| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allen, Felicity Palmer. |
| Credits |
Music conductor, Peter Robinson. |
| Note |
Originally released in 1987. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to whimsy. Ko-Ko (Eric Idle) is sentenced to death for the crime of flirting, but in a strange turn of events is instead named "Lord High Executioner." A delightful farce ensues as Ko-Ko can't behead anyone without first cutting off his own head. But by the second act, the Mikado demands an execution and Ko-Ko must delicately sing and dance his way around a messy situation involving the Mikado's son and his secret love Yum Yum. |
| Note |
Special features: A source of innocent merriment: "The making of the Mikado"; downloadable Mikado libretto; cast biographies. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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| Genre/Form |
Music videos.
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Film adaptations -- Great Britain.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Phillips, John Michael.
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Idle, Eric.
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Garrett, Lesley, 1955-
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Bottone, Bonaventura.
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Van Allan, Richard.
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Palmer, Felicity.
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Robinson, Peter.
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Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911
Mikado.
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Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Mikado.
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A & E Home Video (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
Town of Titipu |
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Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado |
| ISBN |
0767086325 |
| Standard No. |
733961735901 |
| Music No. |
AAE-73590 A&E Home Video |
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