Victor Borge - "A Mozart Opera"

[MrWatercolorguy]

Definitely a classic! RIP Mr Borge.

[becamarko]

One doesn't have to be vulgar, phisical, use profanities etc. and still be the funniest man EVER!

[FunkeyMonkey555]

his facial expressions are hilarious



[Seofangurl]

i love the fathers song had me laughing so hard

[MrDoglover239]

What exactly is te overture to this opera? Whats the name?

[AriaSinger1]

Kudos to you, Mr Borge for being able to scream a Tenor Bb!!!

[rafe234]

whats the aria/opera the baritone is singing?

[houdin654jeff]

@rafe234 I believe it is from "Carmen," but I do not know enough about opera to tell you exactly.

[AulendilElessar]

@rafe234 It's the toreador song! "Votre toast je peux vous le rendre"

[iLOVEmusicAH]

@rafe234 The area is ''toreador en garde'' from Bizet's Carmen

[deceptasean1]

"first you hear the overture, but when the ture is over, the curtain rises, of course."

subtly brilliant.

[coralandstarr]

How come nobody tells jokes the way victor borge did? Really, why?

[MissAnimeMusic742]

@coralandstarr i was wondering that 2!

[TheJaxFallen]

respect earned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

[maranarasauce2779]

WOO HOO!!!! =)

[TheDiggster13]

four and a half feet tall... lying down

[koky5150]

Could this guy talk any more? I thought this was a music playlist.

[littleangel12344]

Okay, when I die, I hope it's from laughing over Victor Borge.

[PrincipessaDellOpera]

First day of rehersal for "Magic Flute", I recited this for memory while banging on the piano like a madman. My piano skills would make even Beethoven roll in his grave (because he was deaf, not because he sucked, which he didn't), but I got even the serious, no-nonsense director laughing to the point of tears. I hope I did Victor Borge justice!!!!!

[SelestynaArpa364]

@PrincipessaDellOpera i just realized this was you. that's funny. i wish i was there for that!! :)

[PrincipessaDellOpera]

@SelestynaArpa364 Hey sis, hey!!!!!! Love you!!!!!!

[hankieitunes]

Uohmmmmm...Uohmmmmm



[ryanlock2u]

Not only is it very funny, but the music itself is charming as well.

[realar]

Cameo of Carmen. :D

[realar]

Only Victor could make an opera hilarious by blooping and yelling like a mad man. There will never be an entertainer like you, you will be missed.

[merviper]

I'm just picturing Mozart's laugh from Amadeus...

[SchrodingersCake]

Funniest act I've seen in my life! This man is a master among comedians. It's not even comparable.

[killergirls]

Mozart will die laughing if he was among the audience! May God bless your soul in heaven richly Mr Borge for being the genius that you are. And to Mr Mozart...may your soul be filled with riches and joy in heaven for writing so many brilliant works for the world to enjoy. I hope to see you both in heaven one day when my time is up.

[michel031257]

Would have been great if Victor and Wolfgang had a show together!

[free2bsicilian]

yea, Mozart probably was thinking the same things while writing this opera, thinking how funny it would be to screw with the prince.

[flowerofsilver]

I have a feeling Mozart would have laughed his ass off at this.

[komikaiba]

I love Victor Borge! My dad raised us on him. "Borrowed" alot of his jokes too when he performed. :) Thanks for the memories! :D

[galya1985]

Fantastic! 

[BMX90]

PERFECT!!!!



[zaldude]

Does anyone ever notice how the like button is twice as big as the dislike button?

[music4dude]

Salieri must of watched this 48 times.

[karaokecrush]

"and the curtain falls, but not hard enough!" ... this is such a great bit!

[Jollywong9]

there are 48 Mozarts who hate Victor Borge making fun of "his" opera...

[Great2C]

I cry tears of laughter - too bad I never saw him live. There are other musical comedians today but I never thought they are as funny and sophisticated as Victor Borge.

[DuchessofTitanic]

"Now the chorus comes in and no one knows why except Mozart and he's dead."

 LOL.

[cara3291]

He is so funny. i'll never get tired of it

[bluexmoonxmusic]

wow, hr surprised me when he belted out that tenor voice!!!

[DavilaAmor]

This is so amusing. lmao! thanks for psting it!

