I absolutely love this version of the Pirate King! Combining all the bling and opulence of Captain Hook with swashbucklery and mannierisms of Captain Jack Sparrow is fantastic!
Even D’Oyly Crafts production changed their cultural references over the years. The original production of Iolanthe costumed the Queen of the Fairies as a Wagnerian Valkyrie, but by the 1960s, her costume looked more like Glinda from Wizard of Oz. 1:09:30
An absolute joy. Ive seen many productions of The Pirates and it's always good but this is the best Ive ever seen. Great nod to Jack Sparrow from the Pirate King...Johnny would approve ❤
An excellent production. Only surpassed by the first production which I saw: the 1980 NY Shakespeare Festival one starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith, in NYC's Central Park.. Ronstadt had told producer Joseph Papp that she wanted to do the show, and he told her she didn't have thole voice. To her credit, she took 2 years to study voice, and she aced Mable, the most difficult G&S part. It was in this production that the wonderful patter Trio, "It Really Doesn't Matter" was pirates from Ruddigore. The Police Sargent of that production seemed to be made of rubber, doing a wonderful dance while swinging his night stick . The theater is outdoors, and next to a lake, which was visible when the pirate ship slid into place. It was magical. So is this production.
I first heard their trial by jury which is sooooo good and this one absolutely surpasses it which i didn't think was possible! Incredible!!!! Way to throw in really doesn't matter 🤩🎶🎉🎊
Robbie Hagberg I think you we are going to go to the store for a bit of a sunroom and get it tomorrow to the store and doing that come to my house and get a new one for you was it tomorrow and I can go to the you and I can go
This is the perfect balance. It avoids being boring, unfunny and stale (like many of the D'Oyle Carte performances), while also avoiding being dumbed-down, slapstick, and bowdlerized (like the 1983 movie).
I heard my first G & S at 14 on old pre-electric 78's which my school-mate's father gave him when he "updated". to electric recordings. So what I heard was recorded before 1928 by some of the D'Oyley-Carte cast who had been actually been directed. There are of course variations in this performance, but it is pedantic to insist on a pure Victorian production. I enjoyed it immensely. Some of the previous Opera Australia productions were too gimmicky - Was it the Lord High Executioner who popped up out of a barrell? And if so, why? Remember Gilbert's notice to cast "There will be a further rehearsal on Sunday to delete the improvements." The part is never greater than the whole
@@maestromuffin1 Wow! But originally from G&S's Ruddigore! (I know that patter song well -- I wrote and sang a parody of it as part of my admissions package for Williams College -- and got in! 🙂)
This production is as fine and fun as the Joseph Papp film of the Broadway musical whence it derives. My word! That’s a sentence worthy as any G&S circumlocution in song!
3:55 ruth song 9:16 ruth who you loved so much ? 14:45 take me with you Fred and Ruth duet 20:30 sister song/scene 30:56 Mabel Entrance 34:57 Mabel and sister song 55:55 sister sleep song 56:38 Mabel solo moment 1:07:00 Ruth sing (plan) 1:17:45 Mabel (Frederick stay) 1L42:36 Ruth 1:45:11 Poor wandering
I"m assuming the higher keys in the 2 opening men's numbers is because the chorus is all baritenors and so is the PK. Don't they have any bass baritones in Australia?
Robbie Hagberg Osman called the person enzymes I was dating a parrot they called me when I was in the play room and pause it and I can go to bed early and then go back to sleep now and then go back and sleep in the bed if you want
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An excellent and original presentation - I could be wrong but most of the sets looked lacklustre and unimaginatative compared to other productions - but as I said I could be wrong.,
The concept for the pirates have changed periodically often based on current cultural references, Earlier 20th century productions often had the “Captain Hook” look. Joseph Papp’s production in the late 70s emulated a yiunger and more dashing Errol Flynn type (as played by Kevin Kline and others). For the early 21st century, the main “pirate” reference in popular culture is the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, so it makes sense to use that reference.
