Yeoman of the Guard Act 1 Finale - 1972 Australian television

The Act 1 finale from a 1972 Australian television production of Gilbert & Sullivan's THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD. It's directed by Peter Page with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Walter Stiasny. Fairfax is played by Allan Lander with the voice of David Parker, Elise is played by Pamela Stephenson with the voice of Joan Dargarvel, Wilfred is John Faassen, Phoebe is Marie Tysoe, St Meryll is Neil Easton, Dame Carruthers is Diana Perryman with the voice of Penelope Bruce, Lieutenant is Walter Sullivan with the voice of Neil Warren-Smith, Leonard is John Hargreaves with the voice of John Brady, Kate is Joan Shute and jack Point is Alastair Duncan with the voice of James Christansen,

[@FriendlyMusicManTV]

Thank you for posting this. Mixed feelings about it. The performances and staging all seem great - but they have obviously chosen to cut the number, From Morn to Afternoon which should be right in the middle of that. Probably time constraints for TV and they decided it doesn't really advance anything - but it's just such a good dang song!

[@richardallen3810]

Marvelous. Thanks. I must see the entire production now. Great cast.

[@michaelmelen9062]

As a G&S snob, I am very particular about the performances of these operettas, and especially of "Yeoman of the Guard". This excerpt is extraordinary. The chorus is every bit the equal of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. This Elsie doesn't have the upper range of Muriel Harding, but each of the other leads are better than the D'Oyly Carte group, and this Fairfax is much more believable in the role. Well done. Thank you for posting this!

[@karldelavigne8134]

As a G&S snob you should know that Yeomen is in the plural, but let's put that down to autocorrect. The singers here are very good but I don't think the choral singing here is a patch on the D'Oyly Carte recording of 1964, which remains the gold standard generally.

[@alanmyatt3916]

I would love to see the complete opera