Sometimes I lose my way and start imagining the world as it might be. Take, for example, the opera. Of course, I understand the economic factors that prevent runs of more than a handful of shows. And ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- Even if you've already seen "The Mikado" many times and know all the words to famous songs like "Three Little Maids from School," and "Behold The Lord-High Executioner," you still ...

Theater This is opera? With MOT's zany "Mikado" on stage, of course it is Kind of like the Marx Brothers, the tandem of Gilbert and Sullivan were pretty funny all by themselves and their opera, "The ...

The genius of Gilbert and Sullivan lies in the kernel of sincerity that is at the very heart of their over-the-top, bawdy burlesques. Syracuse Opera Company’s production of “The Mikado,” directed by ...

MOBILE, Alabama — In Mobile Opera's new take on "The Mikado," The Mikado, aka the emperor of Japan, is an awesomely awful Elvis impersonator in gold platform shoes, mighty pompadour and Vegas-era ...

It is hard to think of any opera, let alone one billed as a “comedic opera,” that has caused as much furor and debate as “The Mikado,” which has been criticized over the past few years for its ...

Members of the Portland Asian community and their allies are asking Light Opera of Portland to stop a planned production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" at Alpenrose Dairy later this month. An ...

“I feel like things are definitely changing – especially with my voice type,” said soprano Katherine Jolly, in response to racial barriers in opera. “But the road has been paved,” Jolly said. “The ...