H.M.S. Pinafore Act I - Opera Australia

Opera Australia: H.M.S. Pinafore (2005) by Gilbert and Sullivan
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[@captainwarhead5626]

That lady’s voice who plays Josephine is just beautiful

[@paul-andregravelle]

The best captain in all the versions I've seen.

[@captainwarhead5626]

Agreed sir

[@Fiddlerinthekitchen]

And I see myself at 0:52🎻😀Absolutely loved doing this show.

[@EmperorHirohito-kv2uc]

At last, the Australian production on KZbin, thank you ! Greetings from Ukraine.

[@toomaskarmo9435]

With you in Estonia. :-)

[@benoitpellet1657]

Magnificent production! And having the lyrics in subtitles really gives you a further appreciation of Gilbert’s genius in addition to that of Sullivan’s music!

[@steveneardley7541]

I looked around KZbin, and knew this was superior immediately, just from the caliber of the orchestra.

[@williamogilvie6909]

This is the best performance of HMS Pinafore I have seen. Very good singing and character acting. I have always appreciated how Australians bring enjoyment into whatever they do. Thanks, mates!

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@@brianbrotherston5940 Shame, shame 😮!

[@erpollock]

Discovered HMS Pinafore when I was 15 and before long I was singing Sorry Her Lot!

[@rodericksmith8218]

Pinafore was my first G&S: the last seat in a full-house Melbourne Princess Theatre, back row of the gods. What a romp. It remains my favourite; I have seen it many times, with many companies and many theatres, and one performance using preserved Polly Woodside as the stage and the audience on tiered seats erected on the dock.

[@janesmith9024]

Wonderful. I have not sung in this since the 1980s but remember it all here in the UK. Ag 28mins is my favourite - the Queen's navy, the satire from 1870s UK, the history, our past - shared history UK/Australia. The moving up from office boy, articled clerk, solicitor (partner) - which my grandfather's brother did qualifying in the 1890s not long after that seeped through our generations to my own - at least 5 lawyers in our family and counting.... and the way the words show that wonderful point - that there were people who should never have been in charge of the navy who were put in charge of it. I also remember how scathing of G&S I felt my opera loving father was and other musicians - that this is not proper opera - why can't we just live and let live opera v operetta and all other forms of music. As my grandfather was the 10th child born in 1880 when his father was about 50 and my father similarly last child when his father was 49 we had 2 generations in place of 4 so in a sense as a family are much closer to this Victorian age than most.

[@ianjeffery6744]

A superb production of two of G & S's best! The music just dances along, as it should...

[@frankodekker7918]

I Love Gilbert and Sullivan so much and I am 10

[@fractuss]

Me too and I am 66.

[@bigix9]

me too, 36

[@MatthewBluefox]

39 and from Switzerland :)

[@amyrodgers9887]

Me too, 71

[@garydavis6249]

me too and I am almost 80

[@sarahbass6116]

I love GnS, i grew up on gramophone records, before TV, up in the country. I’ve seen, Pinafore, Mikado, Pirates and Iolanthe as school musicals, and been in Pirates school musicals. My son was introduced to GnS as a child, Opera Australia and the company with Jon English ( miss him). So I’m loving this

[@vinjohns3375]

Anthony Warlow what a voice..

[@firefker]

Was so sad when they took this off youtube, thanks for uploading once again!

[@patriciaapetrone]

We did this operetta when I was in the eighth grade in 1969. What a hoot! I can still remember all the songs. Thank you so much for this.

[@joanfreestone1707]

I was also in this operetta at high school in 1965! Hi from Western Australia.

[@steveneardley7541]

We did this when I was in 9th grade. Our orchestra was pretty good, our singing was generally passable (though not always), but I really don't think we understood the humor at all, the whole ambience of it. It was too old-fashioned, too English. We had a lot of fun though, and the music is really great.

[@rockflowerful]

Dear OZ! This a wonderful production,fresh and alive. You have done Gilbert and Sullivan proud, thanks so much.

[@nichj487]

RIP conductor Andrew Greene ❤

[@Crud143]

Oh thank god someone uploaded this again. I watched this on YT back in 2009 and it must have been taken down because I haven’t been able to find it again since

[@annettewalter2273]

The best of productions.

[@rivakarrde]

It’s so magical when a whole procession of ladies come out of the shipping container

[@MatthewBluefox]

Finally the whole play from the Australian ensemble is available on KZbin! Thank you, Si(e)r! :) Greetings from Switzerland.

[@bigix9]

I´ve never been into musicals but that blows me away. I love it :)

[@louiseisenberg1306]

I’m a Gilbert and Sullivan all my life. Thank you thank you.

[@BKFOWL3]

This is a really great production - thank you!

[@vdicarlo]

Nicely done overture. Tempi and dynamics right on the money. I'll have to watch the rest.

[@daydays12]

a big smile on my face! such energy and fun!! in one of the best G and S operettas 🙂

[@guitaoist]

I never really got into this play until this performance, more of a pirates fan but this is good thanks for posting

[@s.a.m.chalmers6579]

Never seen better. I'm moving to Australia.

[@roscomeon3965]

Opera Australia is absolutely brilliant 👏. Awesome.

[@chrisstradling2535]

Wonderful, and with a fantastic Josephine!

