The mikado / by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan ; produced for television in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; director, Christopher Renshaw ; producer, Virginia Lumsden.
Anne-Maree McDonald (Yum-Yum) ; Peter Cousens (Nanki-Poo) ; Heather Begg (Katisha) ; Graeme Ewer (Ko-Ko) ; Gregory Yurisich (Pooh-Bah) ; Robert Eddie (Mikado) ; Jennifer Bermingham (Pitti-Sing) ; Catherine Clark (Peep-Bo) ; John Germain (Pish-Tush) ; Robert Mitchell (Nobleman) ; Jak Callick, James Huxtable, Terry Matheson, Danny Ottley (Dancers) ; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Australian Opera Chorus ; conductor, Andrew Greene. Originally broadcast on television in 1987. Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, Feburary 25, 1987. Picture format 4:3, full screen, NTSC.
Summary:
The parody of British Victorian life, spiced with the usual topical allusions to English customs and institutions, set in a Japanese Never-Never Land, is performed by The Australian Opera.
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