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The most popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and arguably the most popular opera ever written. This opera has delighted audiences for more than a century, and spawned a number of imitations. But none were nearly as good as the original, which represented both Gilbert and Sullivan at the height of their creative geniuses.
Adapted from the book "Tit-Willow or Notes and Jottings on Gilbert and Sullivan Operas"; by Guy H. and Claude A. Walmisley (Privately Printed, Undated).
THE MIKADO, or "The Town of Titipu,"; was produced at the Savoy Theatre on 14 March, 1885 and proved to be one of the most famous of all the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, running, as it did, for 672 nights.
The plot of "The Mikado";, as Mr. Adair Fitzgerald mentions in his book "The Story of the Savoy Opera", came to Gilbert through a Japanese sword, which hung on the walls of his study, suddenly falling down.
