Behold the Lord High Executioner! (high quality stereo audio) - The Mikado 1966 John Reed

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  • Footage taken from 'The Mikado' film 1966
    Audio taken from the 1973 album of 'The Mikado' conducted by Royston Nash with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    Featuring John Reed as Ko-Ko.
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  • @thebamboozlerette1824
    @thebamboozlerette1824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The way Ko-ko is slightly pigeon-toed is too precious

  • @dovasvariakojis6934
    @dovasvariakojis6934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    John Reed is my favorite version of Ko-Ko. Hands down. I love this opera, and John Reed’s performance solidified my choice a long time ago.

    • @ianoliver3879
      @ianoliver3879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolutely. John Reed - in any G & S - brilliant.

    • @johninterlichia3857
      @johninterlichia3857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I AGREE!!! because the way how he sings reminds me of Zazu!

  • @edmondscott7444
    @edmondscott7444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Gilbert and Sullivan grossly underrated composers. Music and lyrics great. Mp

    • @tr7938
      @tr7938 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Calling them "underrated" is inaccurate and ridiculous.

    • @harrytodhunter5078
      @harrytodhunter5078 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are almost certainly among the most famous composers in history, "underrated" they are not. I do not think you fully know what that ord means.

    • @lorrainesekera4100
      @lorrainesekera4100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tr7938 He clearly meant underappreciated. Don't hate :)

    • @stevenmathers6661
      @stevenmathers6661 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gilbert was the playwright - sullivan was the composer.

    • @sherrybirchall8677
      @sherrybirchall8677 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@lorrainesekera4100oh, come on. It is a ridiculous thing to say.

  • @roderickfernandez5382
    @roderickfernandez5382 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    ? I've seen this Mikado in its entirety and I believe it's one of the most beautifully done Productions I've ever seen and I've seen a lot in my 84 years and I believe it comes from maybe Canada I can't remember right now just wonderful though you can find it on the web costumes magnificent. I really enjoyable watch

  • @lawomega1
    @lawomega1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a superb voice ,just fabulous ,their are not many people with a singing voice like that !!!!!

  • @thomashogan16
    @thomashogan16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oh! This is the exact tempo and pronunciation. Thanks.

  • @SimranDhani491
    @SimranDhani491 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Class of 1996 st Andrews school. This was a good play.

  • @TheKing-qz9wd
    @TheKing-qz9wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My boy about to chop the heads off innocent men by accident and the child comes to save the day.
    "Let me hold your greataxe for you."

  • @meredithgreenslade1965
    @meredithgreenslade1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I came across this in a book today. I started singing it. It brought back memories for me from my childhood that had been forgotten. What a pleasure to hear this. Thank you

    • @pariah_carey
      @pariah_carey ปีที่แล้ว

      Was that Book “Consciousness Explained” by Daniel Dennett? Because that’s what brought me here just now.

  • @seaotter4439
    @seaotter4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    [NOBLES]
    Behold the Lord High Executioner
    A personage of noble rank and title -
    A dignified and potent officer
    Whose functions are particularly vital!
    Defer, defer
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    Defer, defer
    To the noble Lord, to the noble Lord
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    [KO-KO]
    Taken from the county jail
    By a set of curious chances;
    Liberated then on bail
    On my own recognizances;
    Wafted by a favouring gale
    As one sometimes is in trances
    To a height that few can scale
    Save by long and weary dances;
    Surely, never had a male
    Under such like circumstances
    So adventurous a tale
    Which may rank with most romances
    [KO-KO & NOBLES]
    Taken from the county jail
    (Taken from the county jail)
    By a set of curious chances;
    (Liberated then on bail)
    Surely, never had a male
    (Surely, never had a male)
    So adventurous a tale
    (So adventurous a tale.)
    [NOBLES]
    Defer, defer
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    Defer, defer
    To the noble Lord
    To the noble Lord High Executioner!
    Bow down, bow down
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    Defer, defer
    To the noble, noble Lord
    To the High Executioner!

  • @gravyp
    @gravyp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    For me the best version on TH-cam, I've got it on DVD. Love it...

  • @ojretj9erjt9e4
    @ojretj9erjt9e4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much for sharing this Jewel!!!

  • @aputridpileofb-movies6542
    @aputridpileofb-movies6542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The only thing I didn't really like about this scene was that all the nobles looked pretty much the same. If I were to stage this, 2 would be shinto senior priests, 2 would be armored samurai, 2 would be dutch diplomats-in-residence, and the remaining 3 would be the conventional nobles we see here.

    • @lukevankleef4245
      @lukevankleef4245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Agreed. In the 1987 version, even though all the nobles wore black, they did all have very different appearances.

  • @danilo22uk
    @danilo22uk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    youre doing a great job as usual.

  • @MegatrontheCybermobian
    @MegatrontheCybermobian 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    And now... I am free to sing all the Gilbert and Sullivan I damn well please!

  • @keaton718
    @keaton718 ปีที่แล้ว

    This should be released on Blu Ray. This is much better than the Hollywood 1939 version, the only version I can find in HD.

  • @tracechitwood7118
    @tracechitwood7118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Can I please buy a dvd version of this superior version from you? This audio is amazing.

  • @dale9724
    @dale9724 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfection

  • @thisisajang
    @thisisajang 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    John Reed is the true successor of George Grossmith. Only he and Grossmith did koko's role brilliantly and as visioned by G&S themselves

    • @stevenmathers6661
      @stevenmathers6661 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You saw them both?

    • @Th0ughtf0rce
      @Th0ughtf0rce 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What about Martyn Green? He's often lauded as the greatest of the comic baritones.

  • @Enterprise-D666
    @Enterprise-D666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Behold The Lord High Executioner lyrics:
    [NOBLES]
    Behold the Lord High Executioner
    A personage of noble rank and title -
    A dignified and potent officer
    Whose functions are particularly vital!
    Defer, defer
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    Defer, defer
    To the noble Lord, to the noble Lord
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    [KO-KO]
    Taken from the county jail
    By a set of curious chances;
    Liberated then on bail
    On my own recognizances;
    Wafted by a favouring gale
    As one sometimes is in trances
    To a height that few can scale
    Save by long and weary dances;
    Surely, never had a male
    Under such like circumstances
    So adventurous a tale
    Which may rank with most romances
    [KO-KO & NOBLES]
    Taken from the county jail
    (Taken from the county jail)
    By a set of curious chances;
    (Liberated then on bail)
    Surely, never had a male
    (Surely, never had a male)
    So adventurous a tale
    (So adventurous a tale.)
    [NOBLES]
    Defer, defer
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    Defer, defer
    To the noble Lord
    To the noble Lord High Executioner!
    Bow down, bow down
    To the Lord High Executioner!
    Defer, defer
    To the noble, noble Lord
    To the High Executioner!

  • @TheErikM
    @TheErikM 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Anyone else here cuz of sideshow bob?

  • @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt
    @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Would you say that the Zodiac Killer had good taste in musicals?

  • @michieltummers1303
    @michieltummers1303 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember this from the serial killer avatar 😮

  • @VCT3333
    @VCT3333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    and to think that this was their last collaboration.

    • @johnpickford4222
      @johnpickford4222 ปีที่แล้ว

      V. C. T.: Your name should be added to Ko-Ko’s little list or have the Mikado determine your fate. THIS WAS NOT YHEIR LAST COLLABORATION. What idiot told you that fact. Google and find the answer. You do know how to Google, don’t you?

  • @thetruthwillout9094
    @thetruthwillout9094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The racism and cultural appropriation in this is disgusting. This video should be banned. Sarcasm btw. 😁