The Mikado

Acclaimed as Gilbert and Sullivan’s master work, “The Mikado”, after 100 years, is still their most popular opera. This is a beautiful production, directed by Christopher Renshaw, with hundreds of painted fans, huge porcelain urns, and its visual send-ups of Victorian England’s views of the then mysterious Japan. Features singers Robert Eddie (The Mikado), Heather Begg (Katisha), Peter Cousens (Nanki-Poo), Anne-Maree McDonald, Caroline Clack, Jennifer Bermingham as the Three Little Maids, Graeme Ewer (Ko-Ko), and The Australian Opera Chorus. Also features The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra conducted by Andrew Greene. Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House on 25 February 1987 and produced for television in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Credits

production company

Opera Australia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

producer

Virginia Lumsden

co-director

Christopher Renshaw

Virginia Lumsden

Duration

02:40:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300408

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Opera - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Operas

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Performance

Performance → Opera - Performance

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1988

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