The divine Heather Begg as Katisha. A New Zealander via London, she was prima mezzo assoluta for Opera Australia lucky for us (along with Margreta Elkins, not forgetting!)
I purchased this version on DVD over a decade ago by accident. I meant to get the 2011 version instead, but I found myself enchanted by this recording and now it's by far my favourite take on The Mikado!
Here are the lyrics for this version of "I've Got a Little List": As some day it may happen that a victim must be found I've got a little list - I've got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground And who never would be missed - who never would be missed! There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs All children who are masterminds at _Trivial Pursuit_ All _Perfect Match_ competitors who bore us being cute And all third persons who on spoiling tête-á-têtes insist They'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed! [Chorus] He's got 'em on the list - he's got 'em on the list; And they'll none of 'em be missed - they'll none of 'em be missed There's the folk song serenader and the popstar off his face And the synthesizenist -- I've got him on the list All people who eat garlic bread and puff it in your face They never would be missed - who never would be missed! Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone All centuries but this, and every country but his own And the punk from the provinces, with hair all blue and dyed Who "doesn't think he dances, but he'd rather like to try" And that singular anomaly -- the active feminist I don't think she'd be missed - I'm sure she'd not be missed! [Chorus] He's got her on the list - he's got her on the list; And I don't think she'll be missed - I'm sure she'll not be missed! And that over-funded nuisance who just now is rather rife The Royal Commissionist -- I've got him on the list All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life They never would be missed - they never would be missed And apologetic statesmen of a mini-budget kind Such as, uhhh... what-d'ye-call-him -- thinga-me-bob -- and Fred Knight... oh, never mind And Batty Fatty What's-he-worth and also Joe-and-Flou But task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list For they'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed! [Chorus] You may put 'em on the list - you may put 'em on the list; And they'll none of 'em be missed - they'll none of 'em be missed!
The divine Heather Begg as Katisha. A New Zealander via London, she was prima mezzo assoluta for Opera Australia lucky for us (along with Margreta Elkins, not forgetting!)
She also played Katisha in the excellent 1973 BBC studio production, posted elsewhere on UA-cam.
I purchased this version on DVD over a decade ago by accident. I meant to get the 2011 version instead, but I found myself enchanted by this recording and now it's by far my favourite take on The Mikado!
Best of the best!!!
Here are the lyrics for this version of "I've Got a Little List":
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found
I've got a little list - I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed - who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs
All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs
All children who are masterminds at _Trivial Pursuit_
All _Perfect Match_ competitors who bore us being cute
And all third persons who on spoiling tête-á-têtes insist
They'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed!
[Chorus]
He's got 'em on the list - he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed - they'll none of 'em be missed
There's the folk song serenader and the popstar off his face
And the synthesizenist -- I've got him on the list
All people who eat garlic bread and puff it in your face
They never would be missed - who never would be missed!
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone
All centuries but this, and every country but his own
And the punk from the provinces, with hair all blue and dyed
Who "doesn't think he dances, but he'd rather like to try"
And that singular anomaly -- the active feminist
I don't think she'd be missed - I'm sure she'd not be missed!
[Chorus]
He's got her on the list - he's got her on the list;
And I don't think she'll be missed - I'm sure she'll not be missed!
And that over-funded nuisance who just now is rather rife
The Royal Commissionist -- I've got him on the list
All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life
They never would be missed - they never would be missed
And apologetic statesmen of a mini-budget kind
Such as, uhhh... what-d'ye-call-him -- thinga-me-bob -- and Fred Knight... oh, never mind
And Batty Fatty What's-he-worth and also Joe-and-Flou
But task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list
For they'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed!
[Chorus]
You may put 'em on the list - you may put 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed - they'll none of 'em be missed!