[Cmoorma1]

Yes dodo in your proper pants....

[Cmoorma1]

Lol salieri eat shit....

[timjmccarth]

Pure genius.

[wenglishsal]

Brilliantly funny and educational, too... What a FANTASTIC man Victor Borge is/was.. I am laughing my head off here, with a huge grin on my face... hee hee :0)x

[thatsme1221]

... and she hides behind the other tree, and surrounds it completely!

XD

[relussier]

I want to know who disliked this! Show yourselves!

[broileranimal]

It is amazing how accurate he nailed the interpretation of the tenor, it was like listening to an actual Mozart opera!

[ABH1212]

this is hilarious but it has absolutely nothing to do with the magic flute lol I've seen it. But still I love it XD

[Anarchemitis]

Master of Comedic Timing

Genius of the Piano

Clown Prince of Dennmark

May he rest in Scherzo Peace

[jamesarntz]

She walks in, from that side, in a single PILE..... lol

[CardExPerT101]

@jamesarntz its file actually haha :P

[thatsme1221]

@CardExPerT101 no... it pile. don't correct someone if you dont know wut ur talkin about.

[CardExPerT101]

@thatsme1221 Well my bad. Although 'single file' might have been a great joke too. Your English needs talking about though. :P

[thatsme1221]

@CardExPerT101 it prolly would have. and i dont like to use proper english. it makes me seem inteligent.

[EverythingOtaku92]

What was really nice about Victor Borge was that he had very sophisticated humour. It was none of this making fun of people/constant swearing etc. like we have today. I'm so glad my dad introduced me to this guy. And the thing is: English was his second language!

[CartoonCharles]

200 percent genius devided by music, and comedy equals vic borge

[cyclesingsleep]

then the chorus shows up but nobody knows why but Mozart and he's dead... LOL!!!

[ziggo3]

He started the baritone part and I was like "Wait... Mozart was supposed to write Carmen?" =P

[AlmondRed]

That's the happiest death aria I've ever heard! XD

[pettymolly]

how can 46 not like this. what humorless morons are they.

[misslisavdsanden1]

ahahhahhahahah(L)

[jokic666]

Did anyone else see red eyes that first appear at 1:02?They are on the left side of his shoulders????WTF?????????????

[AlmondRed]

@jokic666 omg you're right, that's so scary x_x

[MaskedMan66]

@jokic666 Something to do with the camera crew, I expect.

[BOOMS8]

anyone else notice the incredibly subtle joke at about 2:10?? most of the audience doesn't

[MaskedMan66]

@BOOMS8 In some performances he did refer to it as her "Die Aria."

[classicalgalNYC]

Which opera is he talking about?

[MaskedMan66]

@classicalgalNYC One that he made up.

[Kropikovo]

haven't seen this for ages! oooh, thanx! :D

[frostnet]

WOW!!, i cant believe iv just discovered victor,

amazingly funny!

[tayanova]

@frostnet you should check out this video of him and dean martin. it's hilarious!

victor borge & dean martin - musical phonetic punctuation

[ganggun2]

OMG, I pissed my pants!!

[abstractelysium]

46 people got lost behind the other tree

[muffinhacker475]

the 46 people who disliked this are in the wrong opera

[23danb]

@muffinhacker475 ahhahaha, ur so good, my friend, hhahahahaha

[JohnACorp782]

@muffinhacker475 Or they're some conservative cokcsuckers with no sense of humor.

[xartasutsubor]

@muffinhacker475 And they're fired :O)

[reflion]

Great. Now I'll NEVER be able to take The Magic Flute seriously ever again. :P

[ZizooMoDaI]

46 people thought he was telling them to SEE the opera, and did.

[triavatar]

nobody knows why except mozart and hes dead ROFLLLLLLL

[thesupertechie]

"she's about 4 1/2 feet tall...lying down!" haha i laughed so hard

[pergorav]

"In her die-... in her death-aria..." Great Joke, but no one laughed.

[newgeorge]

@pergorav I still dont get that: too subtle for me (and the audience obviously!)

[starfighter673]

very funny

[Plattensammler88]

Beim Bassisten muss das Publikum damals Tränen gelacht haben :-D

[freedom721]

i loved the part about the baritone.