I live in North Carolina. Blackbeard was taken out by the Navy in Ocracoke. But it's true that there was a lot of give-and-take between the pirates and the royalty. He had been given a pardon from the queen but continued to regroup his pirates. Lieutenant Robert Maynard sent his Navy troops to finish off Blackbeard.
I know I'm going to enjoy this production, but did no one notice that the ship's pennant is flying the wrong way? If they were on a speeding boat, it would trail behind them as shown; but since they are on a ship with sails, the pennant would be pointing forward, since that's the way the wind is blowing. Pedantic of me, I know, but it gives me something to do.
I agree, Jon English lent his own rock star aura to the character. This one is very good, but why be Captain Jack Sparrow? Put your stamp on it, like Jon English did.
@@lois3444 Exactly. Making the Pirate King look like Jack Sparrow distracts from the main show. It'd be like doing a performance of The Mikado and having Nanki-Pu dressed in a yellow tracksuit like Bruce Lee
Sad to read that Taryn Fiebig (the actress who played Mabel) passed away in 2021 with ovarian cancer. RIP Taryn.
The older I get the more astonishing I find the genius of G&S, and I worked in opera for 30 years.
Happy birthday, Frederic!
Always loved this version, even though Frederic is the oldest looking 21 you’ve ever seen 😂
I think you meant the oldest looking 5 and a quarter
@@diegogonzalezfernandez9237 - true!
Life as pirate-apprentice is taxing... but rewards you with lots of experience😉
I absolutely love this version of the Pirate King! Combining all the bling and opulence of Captain Hook with swashbucklery and mannierisms of Captain Jack Sparrow is fantastic!
It is probably well different from a D'oyley Carte production, but I love it!
Even D’Oyly Crafts production changed their cultural references over the years. The original production of Iolanthe costumed the Queen of the Fairies as a Wagnerian Valkyrie, but by the 1960s, her costume looked more like Glinda from Wizard of Oz. 1:09:30
I enjoyed this more than Pirates of the Caribbean
One of the better Jack Sparrow voices I've heard, too.
He's so obviously trying to Imitate Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow that I find it a little off-putting.
An absolute joy. Ive seen many productions of The Pirates and it's always good but this is the best Ive ever seen. Great nod to Jack Sparrow from the Pirate King...Johnny would approve ❤
39:00 is about when the Major-General’s Song starts, for anyone looking for it
Lol, you know it.
Thanks a ton :)
Hero, thank you.
This is by far the best Maybel I have ever seen! And their interpretation of Men of Dark and Dismal Fate is my favorite one yet! Incredible!
This is beautiful when you've watched Pinafore 50 times, and are trying to figure out how Sir Joseph became a Scottish General
Oh, do you now the artist name?
He probobly was the best "Monarch of the see" I`ve ever herd(he acts realisticly and sings amasingly)
@@kirillbush6457 His name is John Bolton-Wood
The same cast from my favourite productions of Pinafore and Trial by Jury! Thanks for sharing this!
An excellent production. Only surpassed by the first production which I saw: the 1980 NY Shakespeare Festival one starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith, in NYC's Central Park.. Ronstadt had told producer Joseph Papp that she wanted to do the show, and he told her she didn't have thole voice. To her credit, she took 2 years to study voice, and she aced Mable, the most difficult G&S part.
It was in this production that the wonderful patter Trio, "It Really Doesn't Matter" was pirates from Ruddigore.
The Police Sargent of that production seemed to be made of rubber, doing a wonderful dance while swinging his night stick .
The theater is outdoors, and next to a lake, which was visible when the pirate ship slid into place.
It was magical.
So is this production.
I also love the Papp in the Park production This is my next favorite.
Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Patricia Routledge as Ruth!
superb production. G & S enthusiast of 73 years. Bless you all.
Brilliant interpretation of Pirates. Australians always have such fun with G & S.
I first heard their trial by jury which is sooooo good and this one absolutely surpasses it which i didn't think was possible! Incredible!!!! Way to throw in really doesn't matter
🤩🎶🎉🎊
"Really doesn't matter" was added already in Joe Papp's production of 1980.
