Delightful. Sullivan's cheeky melody perfectly setting Gilbert's wit to music...with excellent vocal intonation. An interesting alternative arrangement to my awareness of somewhat faster perkier versions.
@J-sv9dp7 ай бұрын
This video has been slowed down as can be seen from Ko-Ko's skipping.
@danilo22uk4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic.
@happyarcadia4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Colin
@fatak51064 жыл бұрын
Never understand that wedding kimono in this one, it looks too plain for the costume of a lead character. I remember seeing the costume design of it being more elaborate but I am not sure. It may be a Shirokakeshita, but I personally think it would look better as something more colorful like kakeshita. But still very amazing version indeed, despite the stiffness of the choreography. Thank you for posting this gem!
@KBAFourthtime3 жыл бұрын
I first heard this song in the eighth and last volume of _Preschool Power_ during *both* flower-arranging segments of that volume.
@Catinkys2 жыл бұрын
Just GREAT!
@sallysmith97333 жыл бұрын
Wrath l have felt, left me dry of love. Like rose petals felt . Left my fingers.
Yes, it's been slowed down as we can see from Ko-Ko's skipping.
@issavirgo48382 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine this in our pc world 😵💫😂
@Phexyn2 жыл бұрын
Oh you can totally do it, it’s just Koko has to be a woman who has to marry a man, a very stupid men… and she is the strongest most confident person ever, hero of the whole thing, her full name is Koko Galadriel …
@millers38882 ай бұрын
Well, today, they’d hopefully just hire talented Asian performers…
@구병모-u3m6 ай бұрын
Phillip Fisher lead me to this opera song...^^
@karldelavigne81344 жыл бұрын
Some fairly arthritic dancing in order to synchronise with Sir Malcolm Talcum's plodding tempo.
@happyarcadia4 жыл бұрын
I do t think slowed down is the same as arthritic. To me the slow mo effect gives it a similar visual quality to many modern music videos which use that technique. But I take your point about Sargent’s tempo.
@karldelavigne81344 жыл бұрын
@@happyarcadia I could have rephrased my comment to say arthritic tempo but was deliberately inserting the suggestion without directly referring to Sargent's age. In his pre-war recordings, his tempi were zippy. Funnily enough, I don't mind his slow tempi in his 1960s DC recordings of Yeomen and Princess Ida, but the Glyndebourne recordings often drag.
@julistarling8382 Жыл бұрын
I think it's a matter of taste. I like it this way, but like it faster than this even better. We all have our own favorites. This particular style isn't my personal favorite, but I like it anyway.
@Fonzipan Жыл бұрын
Scathing😂
@tekajikuyalkrul51112 жыл бұрын
So that's where the Kingdom of Paramithi got their theme song from
@markfisher5119 Жыл бұрын
He says "bother." In other productions, the word is "bugger." I don't know which is the original.
@josephpanzarella1417 Жыл бұрын
I don't know what recordings you listen to. Do you seriously believe that Gilbert wrote "bugger" in 1885?
@julistarling8382 Жыл бұрын
It's usually "bother" in most versions.
@josephpanzarella1417 Жыл бұрын
@@julistarling8382 Has it ever been anything else?
@markfisher5119 Жыл бұрын
@@josephpanzarella1417 No; that's why I wondered about it. The Victorians could be sneaky about such things.
@boneytony50416 ай бұрын
@@markfisher5119Your honest question received it’s snarky answers.
@yungshunkin64483 жыл бұрын
曲高則和寡,不會「太多」人懂。
@jacmtl Жыл бұрын
Serious question: what is the current thinking on whether or not this can be performed by a non-Japanese cast?
@Chrominance87 Жыл бұрын
It would be haram by todays standards.
@julistarling8382 Жыл бұрын
Well, since it nearly always *is* performed by, and performed very well by, a non-Japanese cast, that's actually hardly even a question. 🤔 It's not actually even about Japan. It's about Britain, set in an imaginary version of Japan, so as to pretend that we're *not* making fools of the British, when actually, we really are, and very much so. It's a particular style of British Victorian comedy. It isn't Japanese (except for the "miya sama" part of it, which actually is) (and except for the costumes and a few other minor details like that). This doesn't *need* to be performed by a Japanese cast. "Can this be performed by a Japanese cast?" would actually be a much better question. 🤔
@julistarling8382 Жыл бұрын
If it were actually performed by an all-Japanese cast, then I think that at that point we would run a much greater risk of people believing that the production was seriously making fun of the Japanese, instead of only pretending to. (Just saying.)
@jacmtl Жыл бұрын
Well, unless you are Japanese I’m not sure how you can assume whether or not that special Victorian era comedy is landing as you describe it. My question was not “hardly a question,” it was a sincere effort to understand how this work and others like it are perceived by the various ethnic communities from which they are drawn. Offending or not offending Japanese was most likely not foremost in Gilbert’s mind, though I’d be interested to read more on that. To write that it really isn’t about Japanese society except for setting, costumes, characters, makeup including efforts to give the impression of Japanese eyes, is avoiding what is obvious on stage. I can see this is frustrating for you as you are correct in that the subtext is lampooning Victorian society, but in a manner that in our current context is open to misinterpretation. Which was the basis of my real, actual, question.
@pantroglodytes2247 Жыл бұрын
The Japanese themselves wouldn't really have a clue as to what was going on. There are not many in the country who speak English to a high enough standard such that the scene would make any great sense. Imagine happening on a group of actors from Tokyo, gallivanting around in Tudor-era clothing and singing in the local tongue. It would be mystifying, for sure - but nothing more.
@trukeesey87152 жыл бұрын
I don't like it when singers (seeminly always they have been fazagozots) have deviated from the written notes in order to express a negative emotion as in 1:06 and 1:20.
@trollmanthatrollington6407 Жыл бұрын
their skull shape prevents them from making you personally happy
@trukeesey8715 Жыл бұрын
@@trollmanthatrollington6407 You base "happiness" o sensualism? That is the lowest form of "happiness". Listen to Prem Rawat!
@stevenmathers666111 ай бұрын
What on earth is "fazagozot"? A google produces no results.
@trukeesey871511 ай бұрын
There are playful languages wherein one puts an extra sound in each syllable. Had I written the exact word, the censorbot would have deleted the message, so I camouflaged it with extra sounds. Gather on ME! Listen to Prem Rawat! @@stevenmathers6661