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Fort Worth Opera's updated 'Mikado' still satirizes the times
Date: 5/17/2011 By Olin Chism, DFW.com
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado is a satirical look at Victorian England disguised as a nutty fairy tale about Japan. It's one of a series of G&S operas that Darren Woods, general director of the Fort Worth Opera, calls collectively "the Saturday Night Live of their day."
While maintaining the Japanese pretense, Woods has brought a very much updated Mikado to Fort Worth. It opened at Bass Hall last weekend and will continue with performances Sunday afternoon, May 27 and June 4.
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Date: 5/17/2011 By Olin Chism, DFW.com
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado is a satirical look at Victorian England disguised as a nutty fairy tale about Japan. It's one of a series of G&S operas that Darren Woods, general director of the Fort Worth Opera, calls collectively "the Saturday Night Live of their day."
While maintaining the Japanese pretense, Woods has brought a very much updated Mikado to Fort Worth. It opened at Bass Hall last weekend and will continue with performances Sunday afternoon, May 27 and June 4.
Click here to read more.
