1973 Mikado Act 1.flv
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2011
- 1973 BBC Mikado Act 1.
I discovered this Mikado on a video cassette at a car boot sale recently (along with an Iolanthe, and some production photographs from both shows). I have payed a friend (who works in video editing) to clean it up and copy it to a DVD for me because I believe it is more than worthy.
This is Act 1. The copy I have is of much higher quality but I have had to compress and convert it to a smaller file size for uploading here. My skills are limited so I apologise.
I hope you enjoy it and I will start on Act 2 when I have some time.
Koko - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Katisha - Heather Begg
Nanki-Poo - David Hillman
Yum-Yum - Valerie Masterson
Pooh-Bar - Ian Wallace
Pish-Tush - Philip Summerscales
Peep-Bo - Sara De Javelin
Pitti-Sing - Janet Hughes
The Mikado - Richard Angas
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Director - Michael Hayes
Choreographer - Bob Stevenson
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader - Erich Gruenberg
Conductor - David Lloyd-Jones
Associate Conductor - Anthony Hose
Repetiteur - Courtney Kenny
Graphic Designer - Bernard Lodge
Costume Designer - Odette Barrow
Make-up - Marion Richards
Designer - Richard Henry
Producer - Cedric Messina 
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i waa actually in this production at television studios and what fun we had. ah those memorable days rx
The best Mikado I've ever seen. Wonderfully subtle. A small miracle. No one has the understanding to perform this work with this sort of perfect restraint any longer. The cast is excellent...everyone excels...and the musical performance is first rate. Can't praise it enough. Thanks!
All under a first-rate conductor, David Lloyd-Jones! And sweet Heaven, that orchestra!!
I really wish there were a DVD of this specific version, because of all the iterations I've seen of the Mikado, this is truly one of my favorites! Thank you for posting this, I've watched and re-watched it so many times.
Everything Valerie Masterson sings is sublime. Witnessed her at Cardiff's New Theatre in 168/9.
Anthony
recently watched the 1999 movie "Topsy-Turvy" about Gilbert and Sullivan writing and producing The Mikado and loved the music. have been fan ever since.
thanks for putting in the time and effort to upload this rendition, DancairoOpera. ex for a cpople of "skips" in spots, it's EXCELLENT.
WOW! Magnificent full chorus sound, with wonderful brisk tempos. Thank you SO much for taking the time to do this. and yes, another vote for "Iolanthe"!!!
what a discovery I was a young camera assistant on this production shot in Television centre TC1 with the orchestra in TC 2 or 3 I`ve forgotten which. The crew was 5 with the great Jim Atkinson, what memories
I love the ending song where they are rebuffing Katisha in unison as a Chorus. Such wonderful symbolism.
Wonderful. The best Japanese-costume staging I've seen, (unless you count the performance scenes in Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy). After having witnessed some awful scenery-chewing in other productions, this one is not just a pleasure, but a relief.
They take the characters seriously... within the comic genre. Not only Sullivan's finest Savoy score, but oddly Gilbert's most human as well.
A wonderful production, thank you so much! Excellent singing and acting.
An amazing discovery to make! This is a superb version, sparkling, lovely, agile voices, youthful beauty and brimming with humour. Thank you.
It is truly amazing as a choral masterpiece. The men, OK. The women, beyond my ability to describe.
Of course, 1973 was the high water mark of our culture. Less tattoos, more great singing.
Actually, the worst singer in this production is Ko-Ko. Usually the opposite prevails.
+George Soros Funny, because Ko-Ko was probably the most eminent singer in the cast. He studied with Gerhard Husch in Vienna, and sang a wide variety of roles worldwide to great acclaim, of which probably the best known is Alberich in the English-language ENO Ring under Reginald Goodall, recorded for EMI and now released on Chandos. It's considered one of the finest performances on record. Though his voice wasn't as large as, say, Neidlinger's, it was at least as good as others like Benno Kusche,, and more than filled the London Coliseum.
Thank you for posting this. I have an affinity for this particular one of G&S's awesome works. When 1 was little my father played Pooh-bar and for more then 50 years i have sung, played, whistled, hummed and watched videos and DVD's of this opera, and searched for the best versions - some are hideous but this one seems to be only as exquisitely mocking as was intended by G&S, who apparently saw a Japanese exhibition in England and were taken by the pomp and ceremony and fabulous fabrics of the robes.
Thank you SO MUCH for rescuing ! My late father (Michael) so much enjoyed making this, from the Beeb rehearsal rooms at Acton to the LIVE broadcast from TVC (Studio 2 ,IIRC). I was 9 years old and lucky enough on half term to attend the rehearsals, meeting the lovely cast (and falling in love with Ms Singleton as I think everybody was/is) .. and it's been my firm fave G&S ever since ! Thanks again
Wow-your father directed this! I've watched many Mikados, and this is honestly the best one. I also read that he directed All Creatures Great and Small, and other amazing shows. Again, wow!
