What is iolanthe?
iolanthe or peer and peri is the operetta Gilbert and Sullivan. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert wrote libretto and Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan composed music. iolanthe was their seventh operetta together, followed by patience . iolanthe premiere in London at the Savoy Theater Theater in the new Richard D'Oyly Carte theater, November 25, 1882.
The story of the opera, the political parody, is 25 years before the act I, the Fairy Iolanthe violated the fairy tale law and married the mortal. Although the crime was punished by death, the iolanthe was spared the queen of the fairy and instead was punished by exile, on condition that she would never see her husband again.
As the opera opens, the other fairies have a queen to release iolanthe, and she can return. Iolanthe's son, Strephon, was brought up as a shepherd, and now, in act, he fell in love with Phyllis, the Court of Chancery department, who must have a permission from Lord Chancellor to get married. When the Chancellor Lord isIn love with Phyllis himself, denies her request. The Queen agrees to help Strephen win Phyllis.
At the same time, House of Lords asks Lord Chancellor to allow Phyllis to marry a peer of his choice, and she initially refuses. But then she did not know that Strephon was half fairy and sees him with Iolantt, who has never met and mistakes for opponents, believe Strephon is unfaithful and decides to marry one of the two peers, Mountarat or Tolloller. Strephon invites fairy for help and the queen punishes peers by making Strephon a member of the Parliament with Power to hand over any account he introduces. The first is to establish a rehearsal confession that does not play well with peers.
In ACT II it is clear that fairies begin to feel romantic about mortals, namely peers. Even the queen suggests her feelings to the patrol. Mountarat and Tolloller decide thatTheir friendship is too important to end it in the struggle for Phyllis, and convince Chancellor Lord to try again. Meanwhile, Strephon reveals to Phyllis that he is half fairy, which explains the situation with his mother and accepts. Ioanthe's secret that her husband is actually a Chancellor is revealed, and despite her death penalty, if she encounters him, she insures that she cannot marry Phyllis by revealing as his wife to clear the way for Streating, their son.
The queen comes to punishment just to find out that all other fairies have also been married. The queen has a dilemma because the right law states that every fairy "must die who marries a mortal," but he did, this law terminates the fairies. Chancellor Lorda uses his legislative experience to solve the problem, suggesting that adding a word will not save a fairy -tale race. The Queen claims, but then finds her own life in danger, so he joins the patrol that attracted her earlier, and the opera ends happily for PhylliS, Strephon and all the others, with all peers becoming fairies.