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I wish there were more "amateur" productions of G&S in the US that are as good as this. One might quibble with this or that - but heck I do that with the Met. On the whole this is outstanding. I love the madrigal - beautiful voices and excellent blend; same with the trio. I don't agree with the comment about ornamentation. I think Sullivan would have loved it.
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brill!
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@TauntonSavoyard Disagree - I also thought this a needlessly negative comment for overall very good material.
Phoebe has a beautiful voice, and I very much enjoyed her solo, as well as the horseplay in 'I have a song to sing O'.
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@darrylfreedman I thought they all sounded English? And very English, not silly pretend English :)
(I have an - I think - Australian recording of Yeomen where Phoebe is inexplicably Cornish sounding, and Jack makes no attempt hide his native accent)
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What a terrible rendering of Phoebe's opening number. The dancers are totally extraneous and add nothing - in fact they are a distraction. Why does Phoebe have to embelish the vocal line? It's not what Sullivan wrote or required. This is G & S - not Rossini or Donizetti. One of the Yeomen is wearing glasses. There is far too much horseplay in "I have a song to sing O" - this is a story told by Point and Elsie, it does not need extra input. Kate is far too dominent in "Strange Adventure".
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Very good. My only criticism is that in "Strange Adventure" The soprano (Kate?) does not understand that a madrigal should try to not have any parts over power the others. She tends to sing to strong for the others.
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Well done Durham, really convincing and imaginative. We (Godalming Operatic) are performing Yeoman in February in Godalming and Leatherhead (England), lovely to see a different type of production.
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If I may....Yew is the wood bows were made of so Yeomen would be archers!
Archers of the Guard in the olden days!
In the 16th century probably! There´s a good baritone part in it if somebody´s interested!
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excellent singing - impressed
i take it that this is Durham in the north east of England?
lhrlyc 2 years ago
No. It's Durham North Carolina, but our company has been singing G and S since 1963.
darrylfreedman 2 years ago