As a die-hard & committed Savoyard I can only O.M.G. , Simon's Frederic was breathtaking, I wish I'd been in time for the full performance, it must have rocked. I once played Fred, ( ah many yrs ago ) but I don't think I will try it again after that! His sustained top Bflat - I can only dream off. Am doing Pirates again soon but this time have come down to safer registers as The King - I know my limits.
@kastritis00 Wow, first of all, no one here appreciates your vulgarity. Second of all, I just finished playing Frederic in an operatic production of Pirates, and I can hold a REAL Bb for much longer than 20 seconds. I am a studying tenor who has sung, in addition to an operatic Frederic, Tamino, Gherardo, excerpts of Il duca di Mantova and am preparing Nemorino. I'm not bragging, I'm young and still have much to learn to become an opera singer. However, I don't appreciate such ignorant comments
That Bb was absolutely terrible. He sounds like he is 12 years old.. Gilbert and Sullivan is light opera, people.. Opera. This Fredric is a horrible, horrible singer. To do real Gilbert and Sullivan requires either young or light, trained, opera singers. So many of these productions on youtube are just wrong..
The audience just loves his performance! And Simon Gallaher is a fantastic singer! Something must be wrong with your computer or your musicality or both!
@cuckthefardinals Being a huge G&S fan I agree with you - a traditional version of Pirates would require a tenor of more operatic abilities. This production however, was more of a affectionate mick-take of Pirates, and works reasonably well with Simon Gallaher's more musical-theatreish style voice - I have a feeling that an operatic tenor opposite the Fabulous Singlettes would be a hilariously awful clash of genres! I don't mean at all to imply your argument is wrong, just a little harsh.
@sparkyisbonkers Right, well really I'd prefer if these types of productions didn't exist at all. This is just my opinion, but I do feel strongly about it because its the large number of productions like this that really short sells G&S to audiences. Even some of my own fellow students studying opera didn't realize that playing Frederic was a legitimate thing to do as a young opera singer. Several of my colleagues questioned my participation because they thought it was music theatre.
@cuckthefardinals Granted, this is much the fault of my own colleagues not educating themselves well on their own topic of study. But I think the point is clear.
@cuckthefardinals There's no need to call anyone idiot. Operettas breached the line between Opera and Musical theater...The main difference being the amount of acting... There is a difference in the type of singing, but being closely related to musical theater, the director has the right to decide how the piece will be performed, also, the most known rendition of this Musical/Operetta is Joseph Papps and he used a cast of popular singers for it. The musical was not made for you.
@Balloonoid Because it is still a form of musical theater...it has music...it's performed in a theater...a plain opera singer would most probably suck at it....unless he's an accomplished actor...
@omikronescence - true enough. however! at the time operettas were usually performed for the lower classes and thus the actors didn't have the disciplines of a true opera singer of the time. thus it became it's own can of worms.
@cuckthefardinals It's Gilbert and Sullivan, it's an operetta, but only in name. It's not meant to stay the same through every production, as it's more of a farce that's supposed to be played around with then be so much about the music. Besides that, this Frederic has a fantastic, albeit not that operatic voice and plays the role perfectly.
@cuckthefardinals Sorry but can I point out that that thousands of people adored his performance...no one was there to see an opera. This isn't traditional D'oyle Carte. All theatre companies have the artistic license to have fun with it...I think G&S would approve.
Your experience as an opera singer allows you to criticise others for liking it. But despite my "ignorance" (I'm a trained singer too) I wouldn't go as far as to call a man with a quality voice TERRIBLE in any genre of singing!
@cloudboheme I agree with you,i only regret that we did not see this production in the UK.What's not to like-its lively and ribald,and the leads are perfect, with a strong ensemble to match,We have been given the opportunity to see this here thanks to Sky tv and i am sure that many people enjoyed it just as much as i did,
I think it would have been hilarious had he tried the shirt-opening thing at the end, after the lifting of the feet thing, but either stopped, or they didn't do it, and he'd be like "Well, I tried."
