Wow. ..excellent...I don't speak a word of Danish ... But the attention to details. ,business...exemplary....sir Joseph....the first time I have seen him played as I always wanted.. everyone else....absolutly bloody brilliant....No wonder the D'oyly Carte went under....are so sad to reflect.....but they didn't move with the times...Well done to everyone.. ..brilliant...and much enjoyed...
This was hilarious to this English-speaking savoyard. A Sir Joseph who is way younger than Ralph, and freakazoid upper-class twit of the year to boot! An extremely light-on-his-feet Captain. A Ralph who, for once, looks like he could almost be the same age as the Captain (which he should be!), PLUS he's a bit non-traditional in terms of physical appearance. Vocally, the "British Tar is a Soaring Soul" was a delicious treat. And the whole 1970s Euro-opera-in-a-TV-studio thing never gets old for me.
Very enjoyable! Was it the same cast as on the Danish L. P. with "Trial by Jury"? I liked the Sir Joseph. Is his accent a superior voice? That's what I do! I noticed some words coincide with the original. Some of my faithful translations of Offenbach have been performed. "Station" and in Danish we heard "klasse" (spelling?). I know "Jeg elsker dig" from the lovely Grieg song with lyrics by Hans Christian Andersen. A classic doesn't need to be changed as it is always relevant. Perhaps there is still a class system in Denmark as well! D. C. did indeed move with the times. Sometimes they went too far e. g. "the Gondoliers" changed from eighteenth century to nineteenth century. They couldn't dance the gavotte which I learnt at the Guildford School of Acting. The Don was done as a Cardinal but still exaggerated his mere politeness to ladies. One hopes he was celibate! The tradition was perhaps being watered down but a replica production could have been done. It's been successful in ballet. They could have done a traditional "Sorcerer" from the prompt-book and with copies of the original designs. The people knew what they were doing. Instead they had an untraditional production which was one of the best I have ever seen. The so-called Arts Council closed them down but they were adaptable so they would have toured less operettas but with some by other composers and librettists. "Véronique" with music by André Messager was being planned. I'm tired of complaining about vulgar, rudderless O. T. T. productions. They think they're being clever. Remember Gilbert's "pork-pie" rebuke. Put in "references" are often out of-date already. The general satire is universal. A Noel Coward play recently was supposed to be set in 1991 but there were references to Liz Truss and to the Queen's Hall (kept from the original play) & it was bombed after the nineteen-thirties!
Josephine the captain's daughter is played by Birgitte Price 1934 - 1997 already known as a Danish actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Sweden's Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver Sullivan's music with authentic gusto while the translation deviates from Gilbert's text: for some reason the ominous Dead-eye Dick whom everyone dislikes is allowed to live on high with a monkey on a lifeboat that seems incongruous on a 19th century British man-of-war. But the costumes and the choreography are both treats that don't owe much to the orthodox UK Doyly Carte tradition.
Wow. ..excellent...I don't speak a word of Danish
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But the attention to details.
,business...exemplary....sir Joseph....the first time I have seen him played as I always wanted.. everyone else....absolutly bloody brilliant....No wonder the D'oyly Carte went under....are so sad to reflect.....but they didn't move with the times...Well done to everyone.. ..brilliant...and much enjoyed...
This was hilarious to this English-speaking savoyard. A Sir Joseph who is way younger than Ralph, and freakazoid upper-class twit of the year to boot! An extremely light-on-his-feet Captain. A Ralph who, for once, looks like he could almost be the same age as the Captain (which he should be!), PLUS he's a bit non-traditional in terms of physical appearance. Vocally, the "British Tar is a Soaring Soul" was a delicious treat. And the whole 1970s Euro-opera-in-a-TV-studio thing never gets old for me.
Very enjoyable! Was it the same cast as on the Danish L. P. with "Trial by Jury"? I liked the Sir Joseph. Is his accent a superior voice? That's what I do! I noticed some words coincide with the original. Some of my faithful translations of Offenbach have been performed. "Station" and in Danish we heard "klasse" (spelling?). I know "Jeg elsker dig" from the lovely Grieg song with lyrics by Hans Christian Andersen. A classic doesn't need to be changed as it is always relevant. Perhaps there is still a class system in Denmark as well! D. C. did indeed move with the times. Sometimes they went too far e. g. "the Gondoliers" changed from eighteenth century to nineteenth century. They couldn't dance the gavotte which I learnt at the Guildford School of Acting. The Don was done as a Cardinal but still exaggerated his mere politeness to ladies. One hopes he was celibate! The tradition was perhaps being watered down but a replica production could have been done. It's been successful in ballet. They could have done a traditional "Sorcerer" from the prompt-book and with copies of the original designs. The people knew what they were doing. Instead they had an untraditional production which was one of the best I have ever seen. The so-called Arts Council closed them down but they were adaptable so they would have toured less operettas but with some by other composers and librettists. "Véronique" with music by André Messager was being planned. I'm tired of complaining about vulgar, rudderless O. T. T. productions. They think they're being clever. Remember Gilbert's "pork-pie" rebuke. Put in "references" are often out of-date already. The general satire is universal. A Noel Coward play recently was supposed to be set in 1991 but there were references to Liz Truss and to the Queen's Hall (kept from the original play) & it was bombed after the nineteen-thirties!
It's fascinating to listen to G&S in another language, and I've never seen a young and tall Sir Joseph.
I have some questions for any Danes. How good is the translation? Do the jokes still land? Did they have to change much do you think?
Josephine the captain's daughter is played by Birgitte Price 1934 - 1997 already known as a Danish actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Sweden's Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver Sullivan's music with authentic gusto while the translation deviates from Gilbert's text: for some reason the ominous Dead-eye Dick whom everyone dislikes is allowed to live on high with a monkey on a lifeboat that seems incongruous on a 19th century British man-of-war. But the costumes and the choreography are both treats that don't owe much to the orthodox UK Doyly Carte tradition.
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