(A combination of amateur and professional productions.)
"When I, good friends, was called to the bar," Trial by Jury (1875):
"My name is John Wellington Wells," The Sorcerer (1877) (this one has subtitles):
"When I was a lad," H. M. S. Pinafore (1878):
"I am the very model of a modern Major-General," The Pirates of Penzance (1879):
"When you're lying awake" (a.k.a. "Nightmare Song"), Iolanthe (1882):
"As someday it may happen" (a.k.a., "List Song"), The Mikado (1885) (note: revised lyrics, as usual):
"My eyes are fully open to my awful situation," Ruddigore (1887) (note: here, it's being performed as part of Pirates of Penzance):
"In enterprise of martial kind," The Gondoliers (1889):
(Starts around 4:52)
And I thought I was the only person on the face of the Earth who loved G & S!
Posted by: Patricia | December 08, 2009 at 11:53 AM
The Mikado clip brings back happy memories. My husband played Pish-Tush in a production a few years ago.
"Patience" is one of my favorite G&S works, and I just love the list of names that comprises "The Heavy Dragoon" (aka "If you want a receipt for that popular mystery"). No good recordings of it on YouTube, but I'm impressed by anyone who can bring together Dickens, Thomas Aquinas, Hannibal and Madame Tussad in one song.
Posted by: JaneC | December 10, 2009 at 12:10 AM