Behold the Lord High Executioner! (high quality stereo audio) - The Mikado 1966 John Reed
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Footage taken from 'The Mikado' film 1966
Audio taken from the 1973 album of 'The Mikado' conducted by Royston Nash with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Featuring John Reed as Ko-Ko.
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John Reed was what got me hooked all my life on G&S. At age 7, my grandmother gave me the D'Oyly Carte Mikado on LP. Twenty years later, I actually met Reed during one of the company's last international tours after a performance of Iolanthe at L.A.'s Greek Theater. He was gracious and unassuming, pleased to know how much he'd influenced my life. A true gentleman in the classic mold. I'll hear his voice in my ears with intense fondness until my dying day.
John Reed is my favorite version of Ko-Ko. Hands down. I love this opera, and John Reed’s performance solidified my choice a long time ago.
Absolutely. John Reed - in any G & S - brilliant.
I AGREE!!! because the way how he sings reminds me of Zazu!
The way Ko-ko is slightly pigeon-toed is too precious
? I've seen this Mikado in its entirety and I believe it's one of the most beautifully done Productions I've ever seen and I've seen a lot in my 84 years and I believe it comes from maybe Canada I can't remember right now just wonderful though you can find it on the web costumes magnificent. I really enjoyable watch
What a superb voice ,just fabulous ,their are not many people with a singing voice like that !!!!!
[NOBLES]
Behold the Lord High Executioner
A personage of noble rank and title -
A dignified and potent officer
Whose functions are particularly vital!
Defer, defer
To the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble Lord, to the noble Lord
To the Lord High Executioner!
[KO-KO]
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances;
Liberated then on bail
On my own recognizances;
Wafted by a favouring gale
As one sometimes is in trances
To a height that few can scale
Save by long and weary dances;
Surely, never had a male
Under such like circumstances
So adventurous a tale
Which may rank with most romances
[KO-KO & NOBLES]
Taken from the county jail
(Taken from the county jail)
By a set of curious chances;
(Liberated then on bail)
Surely, never had a male
(Surely, never had a male)
So adventurous a tale
(So adventurous a tale.)
[NOBLES]
Defer, defer
To the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble Lord
To the noble Lord High Executioner!
Bow down, bow down
To the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble, noble Lord
To the High Executioner!
Gilbert and Sullivan grossly underrated composers. Music and lyrics great. Mp
They are almost certainly among the most famous composers in history, "underrated" they are not. I do not think you fully know what that ord means.
@@tr7938 He clearly meant underappreciated. Don't hate :)
Gilbert was the playwright - sullivan was the composer.
@@lorrainesekera4100oh, come on. It is a ridiculous thing to say.
I remember my high school doing a production of the Mikado
My boy about to chop the heads off innocent men by accident and the child comes to save the day.
"Let me hold your greataxe for you."
I came across this in a book today. I started singing it. It brought back memories for me from my childhood that had been forgotten. What a pleasure to hear this. Thank you
Was that Book “Consciousness Explained” by Daniel Dennett? Because that’s what brought me here just now.
Oh! This is the exact tempo and pronunciation. Thanks.
Class of 1996 st Andrews school. This was a good play.
For me the best version on RUclips, I've got it on DVD. Love it...
Thank you so much for sharing this Jewel!!!
The only thing I didn't really like about this scene was that all the nobles looked pretty much the same. If I were to stage this, 2 would be shinto senior priests, 2 would be armored samurai, 2 would be dutch diplomats-in-residence, and the remaining 3 would be the conventional nobles we see here.
Agreed. In the 1987 version, even though all the nobles wore black, they did all have very different appearances.
youre doing a great job as usual.
Thanks Colin.
I sang this to myself (not out loud) in an accent similar to the actor's, and it got me thinking: I might make a good role for Ko-Ko.
Can I please buy a dvd version of this superior version from you? This audio is amazing.
This should be released on Blu Ray. This is much better than the Hollywood 1939 version, the only version I can find in HD.
Perfection
Would you say that the Zodiac Killer had good taste in musicals?
I remember this from the serial killer avatar 😮
This Is Who We Are.
Behold The Lord High Executioner lyrics:
[NOBLES]
Behold the Lord High Executioner
A personage of noble rank and title -
A dignified and potent officer
Whose functions are particularly vital!
Defer, defer
To the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble Lord, to the noble Lord
To the Lord High Executioner!
[KO-KO]
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances;
Liberated then on bail
On my own recognizances;
Wafted by a favouring gale
As one sometimes is in trances
To a height that few can scale
Save by long and weary dances;
Surely, never had a male
Under such like circumstances
So adventurous a tale
Which may rank with most romances
[KO-KO & NOBLES]
Taken from the county jail
(Taken from the county jail)
By a set of curious chances;
(Liberated then on bail)
Surely, never had a male
(Surely, never had a male)
So adventurous a tale
(So adventurous a tale.)
[NOBLES]
Defer, defer
To the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble Lord
To the noble Lord High Executioner!
Bow down, bow down
To the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble, noble Lord
To the High Executioner!
John Reed is the true successor of George Grossmith. Only he and Grossmith did koko's role brilliantly and as visioned by G&S themselves
You saw them both?
What about Martyn Green? He's often lauded as the greatest of the comic baritones.
And now... I am free to sing all the Gilbert and Sullivan I damn well please!
Anyone else here cuz of sideshow bob?
Yessss I love that man
and to think that this was their last collaboration.
V. C. T.: Your name should be added to Ko-Ko’s little list or have the Mikado determine your fate. THIS WAS NOT YHEIR LAST COLLABORATION. What idiot told you that fact. Google and find the answer. You do know how to Google, don’t you?
If you're here because of the "The Mikado" episode from the show Millennium, you're cool af.
This Is Who We Are.
The racism and cultural appropriation in this is disgusting. This video should be banned. Sarcasm btw. 😁