The Mikado: Highlights From The English National Opera Production

1. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta If You Want To Know Who We Are
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   
   
2. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta A Wandering Minstrel, I
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Bonaventura Bottone
   
   
3. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta Our Great Mikado
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Mark Richardson
   
   
4. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta Young Man, Despair
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Richard van Allan, Mark Richardson, Bonaventura Bottone
   
   
5. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta Behold the Lord, High Executioner
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   
   
6. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta I've Got A Little List
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Eric Idle
   
   
7. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta Three Little Maids
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Susan Bullock, Jean Rigby, Lesley Garrett
   
   
8. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta Braid the Raven Hair
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Jean Rigby
   
   
9. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta The Sun, Whose Rays
   Composed by Arthur Sullivan
   with Lesley Garrett
   
   
10. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
    Composed by Arthur Sullivan
    with Eric Idle, Jean Rigby, Richard van Allan, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone
    
    
11. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta On A Tree by A River (Tit Willow)
    Composed by Arthur Sullivan
    with Felicity Palmer, Eric Idle
    
    
12. The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
    Composed by Arthur Sullivan
    with Felicity Palmer, Eric Idle
    
    

The Mikado: Highlights From The English National Opera Production,William Schwenck Gilbert,Bonaventura Bottone,Eric Idle,Felicity Palmer,Jean Rigby,Lesley Garrett,Mark Richardson,Richard van Allan,Susan Bullock,Arthur Sullivan,Madacy Records,British Operetta,Classical,Musical,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio,Soundtrack

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Average customer rating: Slight disputation here Eric Idle is a Great Ko-Ko Ah.. This is NOT faithful to the original

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Tracks:

1. If You Want To Know Who We Are - Richard Angas/Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Idle/Richard Van Allen/Mark Richardson
2. A Wandering Minstrel, I - Bonaventura Bottone/Richard Angas/Eric Idle/Richard Van Allen/Mark Richardson
3. Our Great Mikado - Mark Richardson/Richard Angas/Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Idle/Richard Van Allen
4. Young Man, Despair - Richard Van Allan/Bonaventura Bottone/Mark Richardson
5. Behold The Lord, High Executioner! - Richard Angas/Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Idle/Richard Van Allen/Mark Richardson
6. I've Got A Little List - Eric Idle/Richard Angas/Bonaventura Bottone/Richard Van Allen/Mark Richardson
7. Three Little Maids - Lesley Garrett/Jean Rigby/Susan Bullock
8. Braid The Raven Hair - Jean Rigby/Felicity Palmer/Susan Bullock
9. The Sun, Whose Rays - Lesley Garrett
10. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Idle/Lesley Garrett/Jean Rigby/Richard Van Allan
11. On a Tree By A River ('Tit Willow') - Eric Idle/Felicity Palmer
12. There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast - Eric Idle/Felicity Palmer

Customer Reviews:

Slight disputation here.......2000-11-25

I liked this production, though I like a traditional one better. And as far as "how the opera was meant to be performed", the comic patter role was generally not performed by an opera singer in the old days, but by a comic actor who could sing. Idle sings well enough (barely).

Personally, I didn't care for some aspects of the 1982 PBS/BBC Mikado. The Nanki-Poo sang well, but was badly made up and being a full head taller than anyone else came off rather Karlovian, in my not so humble opinion.

I have not yet seen nor heard a perfect Mikado.

Eric Idle is a Great Ko-Ko.......2000-04-15

While Eric Idle does not have an operatic voice, he is a perfectly capable singer. As for "ad-libbing," believe me, he did not. He re-wrote "I've got a little list" to be topical for the time (I lived in England at the time, the and song was hilarious when taken in context.) As I understand it, the "patter song" ("I've got a little list," "The Major-General's song" "Love Unrequited Robs Me Of My Rest" etc.) in each Gilbert and Sullivan song was frequently rewritten to make it topical for the time. The production was directed by Miller, and was set in the roaring 20's. It worked.

Ah.........2000-01-19

Steve- this Operetta can be found almost anywhere. You need to look in the classical music/opera section of your local music store- under Sullivan...get a recording done by an opera company with opera singers- that is the way this piece was ment to be performed.

This is NOT faithful to the original.......2000-01-03

I became interested in "The Mikado" around age 12 when I viewed an excellent production on PBS. I had a poor taped copy of the music for many years. I purchased this CD with much anticipation as I had been unable to find this music elsewhere on CD. My first listen was so dissappointing! First, Eric Idle is great as a Python, but not as the Lord High Executioner. He does not have a singing voice and he lent entirely too much unprofessionalism to this production. Most distressing was the ad lib on "I've Got a Little List". There were too many references to modern situations rather than those which were written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Additionally, there is some use of vulgar language in this production which was totally unnecessary. IF you are interested in more modern interpretations of Gilbert and Sullivan, then this may interest you. But this particular production is not for the purist. There is really no need to make changes to Gilbert and Sullivan; their wit and melodies stand the test of time and offer us a window into the society and politics of Victorian England.

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