Sorry guys, that wasn't falsetto. I did this show with Simon in '84 and '85 and he never once went into falsetto. Always head voice. More pop than operatic but fantastic technique. And he never missed or cracked.
now THAT was impressive, just finished this at my college, and ALL our tenors couldn't hold that long... Falsetto or not... But even better are those girls there, that was the funniest "A Man!!" I ever heard at the beginning. lol
such picky people... he's got a great voice and an amazing talent, why can't you just accept the video for its entertainment purposes for which it was intended? sad...
I am thrilled to find this again. I saw this clip on a local "Arts" channel a couple of years ago, and was thrilled by it. I didn't find out from what production it came, or who the performers were. What luck to have stumbled across it! These people are great. I love the comedy!
I'm also really impressed by the musicianship of the Singlettes to hold up all of those harmonies so perfectly without much support from the orchestra/synthesizer
Whenever I see a production of "Pirates," I always view the entry of Mabel as a make or break point. In this production she blows the rest to pieces. especially after Frederic's stunning performance!
Wow...that b flat is hard to even just hit nicely for most guys, and he absolutely made it his bitch. Amazing. I love Rex Smith in this role, but Simon takes it. Best I've ever seen this song done.
This is a fantastic version of Pirates of Penzance. All the problems of the rather old original are overcome with a great deal of humor and Simon Gallaher is absolutely perfect - and sexy!
Gilbertand Sullivan would have loved this performance!
Personally, I love the original opera setting of Pirates of Penzance...it's just not hardly ever lived up to. It seems to loose it's humor at times when most opera companies stage it.
This version has very different orchestrations (pop oriented) and a different style of singing that I quite like also.
Simon Gallaher has an amazing voice. It's incredibly hard to hit some of those notes and not come across as "straining". It's extremely hard to sing properly. He does a wonderful job.
WHO could help but applaud at the powerful, heart-conquering way in which he holds those long high A & G notes? & he warmed the audience up for them like a pro, playing around with the girls' attachment to his every move like that!
I like it better when there are many daughters.. It makes more sense for them all to pair with the pirates in the finale to be conjugally matrimonified. (:
Also, I might add, the SG productions are way too ad-lib and unpredictable to make it possible to pre-record parts. They may well record a "sick-track" for emergencies (I doubt it) but that doesn't mean he can't hold that note for the long and it doesn't mean this isn't legit. Ask anyone who has been to an SG production, they do things different every night.
With good breath control, you could manage that, actually. They might have prerecorded it, but that's no fun, and he's got good enough control that I think he'd manage it by himself.
I am a professional stage manager. On shows of this size and corporate structure they record what is know as a sick track. All of the leads are recorded on stage during the first show. This track can then be played if the artist losses their voice but is otherwise able to go on stage. Plus... singing the same songs as much as these artists had to over the length of their run can cause vocal stress.
It's not pre-recorded. If you think that's not possible to do live you're an idiot, 'cause Simon Gallaher he did it every night during the run of this production.
Dont some people talk or write utter dross. This is a superb version and the ham is perfect to the intent of G&S. A great performance from all the cast and very well done! The audience enjoyment is well marked! Thank you for posting!
Mit grell-bauschigen Petticoats und hochgetürmten Blondhaar-Frisetten rauschen die Fabulous Singlettes durch das englischsprachige Pop-Repertoire der Sixties, der Seventies und der Jetztzeit.
Die Fabulous Singlettes sind vom 13.1.-22.1.2009 wieder in Berlin im TIPI-Zelt am Kanzleramt!!!
This is a very weak version of this very good song, the song can be done very well, but this isn't I think; which is a shame because the other songs in THIS SAME PRODUCTION are awesome (I love the purple pirate king <3)
You need to understand the song, characters and indeed the show first. I'll hit you with a comeback when you have done so. Until then, please, do continue with your witty retorts.
I know the show very well, I have 2 recordings of it and I've seen It 3 times. It is brilliente in its origonal form with it's origonal score written and orchestrated by sir Arthur Sullivan, this is a rubbish version and brings the once brilliante opera to the lowest common denominator through the use of micrphones and some rubbish excuse for a 2 bit band with a terrible arrangement of the score. Have you ever seen a proper version of the opera as it was written?
Not live, only through the power of the internet. I've only seen the Broadway version live. I've twice performed in the Broadway version too. Which is what this video is of, and not of the original score. Admittedly, the two versions are for two different types of clientel so there can't really be any comparison between the two shows. Therefor rendering your original comment obscelete i'm afraid.