Thank you @DietArchitect. ACGAS was highly enjoyable for dad and many of the cast.
Peter Davidson and Chris Timothy were also enthusiastic cricketers, and there was a charity cricket match at Askrigg.. and then of course everybody repaired to the pub afterwards!
OP, if you see this, I wonder if it would be possible to get in touch to organise a Wetransfer copy of this for the family if that would be okay?
and do you have a photograph of the VHS covers by any chance?
All best!
Thank you very much for uploading this great piece of G&S fun!
you found a treasure! thanks for let us to enjoy , too!
Thank you so much for posting this excellent production! Pure gold!
Absolutely fantastic
@@paulbianco2394 So very true!!!
Thank you for Act one, I look forward to Act 2.Wonderful production
Lol I've seen this six times from the side stage at my school play. It's so cool to hear the songs in a different voice yet all the same tone and everything.
Thanks so much for the work you did making this Mikado available.
I also want to cast a vote for Iolanthe.
I need this in HD! I love it soooo much!
From the pens of G&S to a filmed BBC stage production, to an old VHS tape in a boot sale to RUclips and to us. Technology and world culture: I love you. I've enjoyed it twice through while filing job applications and am about to listen again.
Thank you for posting this,i remember seeing this version,but didnt know it was ever on video.Ialso remember a version of The gondoliers being broadcast.This is so much better than the Brent Walker version which came later in the 1980s.Thanks again
Most thanks, of course, for posting the performance. But thanks, as well, for the cast listing and other credits.
This is such a find . Thank you for the efforts made and posting it. So many very special singers. David Hillman as Nanki Poo had a career in opera , but deserved to be so much better known. I remember him at Covent Garden singing from the orchestral pit while Robert Tear acted on stage, as Robert had bronchitis and lost his voice. He also sang in the popular productions of Yeomen of the Guard at the Tower of London.
Derek Hammond Stroud was a super singing actor and I am surprised to see criticism of him here. The divine Valerie Masterson was adored by her public - it really was like a love affair. Heather Begg, Ian Wallace, Janet Hughes and conducted by David Lloyd Jones one of the most pleasant and knowledgeable conductors.
Tenortalker Hi. I've been looking for VHS/DVD of this for almost 4yrs now. Do you have ANY clue how hard it is to find? :(
Hi, yes that is why I said it is 'such a find' - I realise that this is rarely found footage . That is why I said thank you for the efforts made in preparing the DVD / posting it for us all on you tube. I am so glad that you can now enjoy the performance you have been looking for. It is so well cast. Best wishes.
Tenortalkerm
This is terrific. Great cast - especially the women. Valarie Masterson is perhaps the best Yum-Yum ever; and Heather Begg is magnificent! Thanks for posting. I will look forward to to Act II!
Valerie is of course on the D'Oyly Carte opera film/DVD and Dame Heather Begg (bless her , now not with us) is also on the Opera Australia as Katisha. In that series she is Queen of the Fairies and Lady Jane.
What a FABULOUS Katisha!!!
Wonderful! Thanks for this. Any chance of the Iolanthe being uploaded?
Man! The female choristers are absolutely amazing!
G&S and all operettas, the words need to be heard, and the harmonies should be locked. The men? OK. The women? Superlative!!!!
The early entrance of the three little maids and their classmates is amazing!
Excellent - thanks for uploading
Simply perfect
Thank you for this. This is one of the reasons why I miss the UK. I love G&S and especially The Mikado. Whenever I am intensely involved with work (which is frequent), TM is my background music.
I have had the real DVD from this for years and play it in my truck all the time. The video is like old TV, but the sound is pretty good for a patched-up thing. Thanks for putting in the effort.
You may imagine that I am very familiar with the art work from the DVD case and once the singing began, I knew it was the same version. I've probably heard this exact recording five thousand times! A big smile spread across my face. Attaching vision to hearing is always a pleasant thing and deepens the understanding considerably.
You really picked a great version to work on. Thank you, indeed.
Do you know how rare this version of The Mikado? I'm trying to find it :(
sorry, what DVD of this?
If there is one element of G&S productions I adore it is the changed lyrics to the patter songs. Almost a historical chronicle. 41:46 my favorite Gilbert And Sullivan trio.
Thanks.
I love it!!!
boisterous performance! Excellent production! Leave it to the Beeb for solid entertainment.
Heather Begg is Australian and was always hilarous in Opera Australia's Gibert & Sullivan Operettas programmed alongside serious Operas
As you so rightly say Heather Begg made Opera Australia her base for the latter years of her career. She also spent 10 seasons at the Royal Opera Covent Garden - but please forgive if I point out that she was in fact a New Zealander born and raised in Nelson . Her first singing teacher was Dame Sister Mary Leo in Auckland (teacher of Kiri Te Kanawa.) It was so very sad that she passed away in 2009 because she was such a vivacious person, full of joy and valuable knowledge that she could have passed to the new generation of singers. A lovely, lovely singer and human being
What are chances of me finding this particular version online? I really want to see this film in higher quality :/
So excited to perform this in a week! Only ours is better ;)
the image is pretty good and the sound wonderful... did you clean or remasterize?
