In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum....
Opera in Three Acts. Libretto adapted from William Shakespeare by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Filmed at Glyndebourne in 1981. Bernard Haitink conducts The London Philharmonic
