Name: The Masochism Tango (Tom Lehrer) by Grant Doyle - Baritone
Duration: 3 min 44 s
Description: Highlights from comedy recital at St Paul's, Covent Garden as part of the London Song Festival. Recorded 31st October, 2012.

I want this kind of relationship with someone. My parents caught me listening to this song and told me it isn’t healthy, but I love the idea.

Rose Lalonde fansong! Second in a set I'm doing of all the Beta Kids. My first A Capella song - it was absurdly difficult to make, so it's not perfect, but pretty good for a first shot, I think!

Beautiful cover art courtesy of my friend Beth (aptpenguin.tumblr.com)
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Once upon a fairy tale, a heroine was born
with heart as black as space and darkness, from which she was torn
and in this fairy tale, she spoke an ancient tongue
the ink as bleary as the void from which our hero’d sprung
she took her thorns in hand, heard the voices from afar
lost her mind and took command, played the game and here you are.

Little lilac wizard girl, with hair as white as snow
you’ll go on an adventure, testing everything you know
you’ll see the world asleep, and see the light awake
find dissonance upon your planet old, which you will break
forsake thy mother’s name, she’s not with you anymore
grab your books and play the game, prepare yourself for what we’ve got in store.

There’s more to darkness than your mind can see
an endless reach of possibilities
no justice, vengeance, no concept of right
yes, darkness is more than an absence of Light.

Little golden goddess girl, with smile as black as ice
take down the universe, and then give it your best advice
the horror is your friend, the terror loves you best
so go now, and push into motion all objects at rest
see through the veil of white, fall into a gothic trance
woe is your perfected sight, you know best that naught is hand of chance

to dance with black death is your specialty
perchance to dabble in what things might be
beneath your eyelids lies an endless night
yes, close your eyes and find an absence of Light. 

Lay your weary head to rest and drift on many waves
and waken after slumber dwindles down the many days
left on the calendar that’s ticking in your mind
a ticking bomb gripped tightly by the tentacles of time
until the clock runs out, paths converging once more
end of all is coming now, you will fade, becoming naught but lore

There’s more to darkness than your mind can see
an endless reach of possibilities
no justice, vengeance, no concept of right
yes, darkness is more than an absence of Light.

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Highlights from comedy recital at St Paul's, Covent Garden as part of the London Song Festival. Recorded 31st October, 2012.

The Masochism Tango (Tom Lehrer)

Miss September

Born in Adelaide, Grant studied voice at the Elder Conservatorium and then the Opera School at the Royal College of Music in London, subsequently winning a place on the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

His roles for the ROH include Billy Wayne Smith in the world premiere of Anna Nicole, Tarquinius The Rape of Lucretia, Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos, Schaunard, Bello La fanciulla del West, Demetrius A Midsummers Night's Dream, Morales Carmen,  Marullo Rigoletto, Rolla I masnadieri and Imperial Commissioner Madama Butterfly.

Other appearances include the Count Le nozze di Figaro for Garsington Opera, Marcello La bohème at Opera Holland Park, Demetrius at the Teatro Real in Madrid as well as Ned Keene Peter Grimes for Teatro Perez Galdos in Gran Canaria. He appears regularly with Opera North, starring as Robin Oakapple in their acclaimed Jo Davies production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddigore as well as Albert Werther and Sasha Paradise Moscow.

He has sung Marcello La bohème for Raymond Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall and also Schaunard for Glyndebourne. He recently sang the title role in Opera Holland Park's new version of Fantastic Mr Fox by Tobias Picker, Eugene Onegin for Stanley Hall Opera as well as Abraham in James MacMillan's Clemency directed by Katie Mitchell for ROH2.

In his native Australia, Grant has sung Zurga Les pêcheurs de perles, the Count Le nozze di Figaro and Starbuck in Jake Heggie's Moby Dick for State Opera of South Australia and Yamadori Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia. He sang Phillip II in the premiere of Isaac Nathan's ballad opera Don John of Austria, orchestrated by Sir Charles Mackerras for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

He played the lead role in the Channel 4/ABC film of The Eternity Man, which won the 2009 Rose d’Or Award for Best Performing Arts programme; he also recorded the Forester for the BBC animated film of The Cunning Little Vixen with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Kent Nagano as well as taking the role of Carlo in Judith Weir’s film opera Armida for Channel 4 TV.

As a busy concert soloist, Grant performed with the Australia Ballet in the Australian tour of Carmina Burana/Faure Requiem and has since sung Carmina Burana with the Bach Choir at the Royal Festival Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic under Daniele Gatti, Ulster Orchestra as well as for Raymond Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall. Other performances include Fauré Requiem (Hallé Orchestra, Carl Davis), Judas Maccabeus (King’s Lynn Festival), Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass (Philharmonia/Brighton Festival), Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and with the Bach Choir/Philharmonia at the Cheltenham Festival and Westminster Cathedral, Britten’s War Requiem (Hertfordshire Chorus and Huddersfield Choral Society), Tippett's A Child of Our Time (Crouch End Festival Chorus/Barbican), Christus St John Passion (Irish Chamber Orchestra), and Messiah with the Royal Choral Society at the Royal Albert Hall.

Other roles include the title roles in Britten’s Owen Wingrave, Mozart's Don Giovanni and Thomas' Hamlet, Papageno Die Zauberflöte, Silvio I Pagliacci, Escamillo Carmen, Frank/Fritz Die tote Stadt, Yeletsky Queen of Spades, Figaro The Barber of Seville, Dandini La Cenerentola, Belcore L'elisir d'amore, Sid Albert Herring, and Nathan in Nicholas Maw’s Sophie’s Choice.

Future engagements include the revival of Ruddigore as Robin Oakapple for Opera North; Figaro in The Barber of Seville for ETO; a revival of James Macmillan's Clemency for the Edinburgh Festival and the title role in Don Giovanni for Garsington Opera.


last updated January 9th 2012

The Masochism Tango (Tom Lehrer)

Grant Doyle - Baritone

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