Although Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is set in the fantastical Japanese town of Titipu, its sharpest barbs are aimed squarely at Victorian Britain. This lecture by musicologist and professor Dr. Gil Harel will examine how the creators used an exotic “disguise” of cherry blossoms, kimonos, and invented Japanese customs to safely satirize the rigid class structures and social pretensions of their own society.
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