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

[@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.

[@JustinZarian]

It’s a fantastic production! Some standard setting renditions for several of the songs. Great work!

[@captainwarhead5626]

That lady’s voice who plays Josephine is just beautiful

[@bobblum2000]

Tiffany Speight: incomparable!!!

[@frankodekker7918]

I Love Gilbert and Sullivan so much and I am 10

[@fractuss]

Me too and I am 66.

[@Bigchap9]

me too, 36

[@MatthewBluefox]

39 and from Switzerland :)

[@amyrodgers9887]

Me too, 71

[@garydavis6249]

me too and I am almost 80

[@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.

[@EmperorHirohito-kv2uc]

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

[@toomaskarmo9435]

With you in Estonia. :-)

[@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 😮!

[@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...

[@annepassman946]

I just love all opera Australia's take on G and S. I've sung Pitti Sing, Tessa, Buttercup, Edith, and Melissa and love their performances

[@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.

[@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

[@annettewalter2273]

The best of productions.

[@vinjohns3375]

Anthony Warlow what a voice..

[@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

[@patriciaitalia]

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.

[@vdicarlo]

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

[@nichj487]

RIP conductor Andrew Greene ❤

[@MatthewBluefox]

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

[@Bigchap9]

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.

[@johannebaker9730]

Wonderful sets too xx

[@rockflowerful]

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

[@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.

[@BKFOWL3]

This is a really great production - thank you!

[@daydays12]

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

[@s.a.m.chalmers6579]

Never seen better. I'm moving to Australia.

[@hansvandendolder2037]

Fantastic !!!

[@guitaoist]

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

[@bobmussett8752]

Just love it!

[@rivakarrde]

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

[@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!

[@sarahdebeau2481]

Thank you.

[@stevemcelmury4618]

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

[@missasinenomine]

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

[@rosemarietje1]

Wonderful....x

[@elainegoad9777]

We did this in high school 1963

[@davemaller7022]

Good on YA Mate - One RIPPA of a show

[@trollmeistergeneral3467]

R.I.P. Andrew Greene

[@keaton718]

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

[@TueSorensen]

This sound mix is a bit different from on my DVD. Bit rougher, with more flaws shining through. Still a great production.

[@paules3437]

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

[@ZL54JK8]

What is this rhyme you refer to?

[@paules3437]

​@@ZL54JK8 The rhyme is "Joseph's" with "approaches." Now, I am a believer in strict rhyme thanks to Stephen Sondheim, so I know that this isn't an exact rhyme by an stretch. It's just that it was close enough to catch my ear, and I was musing whether the rhymer Gilbert heard that when he wrote it. The quasi-rhyme was reinforced by the meter in the excerpt I wrote in my original post a year ago! : )

[@ZL54JK8]

@@paules3437 Thank you for explaining what you meant. I don't know why you would want to discuss whether there is a rhyme present here and whether the librettist was aware of it. Of course there is no rhyme. I notice, in order to make your point, you even write out the extract, imposing your own versification on it! Here below is the original from the libretto. CAPT. You are my daughter after all. But see, Sir Joseph’s barge approaches, manned by twelve trusty oarsmen and accompanied by the admiring crowd of sisters, cousins, and aunts that attend him wherever he goes. Retire, my daughter, to your cabin - take this, his photograph, with you - it may help to bring you to a more reasonable frame of mind.

[@paules3437]

@@ZL54JK8 Let's not overthink this. I was making a mere bagatelle of a remark: just a curious observation that a near rhyme was in a speech where you would not expect a rhyme ( as you yourself pointed out). It simply struck my ear and I mused if Gilbert had noticed it. Why does it seem odd to you that I would discuss a "rhyme"? Isn't the comment section open to all kinds of comments? I am an editor and a lyricist myself and so am aware of such "rhymes" or other language quirks more than most people I know. And of course I "put my own versification " on it. That's the whole point: I noticed it because the rhythm of those few words called for them being split up in this manner.

[@ZL54JK8]

@@paules3437 "Let's not overthink this,"-sez you, proceeding then to overthink it! I picked up this comment originally because it was such an irrelevance. You need to tell me you are an editor and a lyricist. Previously you claimed some affiliation with Sondheim. None of that gives any weight to your comment. Good prose does have a perceptible sense of rhythm and inevitably words will rhyme from time to time, as I have just illustrated here. So, you wrote something that you plucked out of thin air, and I challenged you on it. I will add that when you commented, "Did even Gilbert catch the rhyme in the phrase", which you then set out in your own self-imposed verse form, I wondered if even you caught the arrogance of your remark. In other words, WS Gilbert, great poet and dramatist that he was, might just conceivably have missed something that you, an editor and lyricist, had cleverly managed to spot!

[@WGGplant]

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

[@eottoe2001]

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

[@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.

[@grantes4969]

Vale Andrew Greene! RIP

[@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.

[@RomanGolubev_A]

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

[@arminr.5174]

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

[@ZL54JK8]

I think what has happened is that Sir Joseph feels Captain Corcoran has "patronised" his crew, which is akin to insulting them.

[@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.

[@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

[@WindThrusters]

Welcome Sheila Buttercup!

[@IanKemp1960]

Who is the orchestra? MSO?

[@computerdynamo]

25:17

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Duties for a few weeks 😴 I think 868

[@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.

[@JohnWood-o2l]

I sang Sir Joseph I did not shout it , the performance was done by an opera company and performed in a very large theatre , I sing to my audience and want them to hear every note and word as both Gilbert and Sullivan wuld have wanted.

[@Moneyreeze12]

Who falls in love

[@helenchelmicka]

Buttercup reminds me of Julie Waters lol

[@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

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

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

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Jasonmm

[@MotleyMagee-o4s]

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[@christinefarquhar2858]

Cinm

[@RhodesKing-q4r]

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[@christinefarquhar2858]

Mdsd

[@PhilemonVic-o5i]

Lee Gary Thompson Gary Allen Amy

[@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

[@christinefarquhar2858]

6th and

[@imperatorcaesaraugustus9554]

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

[@ZL54JK8]

Why the obscenity?

[@francisfischer7620]

Buttercup is HIDEOUS!!!

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Mwarilj

[@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.

[@christinefarquhar2858]

Cinm