I'm mearly pointing ouy how shit it is compared to the origonal. Just because it was intended for mainstream audiences doesn't mean it has to be degraded to the lowest common denominator. Gilbert and Sullivan would have both hated this rubbish.
I saw this original show in Adelaide when I was really young - it was absolutely brilliant. Then the original cast put the show on again years later - John English and Simon had gotten a fair bit podgier than the first time round but it was still brilliant...
Couple of years ago saw Opera Australia do a 'straight' version and it didn't even come close to touching this one. Not even close.
I am similiar age and I watched him from early age on many TV appearances ( remember he sang out from the side of his mouth? )
I must however say, that when I hear him sing now, particularly this song and the duet later, honestly I swoon and have tears. Simon, you are a truly talented. Your voice to me is amazing to listen too and I never tire of hearing you sing. You are a credit to Australian talent and more so, a credit to youself!
Pirates of Penzance has been popular in Australia for so long and has had so many incarnations, this particular production was having fun with a well known show. The audience is well aware of how the show is done usually and were aware that this production was going to be overdone. Simon Gallaher has played the role in 4 productions of the show and not always in this way. I personally think G&S would have loved it.
Simon Gallaher should have been Australia's greatest stage star. I used to go to the bar he played piano at in 1980 just to listen to him play and sing.
I love Pirates and Gilbert & Sullivan generally, but this version of it is just so tacky. You don't need to make G&S slapsticky and schlocky for it to be funny; it's funny on its own.
i love this scene so much i was in this play in the summer and played kate but it was the junior version and now my high school is doing the actual full show i love it with a passion..
yes, tis maaaaAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAAaaaAAAaaAAaAaAAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAAaaaaAAaAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...bel
plottinganime 4 days ago
As a die-hard & committed Savoyard I can only O.M.G. , Simon's Frederic was breathtaking, I wish I'd been in time for the full performance, it must have rocked. I once played Fred, ( ah many yrs ago ) but I don't think I will try it again after that! His sustained top Bflat - I can only dream off. Am doing Pirates again soon but this time have come down to safer registers as The King - I know my limits.
RobbieF63 1 week ago
I really don't care for those silly, clownish wigs, and there's supposed to be more maidens too. Otherwise it is beautiful.
verdew8181 2 weeks ago
i have a audition for this tomorrow :$
trueharted 1 month ago
@trueharted GOOD LUCK!
plottinganime 4 days ago
amazing vocals
100JamesX 2 months ago
WHO IS HE
themrjfo 4 months ago
my school is doing pirates of penzance. sure it's awesome, but i'm kinda worried about having to sing some of those notes there....... (cringe)
Msnikknock 5 months ago
Most enjoyable... wish I had been at the peprformance.
54mayford 5 months ago
Superb all round,a big laugh.
MrAlfjoan 6 months ago
7:18 MAY~ble
Chiriri123 6 months ago 2
5:19 BITCHSLAP THAT B FLAT
ProudToBeNerdy 8 months ago 13
aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Cthlhu4President 11 months ago
Beautifully sung!!!
oboewizard 11 months ago
Really good, but he does have a face you want to slap.
tomaswolstenholme 11 months ago
@tomaswolstenholme Why would you want to do that I've seen a lot of uglier Fredericks. I think he's lovely.
jane90186 4 months ago
we just did this play at my school and I played Ruth :D standing ovations and encores!
MCLGizzerl 1 year ago
wow
Kallamazo2 1 year ago
If you like this song check out, Pirates of Penzance, Maiden Breast "RILEY COPE"
Great Performance!!! :)
RileySuperstar1 1 year ago
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DanielMurphy94 1 year ago
he is a beast!
ashleyehill3 1 year ago
1:58 2:04 2:09 2:15 2:21 2:26 2:32 2:39 2:47 3:00 3:06 3:23
albanyftw 1 year ago
Great voice, hysterical performance. 2 thumbs WAY up.
Move over Rex Smith, You've got yourself some competition.( no offense... )
uzumaki38 1 year ago
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uzumaki38 1 year ago
MAYYYyyyyYYyyyyYyyyy.....bell LOL!
