I've been looking for this for years! My parents were Australian Opera subscribers and were at both the premieres of War and Peace (first opera performed at the Sydney Opera House in 1973) and The Magic Flute (performed before the Queen just before the SOH official opening a few weeks later). And in the souvenir program for TMF - now long lost 🙁- there was this recording (but only Act 1, up to 15:35 ), a 7-inch record to be played at 33 rpm. It must have been a rush job to get it recorded and pressed in time. She moved to Australia shortly after this and I saw her once in Milsons Point, having a typically animated conversation.
Sie ist so unglaublich wundervoll! Ich kenne sie seit ich vor ungefähr 30 Jahren das erste Mal dass Anna Russell Album gehört habe, den Ring der Nibelungen eine Analyse! Später dann die Videos von ihren Live-Auftritten in diesem unglaublich pinkfarbenen Kostüm... Es war einfach nur fantastisch. Vielen Dank fürs posten dieses seltenen Dokuments
Same here- and I thought I’d heard everything she had ever done. I had the joy of seeing Ms. Russell performing in person, many years ago in San Diego’, and she brought down the house. Her comic timing was flawless. When she did The Ring Cycle analysis, she cheerfully invited the audience to chime in with their favorite bits, saying we probably knew the sketch as well as she did 🤩. (And yes, she wore the pink gown!)
One thing I could never understand: After killing the monster who is about to kill Tamino, why do the Three Rat Bags send Tamino on a courageous mission? Their reasoning is that he is fit for the mission if he is as brave as he is handsome, Has there been a carefully controlled study which found that courage correlates closely with good lucks? Besides, the Three Rat Bags just accomplished a brave deed themselves. If you ask me, if there is anyone who should be sent on a brave mission, it's the Three Rat Bags!
I think it would have helped if Mozart and Company *hadn't* thrown in all that Masonic stuff. Granted at the time Free Masonry was much more of a fad than it is now, but that doesn't excuse making the plot all convoluted.
I've been looking for this for years! My parents were Australian Opera subscribers and were at both the premieres of War and Peace (first opera performed at the Sydney Opera House in 1973) and The Magic Flute (performed before the Queen just before the SOH official opening a few weeks later). And in the souvenir program for TMF - now long lost 🙁- there was this recording (but only Act 1, up to 15:35 ), a 7-inch record to be played at 33 rpm. It must have been a rush job to get it recorded and pressed in time. She moved to Australia shortly after this and I saw her once in Milsons Point, having a typically animated conversation.
What a treat. Thanks so much for posting these rare Anna Russell outings....mad mad brilliant woman!
Sie ist so unglaublich wundervoll! Ich kenne sie seit ich vor ungefähr 30 Jahren das erste Mal dass Anna Russell Album gehört habe, den Ring der Nibelungen eine Analyse! Später dann die Videos von ihren Live-Auftritten in diesem unglaublich pinkfarbenen Kostüm... Es war einfach nur fantastisch. Vielen Dank fürs posten dieses seltenen Dokuments
Yes, Thank you for posting this. The free tv show Classic Arts Showcase (CAS) shows various videos of Anna from time to time and she's so Wonderful.
Brilliantly funny! God bless Anna Russell.
I've been a fsan for many years but somehow had never heard this before.
Brilliant as always!
Neither have I - brilliant as everything else she has done!
Same here- and I thought I’d heard everything she had ever done. I had the joy of seeing Ms. Russell performing in person, many years ago in San Diego’, and she brought down the house. Her comic timing was flawless. When she did The Ring Cycle analysis, she cheerfully invited the audience to chime in with their favorite bits, saying we probably knew the sketch as well as she did 🤩. (And yes, she wore the pink gown!)
Pure genius.!!!
One thing I could never understand:
After killing the monster who is about to kill Tamino,
why do the Three Rat Bags send Tamino on a courageous mission?
Their reasoning is that he is fit for the mission if he is as brave as he is handsome,
Has there been a carefully controlled study which found that courage correlates closely with good lucks?
Besides, the Three Rat Bags just accomplished a brave deed themselves.
If you ask me, if there is anyone who should be sent on a brave mission, it's the Three Rat Bags!
I think it would have helped if Mozart and Company *hadn't* thrown in all that Masonic stuff. Granted at the time Free Masonry was much more of a fad than it is now, but that doesn't excuse making the plot all convoluted.
A great talent !
I mean it!
Another triumph for A.R. A 'must' listen.
My heroine!!! We could use her during this election cycle!
Why? She was English.
@@MaskedMan66 (The UK has election cycles, too.)
@@erucolindo87 I know, but we're in one right now, and that's what was on my mind. ;-)
5:27 lol
Who or what is “pumstock” and that other term? And ratbag or ragbag.
Pumpfschtock is the aristocracy, and she used the term ratbags