Excellent Production. Kudos to all. What a true delight from start to finish. I LOVED it.
This has to be my favorite Pirates of Penzance production I’ve seen!
Fredrick singing of bad complexion.....tee hee! gosh, that was snarky - he's really quite lovely.
Happy Leap Day to everyone watching on this fitting occasion!
Robbie Hagberg I think you we are going to go to the store for a bit of a sunroom and get it tomorrow to the store and doing that come to my house and get a new one for you was it tomorrow and I can go to the you and I can go
David hobson makes this, though jon english was something else again!!
One of the best Ruths I've seen - sings tunefully not like the overacted characters I've seen before. All the cast fabulous! Great production.
Magnificent! Loved every moment!
OH GOD FINALLY I FOUND IT! Thank you sooo much!!
Great performance! Great quality visuals and audio and immaculate performances and acting all around! Thank you!
The police captain is the best, the expressions kill me everytime
Wow, they really went full Jack Sparrow with the Pirate King.
This is the perfect balance. It avoids being boring, unfunny and stale (like many of the D'Oyle Carte performances), while also avoiding being dumbed-down, slapstick, and bowdlerized (like the 1983 movie).
Boring? Not at all
The pirate captain is so fine im ngl
Best I have seen so far! Bravo!
Love it. Anthony warlow is my secret crush.
Not my crush, but I waited for the end crawl to learn who played the best Pirate King ever.
He's the best in everything he's in
Look for the Australian Opera version of "Patience" parts of which are also on RUclips - Warlow plays Archibald Grosvenor and he kills it!
@@maicey_t.He's down right the best Henry Jekyll/Hyde too! His voice in that is sooooo freaking yummy!!!!!!
I heard my first G & S at 14 on old pre-electric 78's which my school-mate's father gave him when he "updated". to electric recordings. So what I heard was recorded before 1928 by some of the D'Oyley-Carte cast who had been actually been directed. There are of course variations in this performance, but it is pedantic to insist on a pure Victorian production. I enjoyed it immensely. Some of the previous Opera Australia productions were too gimmicky - Was it the Lord High Executioner who popped up out of a barrell? And if so, why? Remember Gilbert's notice to cast "There will be a further rehearsal on Sunday to delete the improvements." The part is never greater than the whole
OMG. It caught me a little bit off guard when they began to sing "It really doesn't matter".
I know! How'd that get in here?!
@@Danatomasino22 taken from the broadway production by Joseph Papp. Also shows up in Thoroughly Modern Millie!
@@maestromuffin1 Wow! But originally from G&S's Ruddigore! (I know that patter song well -- I wrote and sang a parody of it as part of my admissions package for Williams College -- and got in! 🙂)
@@Danatomasino22 and I got used to "sorry her lot" which I inserted both times I directed Pirates.
Nice the P.P. has a good cast and using 1980 stage props. This is the 2nd time seeing this and I recommend this stage play.
Ye Gods! My family actually WERE Queen's Pilots, in charge of the Service between Spithead and the Nore, at the time.
Something something something with the eggs on top
1:31:00
What a treat! And Ruth ! (Maid of all work) - shoulders the hawser to berth the ship! Wonderful ❤❗️
This production is as fine and fun as the Joseph Papp film of the Broadway musical whence it derives.
My word! That’s a sentence worthy as any G&S circumlocution in song!
I really enjoyed seeing this production in Sydney. It's great to be able to watch it again on RUclips. Anthony Warlow and David Hobson are superb.
This production is marvelous! Wish I had a chance to see it live
This is hands down my favourite production of the G&S PoP ive ever seen
3:55 ruth song
9:16 ruth who you loved so much ?
14:45 take me with you Fred and Ruth duet
20:30 sister song/scene
30:56 Mabel Entrance
34:57 Mabel and sister song
55:55 sister sleep song
56:38 Mabel solo moment
1:07:00 Ruth sing (plan)
1:17:45 Mabel (Frederick stay)
1L42:36 Ruth
1:45:11 Poor wandering
Growing up with the John English version, this captain is hard to watch.