Wonderful production! You stated you had a copy of Iolathe as well, could you upload that one? Please.
I remember seeing this live on the tv. It was probably them first proper production for tv rather than plonking a camera in front of a prosc arch stage production. There was also a version in 1930s costume with Dudley Moore as Katisha's pianist. have you seen that one? Is the Iolanthe the one where the fairies flying to Strephon's aid look like a squadron of fighter pilots scrambling? It was brilliant.
This is fantastic! Any chance of seeing the Iolanthe you found?
The only copy I have seen of this. Was it in a series?
A Great find... Even though it is Not The Real D'Oyly Carte. For me Since D'Oyly Carte was killed off by the Britsh Goverment February 27th 1982 Nobody has come up with a production that I am happy with... This Production.. Notes all in the right places and correct lines. " The Little list" song was excelent.. Please keep up the good work :o)
This is a remarkably fresh and human interpretation, which leaves plenty of room for broad comedy: the scene between Ko-Ko and Pooh-Bah is priceless (and incidentally the final line "No money--no grovel", though not in most published texts, was in fact authorized by Gilbert... no doubt another inspired improvisation by the original Pooh-Bah, Rutland Barrington). Also, the uses of the television medium -- like the occasional line or number played directly to the camera -- is well-judged and effective. Superb work from the Royal Philharmonic under Lloyd-Jones! And I love the "train of little ladies"!
car boot sale = somebody in a parking lot selling items from his trunk
I'm sure that's Ian Wallace as Pooh-Bah. Is there a list of the cast anywhere?
Yes, It's on the Act 2 upload... It is Ian Wallace.
There you are...
Koko - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Katisha - Heather Begg
Nanki-Poo - David Hillman
Yum-Yum - Valerie Masterson
Pooh-Bar - Ian Wallace
Pish-Tush - Philip Summerscales
Peep-Bo - Sara De Javelin
Pitti-Sing - Janet Hughes
The Mikado - Richard Angas
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Director - Michael Hayes
Choreographer - Bob Stevenson
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader - Erich Gruenberg
Conductor - David Lloyd-Jones
Associate Conductor - Anthony Hose
Repetiteur - Courtney Kenny
Graphic Designer - Bernard Lodge
Costume Designer - Odette Barrow
Make-up - Marion Richards
Designer - Richard Henry
Producer - Cedric Messina
I have to wonder what other videos someone who was recording in 1973 had...As a Dr Who enthusiast I have to wonder. Doctor Who had only been running in colour for three years in 1973 and some of the Jon Pertwee episodes from those three years still only exist in black and white.....I bet Im not the only person whose looked at this and wondered about the archive point of view....
"Another insult"
The costumes and set lacks, but their singing voice make up for it more than enough.
Nope. At 3.55 he's right behind Nanki-Poo.
what the HELL Is that hissing noise during "Three Little Maids"? Sounds like a snake got loose on the set, disrupts the entire number!
What is "an Iolanthe"?
A version of Iolanthe, pedant! Unless that's an attempt at a joke, of course.
glurpfan: I thought it was Italian and the spelling is “Io Lanthe. So it would mean “I am Lanthe”but I don’t know what “Lanthe” means in Italian.
I hope the actual train was some kind of an inside joke. A train of little ladies, complete with engine?
I certainly hope it was a joke!
+George Soros Why a joke? The British were just building railways in Japan at this time, so it's quite appropriate!
John Bunkem: You need a better education. It should not be completely foreign to hear of a ‘train of ladies’ and understand that there is no engine.
John Bunkem: You need a better education. It should not be completely foreign to hear of a ‘train of ladies’ and understand that there is no engine.
何のために作られたの？
I must disagree. Derek Hammond Stroud was one of the best!
Agreed! And I think the vocal choices that this distinguished interpreter of Wagner and Schubert makes for Ko-Ko are absolutely spot-on.
Worst Ko-Ko I ever seen play in the role. Not only can he not sing, he is really rude in his acting too. It shows when he's so mean to Heather Begg at the end.
"Cannot sing"?!? Derek Hammond-Stroud was a distinguished operatic baritone well-known for "character" roles such as Alberich in Wagner's Ring cycle, as well as a concert singer of German Lieder. His singing here strikes a well-judged balance between "straight" singing and Sprechstimme, a vocal approach with ample precedent. As for his interpretation of the character of Ko-Ko, it's great to see the role stripped of the cute schtick that has accrued over the years. Like so many of Gilbert's characters, Ko-Ko is basically driven by self-interest. One of the interesting acting choices he makes in the last stretch of Act Two is to have Ko-Ko find new self-assurance and assertiveness. That final line-reading to Katisha "You've a very good bargain in me" suggests that their marriage is going to be a VERY lively one!