The Mikado (1957 D’Oyly Carte cast)

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1The Mikado: Act II. “Braid the raven hair”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (in 1957)
lead vocals [Pitti-Sing]:
Beryl Dixon (singer, D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 12, “Braid the Raven Hair” (Pitti-Sing and Girls) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:29
2The Mikado: Act II. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze”
lead vocals [Yum-Yum]:
Jean Hindmarsh (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 13. “The sun, whose rays are all ablaze” (Yum-Yum) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:39
3The Mikado: Act II. “Brightly dawns our wedding day”
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 14, “Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day” (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Pooh, and Pish-Tish)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
4:03
4The Mikado: Act II. “Here’s a how-de-do”
lead vocals [Ko-Ko]:
Peter Pratt (British actor and singer) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Nanki-Poo]:
Thomas Round (Singer with D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Yum-Yum]:
Jean Hindmarsh (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 15. “Here’s a how-de-do” (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
1:14
5The Mikado: Act II. “Mi-ya-sa-ma, mi-ya-sa-ma”
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16 “Miya sama” (Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16, “Mi-ya Sa-ma” … “From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect” (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
1:07
6The Mikado: Act II. “From every kind of man”
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16 “From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect” (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
librettist:
William Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 16, “Mi-ya Sa-ma” … “From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect” (Mikado, Katisha, Chorus)
1:55
7The Mikado: Act II. “A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (in 1957)
lead vocals [The Mikado of Japan]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer) (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 17, “A More Humane Mikado” (Mikado, Chorus) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
4:26
8The Mikado: Act II. “The criminal cried as he dropped him down”
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 18, “The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down” (Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Chorus)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
3:24
9The Mikado: Act II. “See how the Fates their gifts allot”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (in 1957)
lead vocals [Katisha]:
Ann Drummond-Grant (Contralo with D'Oyly Carte) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Ko-Ko]:
Peter Pratt (British actor and singer) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Pitti-Sing]:
Beryl Dixon (singer, D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Pooh-Bah]:
Kenneth Sandford (in 1957)
lead vocals [The Mikado of Japan]:
Donald Adams (Bass singer) (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 19, “See How the Fates Their Gifts Allot” (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Katisha) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:24
10The Mikado: Act II. “The flowers that bloom in the spring”
lead vocals [Ko-Ko]:
Peter Pratt (British actor and singer) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Nanki-Poo]:
Thomas Round (Singer with D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Pitti-Sing]:
Beryl Dixon (singer, D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Pooh-Bah]:
Kenneth Sandford (in 1957)
lead vocals [Yum-Yum]:
Jean Hindmarsh (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 20, “The Flowers That Bloom In the Spring” (Nanki-Pooh, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Pooh-Bah) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
1:23
11The Mikado: Act II. “Alone, and yet alive”
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21 “Alone, and Yet Alive” (Katisha (recitative only, preceding song)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21, “Alone, and Yet Alive…” (Katisha)
0:49
12The Mikado: Act II. “Hearts do not break!”
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21 “Hearts Do Not Break” (Katisha)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 21, “Alone, and Yet Alive…” (Katisha)
1:58
13The Mikado: Act II. “On a tree by a river a little tom-tit”
lead vocals [Ko-Ko]:
Peter Pratt (British actor and singer) (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 22, “On a Tree by a River” (Ko-Ko) (willow, tit-willow) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:17
14The Mikado: Act II. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast”
lead vocals [Katisha]:
Ann Drummond-Grant (Contralo with D'Oyly Carte) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Ko-Ko]:
Peter Pratt (British actor and singer) (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 23. “There is beauty in the bellow of the blast” (Katisha and Ko-Ko) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
2:10
15The Mikado: Act II. Fanfare
0:12
16The Mikado: Act II. “For he’s gone and married Yum-Yum”
choir vocals:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus (in 1957)
lead vocals [Ko-Ko]:
Peter Pratt (British actor and singer) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Nanki-Poo]:
Thomas Round (Singer with D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Pitti-Sing]:
Beryl Dixon (singer, D'oyly Carte Opera Company) (in 1957)
lead vocals [Yum-Yum]:
Jean Hindmarsh (in 1957)
orchestra:
D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Isidore Godfrey (conductor) (in 1957)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum” (Ensemble) (first song only in Act II Finale) (in 1957)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II, No 24. Finale “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum…” (Ensemble)
1:57