Toronto Operetta Theatre.(The Mikado)(Opera Review)

From: Opera Canada | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Citron, Paula | Copyright information

Toronto Operetta Theatre has certainly shown itself to have a deft hand when producing Gilbert and Sullivan. This year's offering was The Mikado, which fielded a terrific cast and effective, ritualized staging by artistic director Guillermo Silva-Marin. Music director Derek Bate led a nifty little ensemble anchored in a string quartet, and, clearly, he had worked on diction because most of the text was articulated very well. The pretty parasol set complemented the attractive Malaba...

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