CD:
Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia, Limited

Gilbert & Sullivan’s penultimate opera performed by Scottish Opera, plus KING ARTHUR: Suite from the Incidental Music by 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 its Scottish Opera premiere and the airing it so deserves.

Satirising the conceits of the mighty British Empire, its 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.

Genre Opera
Production year 2021
Composer Arthur Sullivan
Libretto W. S. Gilbert
Production Company Scottish Opera
Conductor Derek Clark
Stage Director Stuart Maunder
Orchestra / Band The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Choir The Chorus of Scottish Opera
Soloists Charlie Drummond, Yvonne Howard, William Morgan, Richard Suart, Mark Nathan, Ben McAteer, Catriona Hewitson, Sioned Gwen Davies, Arthur Bruce, Glen Cunningham