I absolutely luv the enthusiasm of this cast ! Does not matter if its how it was intended the music is an absolute delight to play especially if you feel a bit down.
Gilbert & Sullivan often changed the script and lyrics to reflect the current events during their own lifetimes. And that tradition has stuck with it for over a century. The Essgee production followed that tradition perfectly
I feel like Gilbert and Sullivan would have LOVED this. The stuff they wrote was incredibly satirical and snarky, to the point of being downright offensive. These folks capture that tone PERFECTLY! In the same way that G&S pilloried the stuffy old members of Parliament and whatnot, these folks pillory the stuffy old ways of "traditional" G&S companies like D'Oyly Carte.
I wish there were a way to show them just how popular they have become. Their operettas are among the best loved, and most frequently performed, ever. Even over a century later.
Personally saw these three shows live when I was a kid, now I have a baby and we watch, sing and dance along to the dvds together, how I would love for another round in the next ( I saw the second round of pirates and mikado too) now that covid may pass why not bring back Australian theatre with an Eseggee bang!!
My mum took me when I was little to see pirates and the mikado it was really fun, but never did get a chance to see pinafore. I still cant find pinafore on dvd though, got the others.
It’s the finale to the third in a series of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas produced by Essgee Entertainment. A large portion of the main cast here was shared with either one or both of the prior productions (although it’s bizarre to see Helen Donaldson as Yum-Yum-she originated the part, but local audiences would have seen Terri Crouch, who doesn’t appear here).
@@martinpatrick1746 She was Josephine in this? The other guy was Derek Metzger, who played Nanki-Poo in the NZ tour (and was Major General Stanley in Pirates)
Wow, am I a bad person because I would want to go back in to the 19th century and make Gilbert and Sullivan see this? They would have a hard time understanding what is going on, or they could be sublimely happy that the music still lives on. (Sullivan would probably be happy, Gilbert was sorta a d-bag about taking liberties)
Actually, having read a lot about their biographies and how they worked together, I think it would be the other way round. Sullivan would probably think his music was being butchered, because he never thought his writing skill was taken seriously enough when working with Gilbert, and Gilbert could go either of the two ways of laughing raucously at how time had changed his work, or be outraged at the whole technological advancement with virtually no acoustic instruments in the orchestration. Kind of a roll of the dice really. :o)
@@Ignauhak tbh I doubt Sullivan would be overjoyed that he's remembered for g&s anyway. unfortunately his "magnum opus" (ivanhoe), despite having one or two bangers, is... just a bit crap
@@Mousy677 True, very true, unfortunately being in the comic opera business for too long meant that people didn't want to see serious works from him, and that when he finally was able to do it, it failed commercially thus buried his future chances. But I'm sure I speak to the choir here.
we sail the ocean blue (hms pinafore) i'm called little buttercup (hms pinafore) climbing over rocky mountain [rewritten lyrics] (the pirates of penzance) [not gilbert and sullivan interlude] mi-ya-sa-ma (the mikado) a more humane mikado (the mikado) mi-ya-sa-ma [again] (the mikado) behold the lord high executioner (the mikado) as some day it may happen (the mikado) three little maids from school are we (the mikado) here's a howdy do (the mikado) [not gilbert and sullivan interlude] with cat like tread (the pirates of penzance) o better far to live and die (the pirates of penzance) with cat like tread [again] (the pirates of penzance) then a combination of mi-ya-sa-ma (the mikado) and i am the captain of the pinafore (hms pinafore)
