MARTON OPERATIC SOCIETY

 THE MIKADO 2015 PRINCIPAL AUDITIONS

 Music

 (Page references are to the Chappell score)

Mikado           Act 2 No 6      Beginning to first chorus entry (p 153)

Nanki-Poo     Act 1 No 2      Beginning to “before the mighty troops of Titipu”
                        (top line p 30)           

Ko-Ko             Act 1 No 5      From ‘B’ (p 50) to “so adventurous a tale”
                                                (p 52 before chorus entry)

Pooh-Bah      Act 1 No 4        Beginning to "with the Lord High Executioner"
                                                (2 bars after 'C', top of p 43)

Pish-Tush      Act 1 No 3        Beginning to end of first verse (top line p 36)

Yum-Yum      Act 2 No 2        First verse only

Pitti-Sing      Act 2 No 7        Verse 2 (p 157) up to "was soothed by sight of me"

Peep-Bo      Act 2 No 13      Finale p 189 from "then let the throng" to "with laughing song"
                                                (ending p 190 before chorus entry)

Katisha        Act 1 No 11      Finale p 106 from "Oh fool that fleest" to first bar of p 109 "they knell is rung"

Spoken pieces

(References are to standard Chappell libretto)

Mikado        Page 46             "And is now masquerading..." to "...deserved all he got."

Nanki-Poo  Page 15             "Yum-Yum, at last..." to "...how happy we might be!"

Ko-Ko         Page 38             "My poor boy..." to "...I can't kill anybody!"

Pooh-Bah   Page 5               "It is.  Our logical Mikado..." to "...It revolts me, but I do it!"

Pish-Tush   Page 18             "I am the bearer..." to "...unless you can obtain a substitute..."

Yum-Yum    Page 15             "Alas yes!..." to "...unutterable love - like that."

Pitti-Sing    Page 32             "I don't know about that..." to "It's absurd to cry!"

Peep-Bo    Page 32             "The happiest girl indeed..." to "four hours and three-quarters!"

Katisha      Page 51             "The miscreant who..." to "...will you go and do the same?"