Here some of Sullivan's music has been 'jazzed up' slightly (notably some of the chorus numbers), but the most beautiful and lyrical numbers remain untouched. There are also two commercial versions which are copyrighted - the 'Hot Mikado' version played in modernised costumes with the Sullivan score reorchestrated along a variety of musical styles including swing, jazz, blues, gospel, together (with a touch of Andrews Sisters), and this one, the high-energy Australian version, played in traditional costume. Perenially popular since that historic premiere, The Mikado now being out of copyright, is played hundreds of time a year often in versions individually modified by the group performing it. The Mikado is universally acknowledged as Gilbert and Sullivan's masterpiece - not so much a national, as an international British treasure, and, in 1865 at the Savoy Theatre, London, the curtain went up for the first time on 'a new Japanese opera in two acts by WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan'. To many people the story told in 'The Mikado' really needs no long-winded explanation (but if you need the synopsis please click here).
These can be obtained easily from Essgee Entertainment Also : For contractual reasons we do not sell the DVD of the 1994 Australian Production.
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