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The fully electric Savoy made possible numerous special effects, such as sparkling magic wands for the female chorus of fairies.
The opera poked fun at English law and the House of Lords and made much of the war between the sexes.
The Daily Telegraph wrote, " The composer has risen to his opportunity, and we are disposed to account Iolanthe his best effort in all the Gilbertian series.
The quality throughout is more even, and maintained at a higher standard, than in any of his earlier works ..."
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