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The Mikado

Show Details

• Book: W. S. Gilbert (29)
• Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert (29)
• Music: Arthur Sullivan (42)
• 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.

Audio Recordings

	The Mikado			Studio Cast
	The Mikado		1907	Odeon Recording
	The Mikado		1926	D'Oyly Carte Opera
	The Mikado		1936	D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
	The Mikado		1939	Soundtrack
	The Mikado		1957	Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
	The Mikado		1960	Bell Telephone Hour Cast
	The Mikado		1962	Studio Cast
	The Cool Mikado		1962	Original Soundtrack
	The Mikado		1973	D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
	The Black Mikado		1975	Original London Cast
	Der Mikado		1984	German Television Cast
	El Mikado		1986	Barcelona Cast
	El Mikado		1987	Madrid Cast
	The Mikado		1987	English National Opera
	The Mikado		1990	New D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
	The Mikado		1992	Welsh National Opera
	Der Yiddisher Mikado		1994	Gilbert & Sullivan Yiddish Light Opera Company of Long Island
	Hot Mikado		1995	Original London Cast

Video Recordings

	The Mikado		1939	Film
	The Mikado		1966	D'Oyly Carte Film
	The Mikado		1982	Stratford Festival Cast
	The Mikado		1982	TV Cast
	El Mikado		1986	Dagoll Dagom
	The Mikado		1987	English National Opera

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Songs

Alone and Yet Alive
Behold the Lord High Executioner
The Criminal Cried
The Flowers That Bloom
If You Want to Know Who We Are
Mi-ya-sa-ma Mi-ya-sa-ma
A More Humane Mikado
So Please You Sir We Much Regret
The Sun Whose Rays
Three Little Maids from School
Tit Willow
A Wand'ring Minstrel I

Links

Recording:	http://www.gsyiddish.com/
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/miksarg.htm
Recording:	The Allegro-Royale Mikado: Notes from a Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mik1936.htm
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mikwalk.htm
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mikfilm.htm
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mik1926.htm
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mikder.htm
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mik1966v.htm
Recording:	http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mikel.htm

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