The D'Oyly Carte Opera: The Mikado, 2CD
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Jay Records
CAT No
CDTER21178
2nd February 2024
It may well be true to say that The Mikado has enjoyed wider fame and a greater popularity than any other English operetta.
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It may well be true to say that The Mikado has enjoyed wider fame and a greater popularity than any other English operetta. At the very first performance on March 14, 1885, it was clear that something very special had been created by the celebrated partnership of William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). Rutland Barrington, the creator of Pooh-Bah and a leading player in the original production of most of the Savoy operas, recalled the rapturous reception: “Never during the whole of my experience have I assisted at such an enthusiastic first night as greeted this delightful work.”
Continued public enthusiasm thereafter sustained the piece for an initial run of 672 performances – the longest of any Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Outside the English-speaking world too, The Mikado is the only work of the partnership to have established any sort of lasting reputation. It seems incredible that less than a year before its triumphant production at the Savoy Theatre the partnership between its creators appeared to be on the brink of collapse.
TRACKLIST:
CD ONE:
1. OVERTURE
2. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO WE ARE
3. A WANDRING MINSTREL I
4. OUR GREAT MIKADO, VIRTUOUS MAN
5. YOUNG MAN, DESPAIR, LIKEWISE GO TO
6. AND HAVE I JOURNEY'D FOR A MONTH
7. BEHOLD THE LORD HIGH EXECUTIONER
8. AS SOME DAY IT MAY HAPPEN
9. COMES A TRAIN OF LITTLE LADIES
10. THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL ARE WE
11. SO PLEASE YOU, SIR, WE MUCH REGRET
12. WERE YOU NOT TO KO-KO PLIGHTED
13. I AM SO PROUD
14. FINALE ACT ONE
CD TWO:
1. BRAID THE RAVEN HAIR
2. THE SUN, WHOSE RAYS ARE ALL ABLAZE
3. BRIGHTLY DAWNS OUR WEDDING DAY
4. HERE'S A HOW-DE-DO! IF I MARRY YOU
5. MI YA SA MA, MI YA SA MA
6. A MORE HUMANE MIKADO NEVER DID IN JAPAN EXIST
7. THE CRIMINAL CRIED AS HE DROPPED HIM DOWN
8. SEE HOW THE FATES THEIR GIFTS ALLOT
9. THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING
10. ALONE, AND YET ALIVE
11. ON A TREE BY A RIVER
12. THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE BELLOW OF THE BLAST
13. FINALE ACT TWO
Additional Information
| Release Date | Feb 2, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Artist | The D'Oyly Carte Opera |
| Barcode | 5015062117806 |
| Genre | Musical, Opera |
| Label | Jay Records |
| Format | 2CD |
Tracklist
CD ONE:
1. OVERTURE
2. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO WE ARE
3. A WANDRING MINSTREL I
4. OUR GREAT MIKADO, VIRTUOUS MAN
5. YOUNG MAN, DESPAIR, LIKEWISE GO TO
6. AND HAVE I JOURNEY'D FOR A MONTH
7. BEHOLD THE LORD HIGH EXECUTIONER
8. AS SOME DAY IT MAY HAPPEN
9. COMES A TRAIN OF LITTLE LADIES
10. THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL ARE WE
11. SO PLEASE YOU, SIR, WE MUCH REGRET
12. WERE YOU NOT TO KO-KO PLIGHTED
13. I AM SO PROUD
14. FINALE ACT ONE
CD TWO:
1. BRAID THE RAVEN HAIR
2. THE SUN, WHOSE RAYS ARE ALL ABLAZE
3. BRIGHTLY DAWNS OUR WEDDING DAY
4. HERE'S A HOW-DE-DO! IF I MARRY YOU
5. MI YA SA MA, MI YA SA MA
6. A MORE HUMANE MIKADO NEVER DID IN JAPAN EXIST
7. THE CRIMINAL CRIED AS HE DROPPED HIM DOWN
8. SEE HOW THE FATES THEIR GIFTS ALLOT
9. THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING
10. ALONE, AND YET ALIVE
11. ON A TREE BY A RIVER
12. THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE BELLOW OF THE BLAST
13. FINALE ACT TWO
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