Dance a Cachucha - Australian Opera, 1989

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90s Kid

4 жыл бұрын

From "The Gondoliers," The Australian Opera, 1989.

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@browncoatkevin 3 жыл бұрын

Such a fun way of extending the Cachucha into a full-blown dance number!

@highbaritone 3 жыл бұрын

This was bloody wonderful. How well I remember this fantastic production. Great friends in it too.

@hortondlfn1994 3 жыл бұрын

RIOTOUS fun! What a fantastic production. I would love to see the whole thing.

@Tocsin-Bang 2 жыл бұрын

Best version of Dance a Cachucha I have ever seen, and I've seen probably getting on for 50. Immense fun!

@robertmwoodley1502 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful glory days of Australian Opera. Almost a completely repertory company, these young singers were given a great start in stunning productions of Mozart or, as here, in G&S, before moving to the big opera roles. These are not ballet dancers, but classical singers! Astounding dance routine.

@robertmwoodley1502 2 ай бұрын

The two Gondolier kings David Hobson and Roger Lemke went on to star as Rodolfo and Marcello in Baz Luhmann's groundbreaking La Boheme in Sydney in 1990 , which went on to be the only opera production to conquer Broadway in New York, as far as I know and which set up Luhrmann's career of highly romantic classic operas, plays and films.

@musicalgal7 3 жыл бұрын

i cant remember how fun that used to be lol miss doing that show

@winifredtrout1 2 жыл бұрын

Me toooo...I was cousin Phoebe

@brendanleaf8925 8 ай бұрын

Truly brilliant. The best G&S I've ever seen. Well done !!!!

@karldelavigne8134 4 жыл бұрын

Oh that made my day. A perfect way of taking liberties with G&S!

@mikidoo 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, that was hilarious. Thank you, 90s Kid. Am really enjoying your G & S uploads.

@VetsrisAuguste Жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen anything more fantastic in my life!!!! I followed a rabbit hole here while researching the historic dance form known as La Cachucha. I never realized we were singing about it back when we sang this in high school choir back in the 1980s. I had forgotten all about it until now.

@andrewferguson5653 3 жыл бұрын

It's Brian Macdonald's production from the Stratford Festival, Canada.

@sKid-gh9ub 3 жыл бұрын

This was filmed at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. I believe the one he directed at the Stratford Festival is also available on DVD.

@andrewferguson5653 3 жыл бұрын

@@sKid-gh9ub Yes, it is!

@highbaritone 3 жыл бұрын

No, this is Sydney. But that choreography could have gone elsewhere for sure.

@andrewferguson5653 3 жыл бұрын

@@highbaritone Yes, I understand. I meant the production was originally at Stratford 1983, and Brian Macdonald remounted it for Opera Australia.

@awesomemom533 3 жыл бұрын

As I was watching I was thinking it’s exactly the same choreography as the Stratford festival version. Now I know why! Love it 😍

@it_buddy Жыл бұрын

Nice to see grown people having fun playing with dolls!

@chrisraisin5587 4 жыл бұрын

Now that made me forget all about the Coronavirus!!😂 The second half It is hilarious!

@doriswoodfin3839 3 жыл бұрын

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@spanishmasterpieces5203 3 жыл бұрын

Cachucha is a dance from the Spanish bolero-school.

@DIMON_CAMI 3 жыл бұрын

The Wiggles transported me here

@sKid-gh9ub 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. The Wiggle Bay video. My introduction to G&S, even though I didn't realize that's what it was from until much later in life.

@timobelton1 Жыл бұрын

Who choreographed this? It’s brilliant.

@sKid-gh9ub Жыл бұрын

Brian MacDonald was the director and choreographer.

@fatherson69 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly - it was the best four minutes of the entire production! (my opinion only)

@mattyd3079 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder whether it's not so much the production, it's the operetta itself. Don't get me wrong, I love G&S. But for me the Gondoliers isn't in the same class as Pirates, Mikado, Trial by Jury, and to a lesser extent Pinafore. Professional opera companies have done well to include these operettas in their canon, especially others like Patience and Iolanthe. I could be wrong, but these operettas were probably not meant to be done by professional opera companies, but actually operetta companies, and they don't really exist. I can't imagine Gondoliers being successful on Broadway like Pirates has been - or many other works in the G&S canon. Jon English & Co did a pretty good job of it. I think OA did really well to present Gondoliers and make it as professional and entertaining as possible. I think from memory this particular production (sets, costumes, direction etc) might have been borrowed from Canada.