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mikado

mi ko doh

  • n  the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
Quotes

  • Tony Abbott in The Age
    I was once part of the school choir but I was never in the school opera or the school play and I never sung solo, and you can now see why,Mr Abbott said during a dress rehearsal. "The chorus of The Mikado is the nearest I've been to a...
  • Doris Lessing in Wall Street Journal
    In the Mikado, it's a very rich, beautiful, pampered girl who is going to become an empress. So I thought it would be funny to call this rather staid, middle-aged cat 'yum-yum',Ms. Lessing explains.

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