and the airing it so deserves. Satirising the conceits of the mighty British Empire, it's politics, monarchy and press, Utopia, Limited is as incisive now as ever it was. Full of sparkling wit, Utopia, Limited is packed with show-stopping patter, brilliant choruses and music that is, at times, of almost Verdian beauty. A semi-staged concert, performed by the cast of The Gondoliers.

Charlie Drummond, soprano (Zara)
Yvonne Howard, mezzo-soprano (Lady Sophy)
William Morgan, tenor (Captain Fitzbattleaxe)
Richard Suart, baritone (Scaphio)
Mark Nathan, baritone (Mr Goldbury)
Ben McAteer, baritone (King Paramount)
Catriona Hewitson, soprano (Nekaya)
Sioned Gwen Davies, mezzo-soprano (Kalyba)
Arthur Bruce, baritone (Phantis)
Glen Cunningham, tenor (Lord Dramaleigh)
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
The Chorus of Scottish Opera
Derek Clark, conductor

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
plays in the Company's productions across Scotland, including performances at Glasgow Theatre Royal, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Eden Court in Inverness and Aberdeen’s His Majesty’s Theatre, and in touring performances in England, Northern Ireland, Europe, and beyond.

The Orchestra also gives regular concert performances, including The Sunday Series at the Theatre Royal Glasgow for which it utilises a custom-built acoustic shell. The Series includes both operatic and non-operatic repertoire, ranging from Haydn and Beethoven symphonies to rarely performed operatic works, in which they are joined by world class singers.

The Orchestra works with the City of Glasgow Chorus, Celtic Connections, Dundee Choral Society, Paisley Opera, and choral unions and societies around the country.

The Orchestra was formed in 1980 by Scottish Opera’s founder and first Music Director, Sir Alexander Gibson. The conductors John Mauceri, Sir Richard Armstrong, Francesco Corti and Stuart Stratford have since followed in Sir Alex’s footsteps.

Many of the more than 50 players in the Orchestra are Visiting Tutors to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow – ensuring that their skills and experience are passed on to the orchestral players of tomorrow. They also play in chamber ensembles or as soloists or section principals with orchestras throughout the UK.

Derek Clark
was born in Glasgow, and is an Honours graduate of the RSAMD and the University of Durham. He studied at the London Opera Centre before joining Welsh National Opera as a repertory in 1977, making his professional conducting début in 1981.

He has been Head of Music at Scottish Opera since 1997, and has conducted more than 25 operas for the company.

In recent years he has also specialised in contemporary music, as conductor of all three seasons of Scottish Opera’s highly successful Five: 15 project, and has premieres of works by James MacMillan, Philip Glass, Craig Armstrong and Rory Boyle.

He works as an accompanist, appearing regularly throughout the country, and is a regular Guest Coach at the major conservatoires and colleges and at the National Opera Studio.

He was appointed Musical Director of Dundee Choral Union in 2011, and since 2014 has been Director of Music at Helensburgh Parish Church.

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