38:36 “excepting MINE.” cross-eyed how does he do that!!!!

The best version of any Gilbert and Sullivan I’ve ever seen. Perfect adaptation to modern audiences. Well done to literally everyone involved.

These productions by Jon English are fantastic entertainments. Thank you very much for this upload. G&S, like Shakespeare, is now so well established that any approach to it is valid, from respectful to burlesque, providing it is well done. It is surprising how often this production is more effective delivering the comedy of the text than many a conventional production. The Mikado and Katisha here give wonderful performances that are closer to the opera tradition, which helps balance the wild liberties taken in other places. Trying to rewrite Gilbert´s patter song lyrics is always a fool´s errand --- but what else can you do in a production like this? Unfortunately the new lyrics serve largely to remind you of the brilliance of the originals (which are often hopelessly dated, of course). But now, thirty years on, the new words feel more dated than the originals, and have some unfortunate cringe-worthy moments (So did the originals, which had to be purged of racial slurs many decades earlier). But what a marvellous show it is! Thanks again!!

Simon is amazing! and so hot!

Hope Jon English didn’t hurt himself at 12.44!

Clark Anna Johnson Shirley Gonzalez Deborah

Was dick deadeye part garnish?

Have only seen snippets of these shows that this guy has been in. They're not the G&S I know, simply vehicles for this guy to show off and prat around in, to mould to his 'abilities' and his off-script nonsense.

I personally find it just a vehicle for this guy to piss around. Hate it.

Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph, Ralph Rackstraw, and Boatswain are very talented performers. I especially enjoy the scenes with Dick Deadeye, the sailors, and Capt Corcoran. This musical opera will be studied and written about forever. Jason Barry-Smith, Drew Forsythe, Jon English, and the ensemble nailed it.

BRAVO!

sideshow bob brought me here

I will always love the fact that "A British Tar" is done at first in the traditional manner, but then, to pull the rug from under the audience in the most fun way, they go rock n' roll!

Just to be clear, this is not Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado, but Simon Gallaher's popularist perversion of it.

really grateful this was ripped... honest to god i was going to purchase the download from their online store, but it's $16 dollars US! they deserve it certainly but i can't afford that lol

Extraordinaria producción!!

I bought a dvd - it was actually just a rip from a VHS....

Лучшая англоязычная версия Микадо!!! А лучшая русская - театра музкомедии Екатеринбург!!!

改编不是乱编，戏说不是胡说

truly a masterpiece...

The best version of the Mikado I've ever seen snd I grew up with D'Oyle Carte. I came home from work one morning and the telly was on Sky Arts. This was on, I just stood, stared and then roared with laughter. I bought the DVD and today, I found it on KZbin, thank you. I don't get all the New Zealand references of course (being English) but that doesn't matter.

Man... I love Jon English's performances of G&S but wow are there some moments in this one that haven't aged well (i.e. made me cringe). To my great surprise the two other performances of The Mikado that I've seen, both made prior to this one, have aged far more gracefully, I feel.

T R A V E S T R Y

Thanks for putting this up

Thank you for posting this! We grew up with Simon’s G&S. Saw it on stage when I was 11 and was hooked. Always wanted our kids to know the joy so happy when we found this as we had lost our copy.

This whole production is just brilliant, along with all the other g&s productions done by this company. Such fun for everyone!!

Did they ever return that purse?! Gotta love these operas!!! The casts are amazing!!

If you like Jon in this you should see Pirates of Penzance from 1994

i love this so much it so great

34:48 Three little Maids from School Staring the Fabulous Singlettes. 💜💛💟

Absolutely ghastly, probably the worst adaptation ever and there have been some pretty bad ones..

It's just great

This was the first adaptation of this operetta that I've seen. It remains my favorite!

😊

The part at 1:18:36 isn't even from Pinafore, it's "The World is but a Broken Toy" from G&S's later operetta, Princess Ida. But since it's the most beautiful melody Sullivan ever wrote, I sure don't mind it being here. And 1:22:45 is taken from another later operetta too, Iolanthe.

1:15:57 I was so grateful that they didn't make any slapstick or modernistic changes to "The Sun Whose Rays..." aria. IMHO simply the most beautiful and heartfelt three minutes of music that Gilbert and Sullivan ever wrote. I do wish that they had treated the "My Object All Sublime..." scene with the same respectfulness. Not even David Gould's magnificent bass voice could save that performance from ruin. And Jon English... what can I say? Magnificent. As always. RIP, we'll miss you.

"a tar who ploughs the daughter" stares intently into the camera

If anyone has watched their version of Pirates of penzance, the bridal Vail Helen Donaldson wears in the finale looks exactly like the one she wears in the act 1 finale of pinafore. Please tell me what you think

This is *_blissfully over the top_* , and I am so sorry that only after his passing did I learn of the greatness that is Australia's Jon English.

No I’m not Rolf Harris! LOL!

Brilliant. RIP Jon

Josephine, the Captain and Ralph were very good singers.

(CYMBAL CRASH) “MIKADO!”

The best thing that ever happend to Gilbert & Sullivan was Ess Gee's interpretation of Little Buttercup, a type of character which was likely not allowed in Victorian England. The second best thing was to add this cadre of expert male dancers.

Brilliant - but a pity that the video makes everyone look short and stumpy and almost portly - much wider from head-to-toe. Does anyone know of any video app or tool to "elongate" everthing and everyone back to their original tall, slim athletic shape? Even the then very tall, fit and slim Jon English looks stumpy and squashed ! Compare with these other vids of the performance uploaded long ago by "Tiggr": kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJLFoK2wnrN8bNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6e8Y3uBbJxqkMk Paul G

Yeah I’m not sure how many of those sailors are truly interested in Buttercup.

So happy to have found the Simon & Jon English version of this musical as well as pirates & H.M.S! Grew up on these 3 musicals and probably watched pirates a good 30 times until the video tape eventually became too battered to exist any longer. I was extremely lucky and got to see pirates live in Melbourne, it was Jon English’s last ever portrayal of the pirate king in…I want to say 2009(?). These 3 musicals really helped shaped my interests & the direction my creative endeavours took for life. Comedy can convey even the darkest of messages in a way that keeps everyone engaged and not feeling preached to.

38:18 For those who missed it, Sir Joseph is saying 'um instead of hum, as is typical of his lowly origins, before correcting himself. This was in the original libretto, but not every performance uses that line.

Any chance that you could show the Pirates of Penzance version that had Jon English in.

Gilbert would have HATED this. He hated the idea of even slight changes made to the operettas, he'd be fuming if he saw this.