Notster07 1 year ago
fuck me. thats what frederic should sound like.
calummorris1993 1 year ago
Fredrick must have leaned his dance moves from the Pirate King. :)
Also 20 second high note is amazing.
Ecapsora 1 year ago
@kastritis00 Wow, first of all, no one here appreciates your vulgarity. Second of all, I just finished playing Frederic in an operatic production of Pirates, and I can hold a REAL Bb for much longer than 20 seconds. I am a studying tenor who has sung, in addition to an operatic Frederic, Tamino, Gherardo, excerpts of Il duca di Mantova and am preparing Nemorino. I'm not bragging, I'm young and still have much to learn to become an opera singer. However, I don't appreciate such ignorant comments
cuckthefardinals 1 year ago
22 second b flat holy shit
BenChiasson 1 year ago
oh! I have this on video! :D
only I don't know where I put it :(
kiaralouisee 1 year ago
This man has some of the best breath control i have ever seen
killabotpegasi 1 year ago
That Bb was absolutely terrible. He sounds like he is 12 years old.. Gilbert and Sullivan is light opera, people.. Opera. This Fredric is a horrible, horrible singer. To do real Gilbert and Sullivan requires either young or light, trained, opera singers. So many of these productions on youtube are just wrong..
cuckthefardinals 1 year ago
@cuckthefardinals He keeps the high note for some 20 seconds....
The audience just loves his performance! And Simon Gallaher is a fantastic singer! Something must be wrong with your computer or your musicality or both!
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kastritis00 1 year ago
@cuckthefardinals Being a huge G&S fan I agree with you - a traditional version of Pirates would require a tenor of more operatic abilities. This production however, was more of a affectionate mick-take of Pirates, and works reasonably well with Simon Gallaher's more musical-theatreish style voice - I have a feeling that an operatic tenor opposite the Fabulous Singlettes would be a hilariously awful clash of genres! I don't mean at all to imply your argument is wrong, just a little harsh.
sparkyisbonkers 1 year ago
@sparkyisbonkers Right, well really I'd prefer if these types of productions didn't exist at all. This is just my opinion, but I do feel strongly about it because its the large number of productions like this that really short sells G&S to audiences. Even some of my own fellow students studying opera didn't realize that playing Frederic was a legitimate thing to do as a young opera singer. Several of my colleagues questioned my participation because they thought it was music theatre.
cuckthefardinals 1 year ago
@cuckthefardinals Granted, this is much the fault of my own colleagues not educating themselves well on their own topic of study. But I think the point is clear.
cuckthefardinals 1 year ago
@cuckthefardinals um...it IS Musical Theater...
omikronescence 8 months ago
@omikronescence No its not! Its absolutely not, you idiot. Its operetta, the primary difference being legitimate singing!
cuckthefardinals 7 months ago
@cuckthefardinals There's no need to call anyone idiot. Operettas breached the line between Opera and Musical theater...The main difference being the amount of acting... There is a difference in the type of singing, but being closely related to musical theater, the director has the right to decide how the piece will be performed, also, the most known rendition of this Musical/Operetta is Joseph Papps and he used a cast of popular singers for it. The musical was not made for you.
omikronescence 7 months ago
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Balloonoid 6 months ago
@omikronescence - Since you knew what the proper term was; why didn't you use the proper term?
Balloonoid 6 months ago
@Balloonoid Because it is still a form of musical theater...it has music...it's performed in a theater...a plain opera singer would most probably suck at it....unless he's an accomplished actor...
omikronescence 6 months ago
@omikronescence - true enough. however! at the time operettas were usually performed for the lower classes and thus the actors didn't have the disciplines of a true opera singer of the time. thus it became it's own can of worms.
Balloonoid 6 months ago
@Balloonoid So...We're settled?
omikronescence 6 months ago
@omikronescence - I suppose we might as well be. Nice discussion though thanks.
Balloonoid 6 months ago
@cuckthefardinals It's Gilbert and Sullivan, it's an operetta, but only in name. It's not meant to stay the same through every production, as it's more of a farce that's supposed to be played around with then be so much about the music. Besides that, this Frederic has a fantastic, albeit not that operatic voice and plays the role perfectly.
RapedHAHA 1 year ago
@cuckthefardinals Sorry but can I point out that that thousands of people adored his performance...no one was there to see an opera. This isn't traditional D'oyle Carte. All theatre companies have the artistic license to have fun with it...I think G&S would approve.
