1973 BBC Mikado Act 2.flv

Mikado Act 2
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

[@treesny]

Apart from everything else, how lovely to have one of the greatest of the Savoy operas led by that fine conductor David Lloyd-Jones, and played by the Royal Philharmonic!

[@Paulkazey1]

This is nigh on perfection as a production. I so wish it were available on DVD and CD. Thank you for loading it.

[@HerculesPorridge]

Valerie Masterson's Yum Yum! Thanks for taking the time to get this from a car boot VHS to KZbin. Simply perfect.

[@JamesVlogsHomeBeyond]

Richard Angas would reprise his role of The Mikado for the ENO 14 years later alongside Eric Idle (Monty Python) which was broadcast on ITV

[@wurlitzer895]

I must have seen 'The Mikado' more times that I care to think but this is by far the best I can recall. The opening 'Braid the Raven Hair' and Yum Yum's 'The Sun Whose Rays' are breathtakingly beautiful, and exquisitely performed, but it is unfair to pick on just these two; The speeds, phrasing, quality of singing and sheer musicianship are outstanding. Come on Auntie Beeb, release this on a DVD!

[@ESCSERVI77]

Wonderful! Richard Angas is one of the best Mikados I've ever seen!

[@ogieogie]

Thank you so much for posting this. I think it's the best production all-around that has been committed to film. I wish it was available in a clearer copy.

[@ghughesarch]

R I P Richard Angas, who died 21 August 2013 aged 71, having played the Mikado not only in this production (only 31 when it was made) but also in Jonathan Miller's for the ENO, and who made such perfection of so many other roles.

[@4uthefunnyfarm]

ghughesarch I saw him in The ENO version 3 times! Great performance! Thank you for your gift. RIP Richard.

[@bettyottman1718]

Which version of the Mikado that Richard play this or the ENO one?

[@susannahmacdonald9642]

An excellent production and joy to see G & S as I remember it. Also it is a great pleasure to see Kiwi contralto Heather Begg in the role of Katisha which could have been written for her. A fine cast, all perfectly in character.

[@ogieogie]

She was the best Katisha I've ever seen. So often the dramatic flow of the Mikado grinds to a halt during Katisha's solos, but here they contributed to the drama, and let her wind up as a sympathetic character who has won you over with her beautiful, expressive singing.

[@MrUpnatom619]

Even with some of the degradation from an old VHS, probably the best production on KZbin. Thanks you very much for sharing this.

[@mikesnyder1788]

Spectacular! From 1973, yet! Love the panel scenes at the end!

[@DeGuillac]

Haven't seen this since it was broadcast, so many thanks. It delighted my father, who must have been about the only French G&S fan around!

[@swallin19]

Absolutely the best G&S, and the best Operetta of all, Sullivan excelled himself, and Gilbert restrained himself to a good story! Every version is good, it is difficult to ruin it, and I have a soft spot for the Jonathan Miller ENO version, showing this masterpiece in a new way.

[@treesny]

If I remember correctly, Gilbert started by sketching the characters, not with some mechanical plot device. So even though there is much in the way of satirical comedy, the twists of the story are firmly based in the characters.

[@quequitoAR]

Valerie Masterson!!!! No words to praise her!!!

[@bobsutton3244]

I've heard all the DOC sopranos of the final 50 years of the Company. Valerie Masterson had the absolute best understanding of the roles, wrapped around the perfect vocal instrument to deliver them. Now THERE'S some words :)

[@milesandolivia]

"The best Operetta" is a big proclamation yet no argument it stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best of Jacques Offenbach's and Johann Strauss II. It's easy to get carried away because we English speakers make sense of Mikado's libretto while the French or German plot line of e.g., La Belle Helene or Die Feldermaus remains a mystery.

[@QIMarketingltd]

I had the pleasure of singing with David Hillman. Lovely guy.

[@ogieogie]

And what a great job he did in this production.

[@alunthorne499]

Thank's for this. I am singing the mikado in February and it has really helped me learn the parts. Cheers

[@BazzasBest]

Many thanks - top class!

[@steinwaygrande9736]

This brings back incredible memories as when I was at boarding school in the 1950s our boarding school in collaboration with the St Anne,s all girls boarding school, under took the mammoth task of both schools doing their respective rehearsal,s until we were allowed to have the girls from St Anne,s come to Hilton ,and do the entire rehearsals as one complete team. By hell were we being watched with more scrutiny then a POW camp. Come the dress rehearsal ,which was for all the parents of both schools to attend, it got rave reviews in the newspapers. So much so that during the school holidays, both schools went around the country performing for three weeks. That was where I met a young girl ,who todayis my wife and we have been married over 55 years . Our show was done strictly to the way it was supposed to be done ,and not by today,s performers ,who have taken the original score away and made into a mish mash of appalling sound. I wonder where the rest of us lads and ladies are today ? This is a brilliant performance

[@wurlitzer895]

That's a lovely story, Steinwaygrande. May you both enjoy many more years of health and happiness together. I feel sure that Gilbert, Sullivan and D'oyly Carte would wish you both the same and be greatly moved that their creation led to such a happy union. Blessings to you both.

[@stephanievazquez4384]

Oh!!! Thank you very much, Im doing the whole The Mikado operette in august this video is really helpful

[@zelalife2559]

16:21 Derek Hammond-Stroud is so cute, LOL

[@Possum36711]

I would really like to get a DVD of this production.

[@tanneristi]

The best operetta ever!

[@mrtactica]

Valerie Masterson is brilliant.

[@MrCuddlyable3]

Valerie Masterson first won my heart as Yum-Yum in the D'Oyly Carte production way back in the 60s, see her vaimusic clip here on KZbin. But I still cannot see any sense in Pitti-Sing's repeated comforting(?) retort "It all depends!" - would that have been funny to a Victorian audience?

[@johnpickford4222]

MrCuddlyable3: Well, “it all depends.”

[@Possum36711]

No, I'm afraid not, but Dancairo seems to be posting more and more of it on KZbin.

[@johnpetley-jones7842]

Wonderful! Thanks for this. Any chance of your Iolanthe tape being uploaded as well?

[@jakobvonmuhlebach]

And, having lived in Japan, it really does look Japanese.

[@bettyottman1718]

Loving the Japanese Culture.

[@uptoolate1896]

I've a similar desire. Have you had any luck finding one since you posted that five months ago?

[@martind349]

The patter songs are performed at the correct speed, fast