More opera! This was a scratch performance in aid of the Japanese earthquake appeal, a brilliant idea. Performers made a contribution to take part and pulled this performance together in just a day, and we went along to see the result in the evening.
The Mikado is a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera. Despite being set in Japan it is all very English and very funny, contemporary references had been added to some numbers too. I really enjoyed it, not that I'm any judge of singing or orchestras but it all sounded totally lovely. I was really impressed it had all been brought together in one day it was very slick. Also because the event was all very well planned (using the wonders of Facebook) the performers even had simple costumes, everyone in red, white and black, which looked really effective.
The church setting was very dramatic, though sitting near the back for the first act I had difficulty hearing all the words becaus of the reverberation of the sound. We moved to the front in the second half so we could get all the jokes.
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