Your experience as an opera singer allows you to criticise others for liking it. But despite my "ignorance" (I'm a trained singer too) I wouldn't go as far as to call a man with a quality voice TERRIBLE in any genre of singing!
cloudboheme 1 year ago 2
@cloudboheme I agree with you,i only regret that we did not see this production in the UK.What's not to like-its lively and ribald,and the leads are perfect, with a strong ensemble to match,We have been given the opportunity to see this here thanks to Sky tv and i am sure that many people enjoyed it just as much as i did,
TZEITEL10 1 year ago
this is one of my favourite songs in the entire play!!!!!!!
katieannexx95 1 year ago
Brilliant!!!!
lornabegbie 1 year ago
Hahaa! He does this very well, especially the acting portion along with the singing!
Polar1x1Bear 1 year ago
I think it would have been hilarious had he tried the shirt-opening thing at the end, after the lifting of the feet thing, but either stopped, or they didn't do it, and he'd be like "Well, I tried."
AlexiaDark 1 year ago
He can certainly sing, but he could be a little more attractive.
thepantweaver 1 year ago
shit son!! he's fucking good. what a stud. I've been singing for like 10 years and I'm seriously put to shame
NiwdeLagirdam 1 year ago
@NiwdeLagirdam I think he's gorgeous, it's all in the eye of the beholder!
jane90186 5 months ago
Sorry guys, that wasn't falsetto. I did this show with Simon in '84 and '85 and he never once went into falsetto. Always head voice. More pop than operatic but fantastic technique. And he never missed or cracked.
tobyone07 1 year ago
Head voice is falsetto.. he must've been in mixed voice...
because sing in falsetto and feel your head... it vibrates.. and sing in chest voice, your chest vibrates.
Thriller94 1 year ago
now THAT was impressive, just finished this at my college, and ALL our tenors couldn't hold that long... Falsetto or not... But even better are those girls there, that was the funniest "A Man!!" I ever heard at the beginning. lol
CMZ007rules 1 year ago
even though he used circulatary breathing which is very dangerous
StevePatient74240 1 year ago
@StevePatient74240 really? how do you do that?!
Thriller94 1 year ago
enj06 it might be falsetto but it takes real skill to do it that long. I have been singing for year ad got my grade 8 and i struggled.
StevePatient74240 1 year ago
He really did a terrible part with this part. What is with his vibrato?
enj06 2 years ago
such picky people... he's got a great voice and an amazing talent, why can't you just accept the video for its entertainment purposes for which it was intended? sad...
yugtafytaews 2 years ago 2
let's see you do better my friend.. the faster the better.
Thriller94 2 years ago
Elvis was a pirate?
lifeisart37 2 years ago
He's got a bit of the terminal vibrato there... And not the good kind!
atomicmrpelly 2 years ago
On the other hand that's a nice top B flat he's got there!
atomicmrpelly 2 years ago
@atomicmrpelly
The girls' B's, C's and D's aren't anything to scoff at either!
*rimshot*
SORRY, SORRY! It had to be done.
MelficeSilesius 2 years ago
It certainly did!
atomicmrpelly 2 years ago
that's a high C dude.
Thriller94 2 years ago
Who cares what note it is, its falsetto
enj06 2 years ago
never mind.. it's a Bb...
Thriller94 1 year ago
I am thrilled to find this again. I saw this clip on a local "Arts" channel a couple of years ago, and was thrilled by it. I didn't find out from what production it came, or who the performers were. What luck to have stumbled across it! These people are great. I love the comedy!
OldieMusicMan 2 years ago 2
7:17-7:30, SO great!!!!
broadwaystar92 2 years ago
I'm falling in love with Pirates of Penzance...all over again. :)
broadwaystar92 2 years ago
I don't like this play. even tho we are doing it
VeronicaGraceHylak 2 years ago
I'm also really impressed by the musicianship of the Singlettes to hold up all of those harmonies so perfectly without much support from the orchestra/synthesizer
AshleyTAdamsOnline 2 years ago
That note... INDREDIBLE
SamSkii14 2 years ago
4:58...any note like that is instantly called a Holy Sh*t! note.
aquakid360 2 years ago 45
it's in falsetto man, it's not that hard haha... but full voice like Rex Smith does it it's awesome.
