MOBILE, Alabama — In Mobile Opera's new take on "The Mikado," The Mikado, aka the emperor of Japan, is an awesomely awful Elvis impersonator in gold platform shoes, mighty pompadour and Vegas-era ...

Theater This is opera? With MOT's zany "Mikado" on stage, of course it is Kind of like the Marx Brothers, the tandem of Gilbert and Sullivan were pretty funny all by themselves and their opera, "The ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- Even if you've already seen "The Mikado" many times and know all the words to famous songs like "Three Little Maids from School," and "Behold The Lord-High Executioner," you still ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Lyric Opera of Kansas City today announced new casting information for its ...

MANILA, Philippines – Opera is alleged to be a dying art. In 2011, the Metropolitan Opera of America admitted that the average age of its patrons was 60 years old. In 2010, Italy’s La Scala, dependent ...

The genius of Gilbert and Sullivan lies in the kernel of sincerity that is at the very heart of their over-the-top, bawdy burlesques. Syracuse Opera Company’s production of “The Mikado,” directed by ...

Soaring sounds of passion and characters falling in love despite the law of the land against flirting creates the perfect comedic storm in “The Mikado,” the upcoming production by the Loveland Opera ...

It is hard to think of any opera, let alone one billed as a “comedic opera,” that has caused as much furor and debate as “The Mikado,” which has been criticized over the past few years for its ...

“I feel like things are definitely changing – especially with my voice type,” said soprano Katherine Jolly, in response to racial barriers in opera. “But the road has been paved,” Jolly said. “The ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In their satiric silliness Gilbert and Sullivan are really exercising their ...

In Japan, a pair of arranged marriages is causing unhappiness in the Mikado’s realm. His own son Nanki-Poo is betrothed to a crone named Katisha, whereas Nanki-Poo’s true love Yum-Yum must marry her ...