[@catherinejones9396]

So well done and enjoyable. Thank you fpor this download.

[@johannebaker9730]

Wonderful sets too xx

[@hansvandendolder2037]

Fantastic !!!

[@missasinenomine]

And I'm never never sick at sea. (Well, hardly ever).

[@stevemcelmury4618]

Thanks, this is absolutely wonderful... love from the USA 😂

[@Cromwelldunbar]

And I salute you all yet beating each of you for I am still hanging on to my 89 [ not for long alas….] my very best wishes to you all!

[@bobmussett8752]

Just love it!

[@sarahdebeau2481]

Thank you.

[@trollmeistergeneral3467]

R.I.P. Andrew Greene

[@rosemarietje1]

Wonderful....x

[@elainegoad9777]

We did this in high school 1963

[@grantes4969]

Vale Andrew Greene! RIP

[@Moneyreeze12]

Who falls in love

[@keaton718]

Oof, I gotta order tickets for the 2023 show in Adelaide while I still can.

[@arminr.5174]

Where exactly did Captain Corcoran insult a sailor, as Sir Joseph said? Did I miss something?

[@davemaller7022]

Good on YA Mate - One RIPPA of a show

[@paules3437]

Did even Gilbert catch the rhyme in the phrase " But see, Sir Joseph's Barge approaches"? (22:59)

[@eottoe2001]

Great tenor. A little misplaced but makes it work. TY for the post.

[@GemeinschaftHQ]

I like just about everything of this production - except for Buttercup.I don't mind the cockney accent for her speaking but I wish her singing was less affected and bit more pleasant to listen to.

[@WindThrusters]

Welcome Sheila Buttercup!

[@TheBunnyodeath]

I performed hms 3 times sadly as raiph cauae the csptain was fun and dick deadeye. Woulda been fun. But you ausis did amazing. Ty

[@IanKemp1960]

Who is the orchestra? MSO?

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Are they performing it in that big white building shaped like shell?

[@johncubbidge2237]

Yes, the Opera theatre, now named the Joan Sutherland Theatre is the home of the Australian Opera.

[@Dallas_K]

That is a bandshell.

[@elemon1]

Sullivan wrote notes to be sung, not shouted. Sir Joseph Porter and Little Buttercup and Dick Deadeye need to be reminded of that. Otherwise a nice performance.

[@LifeOutsideTheBubble]

Sure, Jan.

[@BavonWW]

Great acting and singing but are the ladies fashions correct for that period?

[@Dallas_K]

Looks like about 1910. Ready to board the Titanic. Quite beautiful, actually.

[@WGGplant]

am i the only one who appreciates the buttercup casting for this rendition?

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Duties for a few weeks 😴 I think 868

[@helenchelmicka7894]

Buttercup reminds me of Julie Waters lol

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Jasonmm

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

The thumbnail looks like the love child of Greta Thunberg and Gavin Rossdale

[@RomanGolubev_A]

I was sceptical at first, but then, hey, it turned out to be quite entertaining! Buttercup is a gem of a character.

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Mdsd

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Cinm

[@christinefarquhar2858]

6th and

[@brianeduardo1234]

Musically fine as one would expect but the dialogue is very wooden and some of them are bit old for the parts they are playing- Just my view

[@imperatorcaesaraugustus9554]

I wish the male chorus could get the fucking consonants together lol

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Mwarilj

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

Although this was otherwise a brilliant production, Colette Mann as Buttercup was just absolutely awful. I know they used that voice to reflect Buttercup's lowly social standing (as it was seen in those times) but Mann can neither sing nor act.

[@captainwarhead5626]

Agreed it ruined this oarts for me. This isn’t my favourite adaptation. Mine is essgee? I think it’s spelt

[@francisfischer7620]

Buttercup is HIDEOUS!!!

[@1977ajax]

Oh dear. G&S is, admittedly, _damned difficult_ to bring off successfully. The worst mistake you can make was endlessly repeated here - play it for laughs and it is no longer funny at all, just embarrassing. Pitching the humour and it's timing is a knife-edge balance, and I don't think the AO got it right even once, turning this into an expensive version of amateur night at the local town hall. Music and singing all OK, but the direction _terrible._ If this is the only version of G&S you have seen, keep looking, but elsewhere.

[@webrarian]

It doesn't help that it's a staged performance - meant to be seen from a distance - with so many close-ups. I attended a concert of some G&S recently and the one which really woke the audience up was the one that was appallingly hammed by the singer. I could see the conductor wincing.

[@MattSoane]

I do agree with your first sentence. The reason it is so hard is because you need an ensemble cast of singers and comic actors - which G&S had: some superb singers, others are competent singers but not superb - they are there for their comic acting. Furthermore large opera houses often don't lend themselves well as you then need bigger voices, and the need to project to the extent required can undermine the ability of the singer to act it appropriately - plus it shrinks the pool of available talent. I would be kinder in my review though. The chap playing Captain Corcoran is a very talented singer who can certainly act. This doesn't hold true for all of the cast though. One cast member is very weak in the singing department and, surprisingly, not that strong in the acting (though perhaps her inadequate singing has knocked her confidence). I like many of them though: one or two important roles, cast poorly, undermine it in my view - and probably make it difficult for any director to succeed

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Cinm