Thriller94 2 years ago
@Thriller94
true, but he does hold it for a LOOOONG
time
lifeisart37 2 years ago
haha yeah that's true.
Thriller94 2 years ago
@aquakid360 Haha, I actually said holy shit out loud when I heard that note. Very accurate name for it.
cesspitpool 1 year ago 2
i played mabel in this at my school:) junior version though... still very cool
eslomovits 2 years ago
man that b flat is ridiculus. amazing is all i have to say. as a 1st tenor myself, i look up that that haha
easten555 2 years ago
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i think this looks really daft. sorry
Punkyfish0011 2 years ago
know god
sharpshootermatthew 2 years ago
im goin for mabel in this show, this version x
fionaallan 2 years ago
Wow, he's just absolutely uber!
firsttenor76 2 years ago
Doing this for school production. learning the words is prettyy hard lmaoo :] x
Moggy4996 2 years ago
Whenever I see a production of "Pirates," I always view the entry of Mabel as a make or break point. In this production she blows the rest to pieces. especially after Frederic's stunning performance!
leoseries 2 years ago
Drop dead amazing.
paramore412 2 years ago
*sigh*
HellyJellyooo 2 years ago
Wow...that b flat is hard to even just hit nicely for most guys, and he absolutely made it his bitch. Amazing. I love Rex Smith in this role, but Simon takes it. Best I've ever seen this song done.
RandomZydeco 2 years ago 38
A comment from Finland in 2009:
This is a fantastic version of Pirates of Penzance. All the problems of the rather old original are overcome with a great deal of humor and Simon Gallaher is absolutely perfect - and sexy!
Gilbertand Sullivan would have loved this performance!
BjornPalmen 2 years ago
best version iv seen
slytherin2000 2 years ago
"A MAN!" and he turns around. Funny stuff.
kyle915 2 years ago
He held love for 21 and a half seconds! Bravo!
Yeylife 2 years ago
4:25 . incredible
Jdog24315 2 years ago
Personally, I love the original opera setting of Pirates of Penzance...it's just not hardly ever lived up to. It seems to loose it's humor at times when most opera companies stage it.
This version has very different orchestrations (pop oriented) and a different style of singing that I quite like also.
Simon Gallaher has an amazing voice. It's incredibly hard to hit some of those notes and not come across as "straining". It's extremely hard to sing properly. He does a wonderful job.
Pianomagicdude 2 years ago
WHO could help but applaud at the powerful, heart-conquering way in which he holds those long high A & G notes? & he warmed the audience up for them like a pro, playing around with the girls' attachment to his every move like that!
Memories, memories!
Ignauhak 2 years ago
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The tenor is ok..... not as good as everyone is saying tho
asx5252 2 years ago
I like it better when there are many daughters.. It makes more sense for them all to pair with the pirates in the finale to be conjugally matrimonified. (:
rylagator 2 years ago
Also, I might add, the SG productions are way too ad-lib and unpredictable to make it possible to pre-record parts. They may well record a "sick-track" for emergencies (I doubt it) but that doesn't mean he can't hold that note for the long and it doesn't mean this isn't legit. Ask anyone who has been to an SG production, they do things different every night.
Joomington 2 years ago
you people do realize that top was pre-recorded
10Amuffett 2 years ago
With good breath control, you could manage that, actually. They might have prerecorded it, but that's no fun, and he's got good enough control that I think he'd manage it by himself.
BenMcCormack91 2 years ago
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I am a professional stage manager. On shows of this size and corporate structure they record what is know as a sick track. All of the leads are recorded on stage during the first show. This track can then be played if the artist losses their voice but is otherwise able to go on stage. Plus... singing the same songs as much as these artists had to over the length of their run can cause vocal stress.
DSCStgMgr 2 years ago
It's not pre-recorded. If you think that's not possible to do live you're an idiot, 'cause Simon Gallaher he did it every night during the run of this production.
Joomington 2 years ago
I assume that wasn't directed at me, since I already said that it was probably not prerecorded, and could have easily been done without the recording.
If you did direct at me, then I'll write carefully in the future, and just for safe measure, tell you that you should read more carefully.
