Does Adam know about this? I will let him know. A GREAT production. Hard music.

Adam's music is complicated, like Sondheim, Rick Gordon. I played on Myths and Hymns. Audra, Lilias White, Billy Porter took a van to NorthHampton, Mass. Maybe the most fun I have ever had in my life. I love all of this, Peter.

Costuming is hideous! Way, way over done!

Who is playing Pippin?

Of all The Mikados I have seen this is my favorite.

Basic info: This is from 1988.

A escravidão foi o maior absurdo humano.. Vigiemos para que essa triste história nunca mais se repita.

Is it possible that Peter Cousens is just a pretty face?

The Australian accents are pretty thick during the book.

The Australian Opera (Opera Australia now) always had a great track record with G&S back to the 1970s and earlier, but they have virtually forsaken this repertoire now for the more lucrative charms of big-brand musicals. A pity really, as I'm not at all sure that musicals lead people to opera itself in quite the same way that G&S did.

stunning and unforgettable voice. Perfectly done!

Beautiful

I saw Peter sing the Phantom in London 1998 or 1999. He was wonderful in the role.

29:46

This version is available on DVD too.

Stop. White people parody and ridicule Asians ... It's RACISM!!! If Black can do it, then an Asian can do it too - it's RACISM!!! It's RACISM!!! It's RACISM!!!

This costume design is excellent resistance against anyone who feels the original is culturally insensitive.

This is the best version of The Mikado. Only the Aussies will notice the 1985 dignitaries inserted into the lyrics and some of the dialogue. Brings back memories from that decade. Especially from the outspoken Fred bloke who would tell all heathens to go down the river Nile...

With those hats and sideburns, the gentleman of the chorus looked more like authodox Jews than Japanese men.

The late Dame Heather Begg had a great voice but as a mezzo-soprano, she doesn’t have the depths of tone of a true contralto as needed for Katisha. Obviously both ranges overlap (and G&S did include some bars of optional higher notes for Katishas who had them) and whilst she hits the notes in these very low bars between her entrance and “oh fool that flee’st...”, they sound lifelessly thin rather than the warmer, earthy quality you find from contralto like the late Chris James, Nichola McAuliffe or Jill Pert. Much the same with Dame Felicity Palmer - she was a soprano who dropped to a mezzo in her late-30s and sang Katisha in her early 40s, and had the same difference in quality that removes a lot of the grandeur and power of Katisha’s solos. The part is G#3-F5: for a contralto that’s mostly in chest and mixed registers with only D#5-G#5 in head voice. For a mezzo soprano, the lowest notes are almost at the lower limit of their chest range and it goes up into mixed register from C4 rather than F4 for a contralto, who can sing much more of it in chest voice and give it some well. Obviously the few higher notes like “shall reign triumphant over all” around E5/F5 can sound great in top-end of mixed register on a mezzo vs contralto head voice but the bulk of the rôle is low notes which need to be sung in true chest voice - the passaggi for contralto are D#4 and D5 versus E/F4 and E/F5 for mezzo soprano and the piece is written with that in mind so on a mezzo (esp. one who is a “fallen soprano”), that’s a lot of notes in the weakest spots in the voice, hence that thinner sound. Still I do enjoy the acting of the performance and much prefer this staging to the “musically modernised” Australian production that keeps doing the rounds....!

Grandiosa producción!!

I hope you've seen Brian MacDonald's CBC production? Now there's a professional production to remember! Superb in every way! I couldn't sleep for a week as I had the melodies and lyrics running through my head all day and night long. Try to interview for a new job when, Now there's a Howdeedo running endlessly through the brain. I think my real brain was buried somewhere. Aloha from Hawai'i. And the cast was stellar to boot!!

31:22 Karate Chop

I found out about Peter because my wife and I are subscribers to Daisy Cousens KZbin channel. Based on what we know about the Cousens family they are respectable.

What production is this ?

Should be a song where they fall in love with each other and they have no chemistry.

😞😔how sad those and these days....😞😔😫

Love the harmonica

I have seen several versions of Mikado. Personally I feel there is too much clowning in this one

Not religious but this song is my favorite spiritual song

Beautiful song 🎶🎶🎤🎤

Fast forward to 7:35 to begin watching

FREEDOM brought me here:).. Amazing song and voice..

Never knew the story behind this inspirational song until I saw this movie. Thank you for posting!

I love this rendition of the Mikado so much! The costume/prop design is top-notch.

I managed to see him last night singing this song.It was so mesmerising

Amazing.

Fantastic voice

Saw all 5 parts. Amazing production. Loved especially the costumes and voices of Mikado and Katisha. Inventive.

I like how they blended both The Call & Time To Go together, but i wish they didn't skip It Moves. without it, you can see that they don't blend together at all.

One of the best productions ever

Nanki Poo plays left-handed?

Koko is great!!! Bravo!!!!

Back again to listen to this song 😍

Thank you so much! I've been looking for this for ages! :) Any chance you have the Gondoliers? Around the same time this production; within a few years I think, maybe 1981?

"A train of little ladies"--bwahaha! I too love the designers' blend of styles, which strikes me as possibly the best way to convey the satirical intent of 'The Mikado' in today's world.

The incomparable Heather Begg as Katisha!

Bravo sir. I was the original pianist on Floyd Collins.

Opera Australia's wonderful production

Opera Australia's wonderful production