![]() In other games, such as Phantom Hourglass, companion Fairies also serve as the cursor for guiding Link. Although in many cases they are used to facilitate gameplay (allowing Z-Targeting, for example), they also provide advice on what to do next or how to defeat certain enemies. In several games, beginning with Ocarina of Time, Link has been accompanied on his travels by Fairy companions. The second role held by Fairies is that of a traveling companion. In Skyward Sword, Fairies can be summoned by drawing the Triforce on a Goddess Wall. In some games such as A Link to the Past, Bubbles and Sparks can be turned into Fairies by using Magic Powder or the Boomerang. Groups of Fairies can be commonly found in Fairy Fountains scattered through the land, although some may also occasionally be found by breaking Jars or cutting grass. If Link falls in battle while carrying a bottled Fairy, it will automatically come out to revive him. From A Link to the Past onwards, these Fairies can usually be caught in Empty Bottles for later use. Most Fairies possess healing powers they can restore some of Link's Hearts when he is wounded. Moore equips Private Willis (briefly the Fairy Queen's quarry) with booming voice and stoic presence.Fairies usually have one of two roles in the series. Abigal Coy's warm mezzo suits the sympathetic Iolanthe, who spends much of her stage time either apologizing for past sins or pleading some long-shot cause.Īs Lord Mountararat and Lord Tolloller, Dennis Arrowsmith and Joshua La Force make an amusing pair of cowardy-custard competitors for Phyllis. Amanda Kingston invests the much-in-demand Phyllis with fetching presence and a stirring soprano. Cristino Perez's smooth singing and guileless acting suit the innocent Strephon. Lee exudes vocal oomph and imperious manner as the haughty but tender-hearted Queen of the Fairies. He gives his patter turns the right humor and point - though by the final breathless chorus, his "Love, Unrequited" becomes more a matter of getting-through-it than absolute clarity.īrian Runnels conducts with aplomb, bringing crispness, vigor and subtlety to one of Sullivan's most appealing scores. The approach is essentially traditional, though at times considerably more antic than your grandfather's G&S - as when the Queen of the Fairies vamps a soldier, or when the fairies show their support of Strephon by bounding about like cheerleaders, waving pompoms.Īs always, Donkin also plays a key comic role, alternately daft and proper as the Lord Chancellor. The fairies support the young lovers' cause by having Strephon elected to Parliament - and then, things really get out of hand.ĭirector Alistair Donkin keeps the stage activity merry and brisk, with droll comic touches to leaven the libretto's more arcane aspects. Lord Mountararat and Lord Tolloller are competing for her hand, and the Lord Chancellor would wed her himself if he could overcome his scruples about marrying his ward. The whole House of Lords, you see, is smitten with Phyllis. Alas, Phyllis is a ward in chancery, and the Lord Chancellor, her guardian, will not give permission for her to marry Strephon. ![]() Strephon arrives and proclaims his love for the shepherdess Phyllis. Tickets: $36-$46 71 and See More Collapse
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