BenMcCormack91 2 years ago
No, it wasn't directed at you.
Joomington 2 years ago
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DSCStgMgr 2 years ago
!!!! that was incredible! i'm speechless
jakethewoz 2 years ago
.................. o..m..g... i LOVE Simon Gallaher!!!! his voice is AMAZING in this!!!
the end part where he's like dancing is HILARIOUS!!! tho his voice is a little high, he's still AMAZING!!
MagicalMistoffolees 2 years ago 2
that was WONDERFUL!!!
RivaJane 3 years ago 2
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the guy i swear his voice is WAY too high
is he gay or sumthin?
Quillix5 3 years ago
you're gay
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Bramicus 3 years ago
no he has a natural tenor voice, some people do, its very rare that there is a tenor is this good. Its a high demand low supply vocal type.
10Amuffett 2 years ago
It sounds good, but in some parts his vibrato makes him sound like a chipmunk. I still think he did a fantastic job though.
xNippleWaferx 2 years ago
lol i actually like the three sisters...i take that its edith, kate and isabel....they're funny
performer92 3 years ago 2
. . . I think I'm in love. . .
catwomen5io 3 years ago
I love Simon Gallaher in this and HMS Pinnafore!
Suggest you check it out. Amazing Voice. And John English and Helen Donaldson are in it too.
ieroxxhero04 3 years ago
Dont some people talk or write utter dross. This is a superb version and the ham is perfect to the intent of G&S. A great performance from all the cast and very well done! The audience enjoyment is well marked! Thank you for posting!
KaiseRex42 3 years ago
I played Frederick in the 6th grade. I dominated.
gitterfritter 3 years ago
Really?
Considering most boys' voices aren't completely changed by then, let alone matured and trained, that must have been something to hear.
FireofSekhmet 2 years ago
We did an awesome job. Senator Charles Schumer attended one of the performances. I was great. God loves me more than he loves others.
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DasTIPIzelt 3 years ago
Why is it weak? Were you hoping for a larger dose of ham?
This is a great version... He's a good tenor, and floats with an effortless pianissimo.
Simon takes the mickey beautifully. Playing the slightly self absorbed duty-slave.
doverbenjamin 3 years ago
This is a very weak version of this very good song, the song can be done very well, but this isn't I think; which is a shame because the other songs in THIS SAME PRODUCTION are awesome (I love the purple pirate king <3)
Eshla92 3 years ago
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what a load of shit
christobell123 3 years ago
The song or your comment? I'll take a wild guess that it's the latter.
pot4000 3 years ago 3
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The song is crap, so you're wild guess was wrong you retard. Please explane to me what is good about such rubbish
christobell123 3 years ago
You need to understand the song, characters and indeed the show first. I'll hit you with a comeback when you have done so. Until then, please, do continue with your witty retorts.
pot4000 3 years ago
I know the show very well, I have 2 recordings of it and I've seen It 3 times. It is brilliente in its origonal form with it's origonal score written and orchestrated by sir Arthur Sullivan, this is a rubbish version and brings the once brilliante opera to the lowest common denominator through the use of micrphones and some rubbish excuse for a 2 bit band with a terrible arrangement of the score. Have you ever seen a proper version of the opera as it was written?
christobell123 3 years ago
Not live, only through the power of the internet. I've only seen the Broadway version live. I've twice performed in the Broadway version too. Which is what this video is of, and not of the original score. Admittedly, the two versions are for two different types of clientel so there can't really be any comparison between the two shows. Therefor rendering your original comment obscelete i'm afraid.
pot4000 3 years ago 4
You mean this hasn't been sung as classically as performances you "know very well". Evidently not well enough to understand the humour.
It's DRIPPING with sarcasm, poking fun at both the execution of it and the actual character of these victorian "ladies".
Hah! But to call the original an OPERA AND have the stupidity to get snobby about it HAS to be a pom! :)
PFFFT! It's an OPERETTA at best and always was intended for mainstream audiences. Even Sir Arthur Sullivan himself lamented it.
doverbenjamin 3 years ago 2
I'm mearly pointing ouy how shit it is compared to the origonal. Just because it was intended for mainstream audiences doesn't mean it has to be degraded to the lowest common denominator. Gilbert and Sullivan would have both hated this rubbish.
christobell123 3 years ago
Yep good comment and comeback...clearly a fantastic specimen of a human being.
