Books with title Mikado

A lighthearted burlesque of Victorian English culture and the vagaries of love, The Mikado offers an ideal matching of William Schwenck Gilbert's elegant comedic gifts with Arthur Sullivan's agile and refined musicianship. The tale unfolds amid a fanciful version of Japanese society, in which a wandering minstrel has the misfortune to fall in love with the beautiful ward of the Lord High Executioner of Titipu.The sparkling lyrics and witty dialogue of this comic masterpiece are as much a delight to read as they are to hear with musical accompaniment. The complete libretto is reprinted in this edition from the standard performance text of The Mikado, complete with nine charming illustrations drawn by W. S. Gilbert himself.

A lighthearted burlesque of Victorian English culture and the vagaries of love, The Mikado offers an ideal matching of William Schwenck Gilbert's elegant comedic gifts with Arthur Sullivan's agile and refined musicianship. The tale unfolds amid a fanciful version of Japanese society, in which a wandering minstrel has the misfortune to fall in love with the beautiful ward of the Lord High Executioner of Titipu.The sparkling lyrics and witty dialogue of this comic masterpiece are as much a delight to read as they are to hear with musical accompaniment. The complete libretto is reprinted in this edition from the standard performance text of The Mikado, complete with nine charming illustrations drawn by W. S. Gilbert himself.

The MikadoWilliam Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator (1836 – 1911)This ebook presents «The Mikado», from William Schwenck Gilbert. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents- About This Book- If You Want To Know Who We Are- A Wand'ring Minstrel I- Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man- Young Man Despair- Behold The Lord High Executioner- As Some Day It May Happen- Comes A Train Of Little Ladies- Three Little Maids From School Are We- So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret- Were You Not To Ko-ko Plighted- I Am So Proud- With Aspect Stern And Gloomy Stride- Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day- Here's A How-de-do- Mi-ya Sa-ma- A More Humane Mikado- The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down- See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot- The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring- Alone, And Yet Alive- Willow, Tit-willow- There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast- For He's Gone And Married Yum-yum

The popular comic opera from Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado is set in Imperial Japan and tells the story of Nanki-Poo, a young man banished from his home village who returns after hearing that his love interest’s fiancé, Ko-Ko, is to be executed. However, when he returns to find that Ko-Ko has not only been pardoned, but has also been promoted as the village’s new executioner, Nanki-Poo finds that he is in over his head. One of the most frequently produced operas ever composed, The Mikado remains a comical masterwork that still delights readers and audiences to this day.