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The Mikado (2011)
Directed by Stuart Maunder
Overview
Opera Australia’s 2011 rendition of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera about a small Japanese town, where Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month’s time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.
Length 146 minutes
Actors
Richard Alexander | Mitchell Butel | Samuel Dundas | Warwick Fyfe | Kanen Breen | Taryn Fiebig | Dominica Matthews | Annabelle Chaffey | Jacqueline Dark