CrocHunt007 3 years ago
They captured exactly how loopy and demented I a think Maybelle is when she sings her high notes there...lol
That look is how I have always interpreted it!
bwaywrestler3564 3 years ago
my school put it on last year and i played mabel
princessofguitar 3 years ago
He's pretty much my hero.
PhilipvKlaassen 3 years ago 5
I saw this original show in Adelaide when I was really young - it was absolutely brilliant. Then the original cast put the show on again years later - John English and Simon had gotten a fair bit podgier than the first time round but it was still brilliant...
Couple of years ago saw Opera Australia do a 'straight' version and it didn't even come close to touching this one. Not even close.
eltoolio 3 years ago 4
That's exactly like me! I saw it first with John, and later with the Opera and the second one was soooo boring. John English was fantasitc ;)
fullmetalcharm 3 years ago
I am similiar age and I watched him from early age on many TV appearances ( remember he sang out from the side of his mouth? )
I must however say, that when I hear him sing now, particularly this song and the duet later, honestly I swoon and have tears. Simon, you are a truly talented. Your voice to me is amazing to listen too and I never tire of hearing you sing. You are a credit to Australian talent and more so, a credit to youself!
aspleyvideo 3 years ago
meh...his voice is pretty but...
he just overdoes it alot...he comes off as an arrogant dickhead rather than a handsome young man...
this song is supposed to be pretty and humorous, not a comedy routine
master0rolando 3 years ago
Pirates of Penzance has been popular in Australia for so long and has had so many incarnations, this particular production was having fun with a well known show. The audience is well aware of how the show is done usually and were aware that this production was going to be overdone. Simon Gallaher has played the role in 4 productions of the show and not always in this way. I personally think G&S would have loved it.
ilreput 3 years ago
i think maybe one of them would've thought it funny...
one of them was supposed to be an anal jerk...i don't know which...
master0rolando 3 years ago
She is amazing. So much control.
PhilipvKlaassen 3 years ago
i throguht he saw a a tart not saw at heart
FinalFreek 3 years ago
Simon Gallaher should have been Australia's greatest stage star. I used to go to the bar he played piano at in 1980 just to listen to him play and sing.
ilreput 3 years ago
i wish i could sing as high as him - his top b held on for 18 seconds is bloody impressive
sparkyisbonkers 3 years ago 2
I love Pirates and Gilbert & Sullivan generally, but this version of it is just so tacky. You don't need to make G&S slapsticky and schlocky for it to be funny; it's funny on its own.
jyoung78 3 years ago
you don't need to, but this version is hilarious all the same.
Kerendral 3 years ago
lol
KaiseRex42 3 years ago
i'm playing fred in this i love this song
prieto0804 3 years ago
How skinny are his legs! How tall his body!
classikate 3 years ago
that song is soooo hard to sing! i auditioned for fred but i didnt get it (kind of glad as i now dont have to do the Elvis moves!)
sparkyisbonkers 3 years ago
hah yeah the fred for our show did the Elvis thing
verryBerryIndeed 3 years ago
ok his legs are very long, but then they are so skinny! and may i say he looks amazing is tights...;)
actressOsingerOhotty 3 years ago
ya the girl that played mabel in this is good but i'd have to say the girl in my highschool is WAY WAY better. she's amazing.
pureute10125 4 years ago
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yo fred this so freaking gay!!!!!
youyouooxx 4 years ago
i love this scene so much i was in this play in the summer and played kate but it was the junior version and now my high school is doing the actual full show i love it with a passion..
runex3grl 4 years ago
god.. that note... i cant even hold it for that long. :(
ocdude714 4 years ago 3
i cant even reach that note!
sparkyisbonkers 3 years ago 2
the highest note for fred in this song is like an A not that high
prieto0804 3 years ago
B flat, actually. (I have absolute pitch, so I know he's singing a B flat.) Still not that high, but his breath control is pretty impressive.
nonnonymous 3 years ago
you mean perfect pitch
DUT011 3 years ago
ego
lardmonk 3 years ago
why are there only 3 sisters? there are usually 12 in most productions.
GragariousGrace 4 years ago
really?
i mean really really??