A More Human Mikado - Donald Adams (HQ stereo version) The Mikado 1966

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  • čas přidán 7. 04. 2020
  • Footage taken from the 1966 film of 'The Mikado'.
    Audio taken from a recording by Sir Malcolm Sargent in 1965.
    I've synched these two as the original film soundtrack is mono and lacks clarity. I've also removed much of the blue tint which blights the DVD print of this film.
    I hope you will enjoy it.
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Komentáře • 16

  • @danilo22uk
    @danilo22uk Před 3 lety +21

    I watch this constantly. I saw Donald Adams perform this live . There have been brilliant Mikados come and go, but Donald is hard to beat. I went to a concert with Anne Hood, and at the interval over a cup of coffee I spoke to an elderly lady and she said, yes, but Darrell Fancourt was hard to beat. But I bet you Donald made it his own.

    • @karldelavigne8134
      @karldelavigne8134 Před 3 lety +3

      The teacher at my school who introduced me to G&S also said Darrell Fancourt was the best. The 1936 recording is indeed excellent. I saw Donald Adams many times at Covent Garden and in his very last role in Don Pasquale, but sadly never in a Savoy opera.

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a Před 7 měsíci +5

    Marvellous. One of my earliest memories of discovering Gilbert & Sullivan was this song, with that vocal-chord
    rending screech of laughter so impressive to my boyhood mind.

  • @andrewferguson5653
    @andrewferguson5653 Před 4 lety +19

    This is excellent! Donald Adams is my favourite G&S bass.

  • @steverosenberg266
    @steverosenberg266 Před 3 lety +7

    I've been graced with having watched Donald Adams perform many, many times! What a terrific talent!

  • @rudiruttger
    @rudiruttger Před 2 lety +4

    Marvelous performance, marvelous piece! As fun to sing as to witness!

  • @LeonoraBassisty104
    @LeonoraBassisty104 Před 2 lety +4

    thank you very much from France

  • @tannercolegrove122
    @tannercolegrove122 Před 3 lety +3

    I love the name of this channel. Mostly bc it reminds me of a clockwork orange which is my fav movie

  • @jbrianstephen8216
    @jbrianstephen8216 Před 3 lety +3

    Love this thank you very much.

  • @ARCtheCartoonMaster
    @ARCtheCartoonMaster Před 10 měsíci +2

    NGL, I'm kinda digging Disney's live-action remake of _The Emperor's New Groove_ where Pacha overthrows Kuzco.

  • @ARCtheCartoonMaster
    @ARCtheCartoonMaster Před 2 lety +4

    This Mikado looks like the guy from _Renegades React_ .

  • @dickJohnsonpeter
    @dickJohnsonpeter Před 11 měsíci +1

    "painted with vigor" with permanent walnut juice? Come on, that's not how it goes and the funny thing is in this same exact play they put people who make jokes politically correct on the "list" lol.

    • @freddiespreckley6324
      @freddiespreckley6324 Před 8 měsíci

      "Painted with vigour" is how the official D'Oyly Carte libretto has read, and how all professional performances (at least in the UK) have been sung, since 1948. As such, the modern lyric has been sung for longer, by over a decade, than the original was.