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THE MIKADO Act 1 - Hebron School, Ooty (India)

This opera production of "The Mikado" was performed by students of Hebron School, Ootacamund (Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu INDIA) in May of 1981. The recording was done by a parent of one of the actors with a Grundig cassette recorder. Sadly, some parts of the production are missing because of empty batteries or the change of cassettes, other parts are of less quality because of the age of the cassettes. Because the production was recorded at multiple performances missing pieces were inserted. “The Mikado” (or “The Town of Titipu”) is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, where it ran at the Savoy Theatre for 672 performances, the second-longest run for any work of musical theatre and one of the longest runs of any theatre piece up to that time. Setting the opera in Japan, an exotic locale far away from Britain, allowed Gilbert to satirise British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese. Some of the original lyrics and drama dialogues are set in the British, Indian and Hebron School context of the 80's. The Cast NANKI-POOH – Vijendra Daniel POOH-BAH – Barry White PISH-TUSH – David Marsh KO-KO – Andreas Timm YUM-YUM – Catherine Ray PEEP-BO – Janet White PITTI-SING – Grace John THE MIKADO – Alaisdair Ferry KATISHA – Linda Birch Piano – Joy Gilbert Conductor – Peter Morgan Drama Director – Beth Taylor Choreographer – Kathy Taylor Producer - Rosemary Wallis 1. "If you want to know who we are" (Chorus of Men) 2. "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" (Nanki-Poo and Men) 3. "Our Great Mikado, virtuous man" (Pish-Tush and Men) 4. "Young man, despair" (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush) 4a. Recit., "And have I journey'd for a month" (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo) 5. "Behold the Lord High Executioner" (Ko-Ko and Men) 5a. "As some day it may happen" (Ko-Ko and Men) 6. "Comes a train of little ladies" (Girls) 7. "Three little maids from school are we" (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, and Girls) 8. "So please you, Sir, we much regret" (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, and Girls) 9. "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" (Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo) 10. "I am so proud" (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Pish-Tush) 11. Finale Act I (Ensemble) "With aspect stern and gloomy stride" "The threatened cloud has passed away" "Your revels cease!" ... "Oh fool, that fleest my hallowed joys!" "For he's going to marry Yum-Yum" "The hour of gladness" ... "O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!" "Ye torrents roar!"