Karaoke Opera: A More Humane Mikado - The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan) Orchestra only with score

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2022Mar 26

Full Orchestra. Complete list (150+) http://www.karaokeopera.com Vocal version here: • Karaoke Opera: A More Humane Mikado - The ... The Mikado declares that he is very humane by means of his philosophy of letting the punishment fit the crime. A more humane Mikado never Did in Japan exist, To nobody second, I’m certainly reckon’d A true philanthropist. It is my very humane endeavour To make, to some extent, Each evil liver A running river Of harmless merriment. My object all sublime I shall achieve in time – To let the punishment fit the crime – The punishment fit the crime – And make each pris’ner pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent merriment, Of innocent merriment! All prosy dull society sinners, Who chatter and bleat and bore, Are sent to hear sermons from mystical Germans Who preach from ten until four. The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies All desire to shirk, Shall, during off-hours, exhibit his powers To Madame Tussaud’s waxwork. The lady who dyes a chemical yellow, Or stains her grey hair puce, Or pinches her figger, is painted with vigour And permanent walnut juice. The idiot who, in railway carriages, Scribbles on window-panes, We only suffer to ride on a buffer In Parliament’ry trains. My object all sublime I shall achieve in time – To let the punishment fit the crime – The punishment fit the crime; And make each pris’ner pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent merriment, Of innocent merriment! Chorus His object all sublime He will achieve in time – To let the punishment fit the crime, The punishment fit the crime – And make each pris’ner pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent merriment, Of innocent merriment! Mikado The advertising quack who wearies With tales of countless cures, His teeth, I’ve enacted, shall all be extracted By terrified amateurs. The music-hall singer attends a series Of masses and fugues and “ops” By Bach, interwoven with Spohr and Beethoven, And classical Monday Pops. The billiard sharp whom anyone catches, His doom’s extremely hard – His made to dwell in a dungeon cell On a spot that’s always barr’d. And there he plays extravagant matches In fitless finger-stalls On a cloth untrue, with a twisted cue And elliptical billiard balls! My object all sublime I shall achieve in time – To let the punishment fit the crime – The punishment fit the crime; And make each prisn’er pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent merriment, Of innocent merriment! Chorus His object all sublime He will achieve in time – To let the punishment fit the crime, The punishment fit the crime – And make each pris’ner pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent merriment, Of innocent merriment! Czech Symphony Orchestra Holst Singers John Landor A Musical Concepts production