On Saturday night I was delighted to see Theater 2020's The Singapore Mikado, an adaptation of that great work of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan. The action takes place in Singapore, three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The Mikado becomes the play within the play, presented by a group of Brits stationed or living in Singapore. I usually don't like updating opera settings, but this was not an update. Rather, it added the context of an enthusiastic and good-hearted communit...
On Saturday night I was delighted to see Theater 2020's The Singapore Mikado, an adaptation of that great work of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan. The action takes place in Singapore, three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The Mikado becomes the play within the play, presented by a group of Brits stationed or living in Singapore. I usually don't like updating opera settings, but this was not an update. Rather, it added the context of an enthusiastic and good-hearted communit...
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