Patience : or Bunthorne's bride / by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan ; produced for television in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; Opera Australia ; John Cox, director ; Cameron Kirkpatrick, producer.
Operetta in 2 acts; libretto by Gilbert, music by Sullivan. Christine Douglas (Patience) ; Heather Begg (Lady Jane) ; Anthony Warlow (Archibald Grosvenor) ; Dennis Olsen (Reginald Bunthorne) ; Toni Powell (Lady Ella) ; John Miley (Solicitor) ; Neil Kirkby (Major Murgatroyd) ; Roxane Hislop (Lady Saphir) ; Jennifer Bermingham (Lady Angela) ; John Germain (Colonel Calverley) ; Graeme Ewer (Lt. the Duke of Dunstable) ; The Australian Opera Chorus ; The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra ; David Stanhope, conductor. Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, Feb, 25, 1995. Picture format 4:3, full screen, NTSC.
Summary:
"Set in the early 20th century, the aesthetic poet Bunthorne sings his love for Patience, the village milkmaid. Meanwhile he has captured the heart of every other lady in the village. Upon the arrival of the idyllic poet Grosvener, all hell breaks loose when he proposes to Patience"--Container.
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