You forgot to tell us who is playing the Boatswain, who has lines of his own and is casted in the score in his own character and not merely part of the sailor's chorus.
@poordogabone Tom Round was one of the handsomest of the 1950's-1970's musical theatre tenors. Today, at 94, he remains one of the most charming and approachable stars of the DOC. I had the good fortune to have met him in 1972 when he toured with G&S For All. Not at all overbearing or into himself, just a real guy, but so damned good-looking that everybody, even the men, loved him.
Cousin Hebe doesn't have a solo here; she doubles some of the lines for "Oh joy oh rapture unforeseen" and gets a few of her own in "This very Night" ("as stiff as death", etc).
You forgot to tell us who is playing the Boatswain, who has lines of his own and is casted in the score in his own character and not merely part of the sailor's chorus.
rassy612 7 months ago
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9:08-9:24: Catchiest bit of music in HISTORY
CaballeroCatalan 1 year ago
9:08-9:24 Catchiest bit of music in HISTORY
CaballeroCatalan 1 year ago
It's a pity Martyn Green wasn't in the Doyly Carte company at the same time as Thomas round and Donald Adams
beatlesopera 1 year ago
As you wrote ...
... absolute perfection.
With such a treasure in the musical recording, one's imagination is free to visualize a staging as perfect as was Gilbert's original.
Beautiful.
JoeForMusic 1 year ago
Thomas Round will always be my definitive G&S tenor. What a voice! And how hot was he in his prime?
poordogabone 1 year ago
@poordogabone Tom Round was one of the handsomest of the 1950's-1970's musical theatre tenors. Today, at 94, he remains one of the most charming and approachable stars of the DOC. I had the good fortune to have met him in 1972 when he toured with G&S For All. Not at all overbearing or into himself, just a real guy, but so damned good-looking that everybody, even the men, loved him.
spelvin2002 1 year ago
Doyly Carte is the best for Gilbert and Sullivan.
grimalover 1 year ago
BRAVO!!!!
HarborGuy 1 year ago
Charming, charming!
CaballeroCatalan 2 years ago
Great post. Thomas Round and Jean Hindmarsh are wonderful. And Donald Adams is unique.
Didn't hear Joyce Wright (mezzo), however.
lskarin 2 years ago
Cousin Hebe doesn't have a solo here; she doubles some of the lines for "Oh joy oh rapture unforeseen" and gets a few of her own in "This very Night" ("as stiff as death", etc).
CaballeroCatalan 2 years ago
Wonderful performance of the world's most enjoyable operetta.
PismoBeach 2 years ago
Molto bello
decimaquinta69 3 years ago