[operazanotaijin]

And then the tenor comes out in a single file. AHHH, ZEEEAHH-AHHHHH, BABABABEBABEBA. WAHHAHHAHHAHH! Love it.

[COMIC110]

Sheer Genius!!!

[broileranimal]

The best rendition of a tenor I have ever heard.

[OniSwordsman]

its sad that 45 people were able to find this and NOT like it lol

[joelcjj]

which part of the opera was he singing to?

[Kay82Schmidt]

A little Papageno in there, and an amazing basso! A more realistic death song than some!

Thanks for posting.

[thebeautifulclouds]

What a genius! Fantastic humor!

[cameroncda]

HConstantine you must have born without a single funny bone (pun intended) in your body. Victor Borge was incredible. I still laugh at hearing him again.

[HConstantine]

His problem is, he's aiming at an audience that doesn't know opera.

[Taraterm2]

@HConstantine Im pro opera and I vote!!!!!

[HConstantine]

@Taraterm2 Whoever pretends that they love opera more than I do, will have to fight a duel with my husband . That is precisely why that wasn't funny. He routine mocked opera from outside. There was no evidence in it hat he knew opera in any serious way. Perhaps he did and was just catering to his audience, but that still makes it most unsatisfactory.

[MissContraryMary]

@HConstantine Victor Borge was a musical genius. You just know absolutely nothing about him, so you have no idea how he is.

[eoghdes18]

@HConstantine

Opera could use a gentle mocking every now and then. Opera is not some concept that's above the average human, it is an art that should be appreciable by all. If anyone in Victor's audience went and listened to a Mozart opera as a result of this sketch then great, but even if they don't, it's a very astute summation of the often ludicrous nature of 18th century opera.

[sheadong]

@HConstantine Your problem is you're telling us stuff that we don't really care about. I watched this video for a laugh, not a concise history of 18th century opera. So please, in future, refrain from making smartarsey comments like your own.

[HConstantine]

@sheadong Like I said, an audience that doesn't know opera.

[sistersfromdk]

@HConstantine i don't know the opera and i find this hilarious?? :O

[rosethorn18]

I love this! It's absolutely hilarious! Those 44 people who disliked it don't know what they're talking about.

[The55555SSSSS]

44 people were drunk!

[kbhbrunsborg]

DENMARK!!!!

[bandgeek8986]

@Mysterian326 It's "Toreador" from Carmen.

[ilsje01]

I think this is the man who inspired the dutch Hans Liberg, who is brilliant too.

[evilmurderproduction]

You have to know something about music to get alot of this, one of a kind human.

[McTomson]

... and now, you gonna hear the second part, and that's exactly the same.

how debunking.

[ebrons]

hihihi die-aria!!

i'm danish, so i'm allowed.

[newgeorge]

@ebrons ooooh NOW I get it! wow thats a hard one though.

[Tidespring73]

Wonderful stuff which has stood the test of time. It is still as funny as it was all those years ago!

[ArvindanT]

I love the Basso profonde part.

[bandgeek8986]

It looks like 44 people missed the "Like" button...

[ccalmus]

@bandgeek8986 they were sopran singers :D

[Brialinni]

I had the honor of seeing this wonderful man live. He was just amazing!

[pettymolly]

what a grand man. Funny and dignified.. Fantastic

[shostamahlerbachetc]

"now the chorus comes in and nobody knows why except mozart and hes dead" i wish he was still alive he is a truly fantastic genius-ly great man. if only i was older to be able to see him. Rest in peace victor borge

[Pvannortwick]

That's the most pleasant "Death Aria" I've ever heard....

[erken]

Starting from 5:32, his faces and the time he swallows is full of win! I always laugh hard at those parts!

[HaliacetusLeuco]

your research serves~+~+* you well son~*



[PurpleUkuleleGuy]

people are asking which Mozart song did he use; that's like asking what shade of white is on a wall...

[Fussinated]

"First you hear the overture. When the ture is over the curtain rises,of course ... otherwise you couldn't see a thing."

[upsss888]

I never really got the final joke about her stabbing herself between the two big 'trees'... anyone care to explain to me about that?

[WhiteLeather]

@upsss888 trees = breasts.

