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The Black Mikado » Original London Cast

Show: The Mikado (25)
Music: Arthur Sullivan (42)
Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert (29)
Book: W. S. Gilbert (29)
Notes: One of the most popular and enduring of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, THE MIKADO, was first performed on 14 March 1885, at the Savory Theatre, London, conducted by the composer and presented by Richard D'Oyly Carte. The inital run was for 672 performances. The creation of THE MIKADO forms the basis for Mike Leigh's 1999 film TOPSY-TURVY.

Date: 1975
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: UK / London
Additional Book: Janos Bajtala, George Larnyoh, Eddie Quansah
Performer: Norman Beaton (2), Floella Benjamiyn, Michael Denison (2), Patricia Ebigwei, Derek Griffiths (4), Jenny McGusty, Vernon Nesbeth, Val Pringle, Anita Tucker
Notes: Adapted by Janos Bajtala, George Larnyoh and Eddie Quansah. Set in the Caribbean

Format: LP
Label: TransAtlantic 300
Released: 1975
Added by: hitormiss Geoconno
Tracks: 01 If You Want To Know Who We Are
02 A Wand'ring Mistrel I
03 Behold The Lord High Executioner
04 Three Little Maids From School
05 So Please You Sir We Much Regret
06 Finale Act One
07 The Sun Who's Rays
08 Mi-Ya-Sa-Ma Mi-Ya-Sa-Ma
09 A More Humane Mikado
10 The Criminal Cried
11 The Flowers That Bloom
12 Tit-Willow
13 Alone And Yet Alive