A spirited Mikado revival at ENO

Von Mark Pullinger, 22 November 2015

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 21 November 2015

Sullivan, The Mikado

English National Opera

Fergus Macleod, Musikalische Leitung

Sir Jonathan Miller, Regie

Stefanos Lazaridis, Bühnenbild

Sue Blane, Kostüme

Richard Suart, Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner

Anthony Gregory, Nanki-Poo, son of Mikado

Mary Bevan, Yum-Yum

Graeme Danby, Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else

Yvonne Howard, Katisha

Robert Lloyd, Mikado

George Humphreys, Pish-Tush, Gentleman of Japan

Rachael Lloyd, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum's sister

Fiona Canfield, Peep-Bo, Yum-Yum's sister

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Jonathan Miller’s stylish, spirited Mikado revived once again at ENO