I agree. Jon will always be the Pirate King to me.
I found it very boring at the beginning until the General cane on the scene
1:31:00 After all this singing, these four minutes of - nearly - absolute silence were such a wonderful contrast.
I believe I heard the footfall of a fly, though. Really disturbed my tranquility.
I"m assuming the higher keys in the 2 opening men's numbers is because the chorus is all baritenors and so is the PK. Don't they have any bass baritones in Australia?
Is one of the police a female? Just wondering
Wonderful tip of the hat to THE WIZARD OF OZ (Ruth comes up through the floor near the end of the first act.)
This is the best "Pirates" I've seen, including D'oily Carte.
Robbie Hagberg Osman called the person enzymes I was dating a parrot they called me when I was in the play room and pause it and I can go to bed early and then go back to sleep now and then go back and sleep in the bed if you want
So we see where Johnie Depp stole the pirate character.
fabulous performance. Using captain jack sparrow too.
Why did you remove the other videos you just uploaded, especially the Orpheus and The Underworld one?!!!
not publicly visible
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@@zelalife2559 and where did you find the English Orpheus in The Underworld video?
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An excellent and original presentation - I could be wrong but most of the sets looked lacklustre and unimaginatative compared to other productions - but as I said I could be wrong.,
I dunno. I’d say the costumes and acting far make up for any set deficiencies.
If you have the recording of Anthony Warlow in HMS Pinafore Id be ecstatic to see it
It is on RUclips
The vocals are fantastic. But why does the Pirate King look, sound and act like Captain Jack Sparrow?
The concept for the pirates have changed periodically often based on current cultural references, Earlier 20th century productions often had the “Captain Hook” look. Joseph Papp’s production in the late 70s emulated a yiunger and more dashing Errol Flynn type (as played by Kevin Kline and others). For the early 21st century, the main “pirate” reference in popular culture is the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, so it makes sense to use that reference.
Splendid! ❤
What is the song after when you have left your pirate fold? I’ve never heard this before was this added in?
I agree. Superb production. The best ive ever seen of many.
What's John Hamm doing playing Frederic?
this Fredrick wishes he were Jon Hamm!
Kevin Costner/Linda ❤ Ronstadt is still my favourite. But this is #2! 🎉
sorry honey, but it was Kevin Kline, not Costner. the latter was fulfilling his unfulfilled dreams in Iowa.
definitive!
1:16:07
Thoroughly enjoyed that; thank you so much!!!
I live in North Carolina. Blackbeard was taken out by the Navy in Ocracoke. But it's true that there was a lot of give-and-take between the pirates and the royalty. He had been given a pardon from the queen but continued to regroup his pirates. Lieutenant Robert Maynard sent his Navy troops to finish off Blackbeard.
amazing
Loved every minute of it.
I know I'm going to enjoy this production, but did no one notice that the ship's pennant is flying the wrong way? If they were on a speeding boat, it would trail behind them as shown; but since they are on a ship with sails, the pennant would be pointing forward, since that's the way the wind is blowing.
Pedantic of me, I know, but it gives me something to do.
AH .
Im not the only one who noticed such problems, I'm glad.
Behind the scenes set
Brilliant - such fun!
Fantastic performance.
Good thing I could get subtitles. I couldn't recognize any words many of them sang, especially Mabel.
Great performance, but for me it's hard to top Jon English as the Pirate King. But I'm a big fan, so it leaves me bias.
I agree, Jon English lent his own rock star aura to the character. This one is very good, but why be Captain Jack Sparrow? Put your stamp on it, like Jon English did.
@@lois3444 Exactly. Making the Pirate King look like Jack Sparrow distracts from the main show. It'd be like doing a performance of The Mikado and having Nanki-Pu dressed in a yellow tracksuit like Bruce Lee
Australia butchering a classic opera!
it's... just possible the subtitles at 1:05:12 are wrong. it still gets the meaning across though 👍