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Jonathan Miller's Mikado returns to the ENO

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 26 February 2011
Sullivan, The Mikado (25th Anniversary Revival)
Peter Robinson, Conductor
Sir Jonathan Miller, Director
Alfie Boe, Nanki-Poo, son of Mikado
Sophie Bevan, Yum-Yum
Richard Suart, Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner
Richard Angas, Mikado
Donald Maxwell, Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else
William Robert Allenby, Pish-Tush, Gentleman of Japan
Claudia Huckle, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum's sister
Anne-Marie Owens, Katisha
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*****
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****1
Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
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Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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