Performance

VenueBarbican Centre
Other spaces: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From30th December 2003
To30th December 2003
When15:00, 19:30
What is currently on at Barbican Centre (V371)

The Mikado

The MikadoT0407700452
A comic operetta with a Japanese theme. Songs such as 'Three Little Maids from School', 'A Wandering Minstrel', 'A Most Humane Mikado' etc. One of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular works. In the town of Titipu, local government has fallen into the hands of two dubious characters: Ko-Ko, in charge of public executions; and Pooh-Bah, who has a finger in every pie. A young man arrives who, unknown to most, is Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado. Fleeing an arranged marriage to the elderly Katisha, he falls for the beautiful Yum-Yum, Ko-Ko's fianc
Music A.Sullivan
Lyrics W.S.Gilbert


Archive :: production:T0407700452, opera or operetta:S2026, venue:V371

Production details

Barbican Hall

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Company

Company Carl Rosa Opera
Conductor Richard Balcombe
Director Eric Roberts
Performer Donald Maxwell (The Mikado)
Performer Nick Sales (Nanki-Pooh)
Performer Bruce Graham (Pooh-Bah)
Performer Adrian Powter (Pish-Tush)
Performer Maeve Morris (Yum-Yum)
Performer Nuala Willis (Katisha)
Performer Janet Cowley (Pitta-Sing)
Performer Elizabeth Menezes (Peep-Bo)
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