Scottish Opera reunites with D’Oyly Carte to bring this new production of The Mikado to Edinburgh.
Written in 1885 and set in the fictional Japanese town of Titipu in the 1880s, this ever-popular opera satirises British society, customs and pretentions through a farcical plot with gags aplenty. The Mikado has decreed that those caught flirting should be sentenced to death. However, things take a complicated turn when his son Nanki-Poo falls for Yum-Yum, whose beauty has also caught the eye of Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner.
Following the success of The Pirates of Penzance in 2013, Scottish Opera once again joins forces with D’Oyly Carte Opera Company to present another of Gilbert and Sullivan’s much-loved comic classics, The Mikado.
Featuring many of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular songs, including ‘A wand’ring minstrel I’, ‘Three little maids from school are we’ and ‘I’ve got a little list’, The Mikado is perfect for those new to opera and offers a night of great entertainment for all the family.
Director Martin Lloyd-Evans said: “The Mikado aims to give the audience a great night out. We’ve tried to create a setting which not only gives voice to The Mikado‘s satirical edge, but also captures the unfettered fun and frolic of live Victorian theatre.”
Costume and set designer Dick Bird added: “Our production collides the great Victorian Music Hall with high Japanese art. I hope we’ve found a new way to be irreverent and subversive with two cultures we truly admire and adore.”
The Mikado will be performing at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre between 1-5 June.
Get your tickets here: http://edtheatres.com/mikado
Photo : James Glossop.