VB makes several references to her size (4 1/2 ft lying down). It might also be a reference to her legs, but not too many people stab themselves "there" to kill themselves.

[ToFuBomb93]

@upsss888

She's so large that by putting herself between the two trees kills her

[jtcarey2]

@upsss888 it's kind of a subtle joke actually. He has set up that there are trees on either side of the stage and he's commented about her size so when he says "between her big..." people think that he's going to say, breasts... but he says trees.

[Outrun37]

Best punchline ever

[imphlatround]

lol victor borge could be goofy even when he was older xD

[ElLeon7x7]

"Then the chorus comes in, and no one knows why except for Mozart, and he is dead." HA! :D

[Duke82504]

This is just great.

[leporello56]

It is funny but its a load of shite

[dfszczepan]

BRAVO!!!! This is PRICELESS! Thanks so much for sharing!

[bandgeek8986]

That's the happiest death aria I've ever heard. =P

[Buzaglod]

This is great! But none of the music was from the magic flute and neither was the story

[WiredWritersAprilMay]

@Buzaglod haha, this is true, but i believe he did that for comic affect :)

[magusdarkleo]

4:51 as well XD

[magusdarkleo]

XD 1:50

[tomcat561]

hahahahah I can' stop watching it!!!

[unusualcatperson]

He could've done an opera all by himself if he wanted XD

[Lillefixit]

He plays 3 pieces, hard to tell from his funnystuff :) from Mozart. Wich one you mean?

[mumuluku123]

the clown prince of denmark is awesome

[2006brad]

I saw him twice in concert. He was so good. I love his comedy!!!

[ViolinDuchess]

I laugh harder each time I watch this!

[LarryB1984]

"But he finds out he's in the wrong opera!" LOL

[Izyume]

1:52 - 1:56 ! best part!

[Robotman42]

"And she dies by stabbing herself between the two big 'trees' there on the middle of the stage."

[saiserieht]

what theme is that for the basso? sounds familiar.

[ajzimens]

O Isis und Osiris

[Mell1888]

The word genius is used a lot nowadays but it was invented for Victor both as a musician and a comedian

[Outrun37]

@Mell1888 Beautifully said and so perfectly true

[DarthTwilight]

@Mell1888 amen to that

[HConstantine]

@Mell1888 He is not describing the magic flute,nor is he saying anything funny, so what is the point. I'd never really seen Broge before, well not since I was 5 when he used to be on tv. What a disappointment.

[imgod666]

@HConstantine Stop getting so worked up about it. It's Musical comedy, not A Brief History of Opera. If it disappoints you so much, don't bother watching it! Unfortunately for music, it's people like you who are doing the most damage, people who believe that 'classical' music should be very prim and proper, rather than allowing other forms to evolve from within the genre. If it offends you so, then may I suggest you don't watch it and leave it to those of us who appreciate this form of art.

[HConstantine]

@imgod666 I've nothing to do with prim and proper, but now that you mention it, the main objection to this clip is that it's not funny. I assure you, I won';t look at any more.

[LordSuppenhuhn]

Do anybody knows wich songs he use in this opera ???

[pokesplat]

my favorite joke at 1:50

[tcrangle963]

i just spilt coffee over myself laughing:P

[patxizurru]

hahaha... you shouldn't drink anything while watching this!! :)

[DEATHMAJOR]

I'm sad I wish I had the oppurtunity to see one of his showa, he's brilliant. My communication teacher shoed us the Inflationary language video, when we began the chapter on language, And now I love him, also he's danish i'm danish we could have been danish together(In a non-homosexual manner), great comedian.

[mariandelochs]

LOL! Great, hilarious imitations of tenor, soprano and baritone!

[joelcjj]

does anyone know which opera is victor talking abt?

[traviswall1982]

The magic flute

[deovalente]

I was lucky enough to see Victor Borge in concert when I was in the fourth or fifth grade. Absolutely one of the most under-appreciated comedians ever!

[l203bpj]

Me too. Saw him twice. Fantastic.

[jubmaster13]

that is one peppy death aria

[Pavamingo]

one joke remained unheard, in 2:11: "he sings her a die-aria.. ehhh.. a death-aria" priceless!! ;-)

Haha I love his imitation of the tenor.