{"id":23730,"date":"2026-06-12T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/?p=23730"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:23:35","slug":"%e6%ac%a1%e4%b8%96%e4%bb%a3%e3%82%b8%e3%83%a3%e3%83%bc%e3%83%8a%e3%83%aa%e3%82%ba%e3%83%a0%e3%83%bb%e3%83%a1%e3%83%87%e3%82%a3%e3%82%a2%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6%e6%89%80%ef%bc%9anhk%e6%94%be%e9%80%81-7-2-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/other-en\/2026\/06\/12\/23730\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Research in Opera and Music Theatre: Exploring Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s The Mikado: A Lecture Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Premiered in London in 1885 amid the height of the Japonisme craze, Gilbert &amp; Sullivan\u2019s <em>The Mikado<\/em> is set in an imaginary and highly unrealistic \u2018Japan\u2019. Because of its misrepresentations of Japanese people and culture, as well as concerns about portraying a character presented as \u2018the Emperor of Japan\u2019 on stage, this topsy-turvy tale has rarely been performed in Japan. Over the past decade, while a growing number of Gilbert and Sullivan societies around the world have abandoned conventional stagings in favour of less offensive reinterpretations, theatre enthusiasts in Japan have seldom joined the discussion, largely because they have had little opportunity to become familiar with the work itself or with the ways it has traditionally been performed and appreciated in the English-speaking world.<\/p>\n<p>To help bridge this information gap and encourage informed discussion, this lecture concert will first introduce audiences to the world of <em>The Mikado<\/em>, outlining its plot and examining recent trends in its reinterpretation. Excerpts from <em>The Mikado<\/em> will then be performed by established and emerging soloists, offering audiences a glimpse of the irresistible combination of Gilbert\u2019s verbal virtuosity and Sullivan\u2019s musical mastery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23735 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mikado-610x415.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mikado-610x415.png 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mikado.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260912Mikado_Flyer_smallrev.pdf\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Event Outline<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Date and Time: Sat. 12 September 2026, 14:00 \u2013 16:30 (JST)<\/li>\n<li>Venue: Ono Auditorium, Waseda University<\/li>\n<li>Admission: Open to the public; advance registration required<\/li>\n<li>Language: Lecture in Japanese; concert performed in English with Japanese surtitles<\/li>\n<li>Organized by: Waseda Institute of Research in Opera and Music Theatre (WIROM), Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University<\/li>\n<li>Produced by: Concordia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Program<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Opening Remarks \u2014 ISHII Michiko<\/p>\n<p>Introduction to <em>The Mikado<\/em> \u2014 ONISHI Yuki<\/p>\n<p>Concert Performance of Excerpts from <em>The Mikado<\/em><\/p>\n<p>KITAGAWA Tatsuhiko (Bass-baritone)<\/p>\n<p>YOSHIDA Ren (Tenor)<\/p>\n<p>IDE Soshiro (Baritone)<\/p>\n<p>IWAMI Yodai (Baritone)<\/p>\n<p>MATSUDA Ken (Tenor)<\/p>\n<p>FUKUSHI Saki (Soprano)<\/p>\n<p>MOCHIDA Atsuko (Mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n<p>AMAGASA Kana (Soprano)<\/p>\n<p>SOMATOMO Keiko (Mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n<p>SHIMIZU Aya (Piano)<\/p>\n<p>ASHIZAWA Makoto (Piano)<\/p>\n<p>Closing Remarks \u2014 ONISHI Yuki<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Profile of Presenter<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>ONISHI Yuki is a lecturer of comparative literature and culture at Daito Bunka University in Saitama, Japan and an adjunct researcher of Waseda Institute of Research in Opera and Music Theatre (WIROM). Her first monograph, <em>The Birth of Japanese-Language Opera, 1902\u20131923<\/em> (Tokyo: Shinwasha, 2018, in Japanese) won awards from the Japanese Society for Theatre Research and the Japan Comparative Literature Association. She received her Ph.D. in 2017 at the University of Tokyo, Komaba.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Admission is free, but limited to the first 200 registrants. Advance online registration is required.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/NLjrXYF2gA19DC1s9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/NLjrXYF2gA19DC1s9<\/a><br \/>\nRegistration will open at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, 15 June 2026, and close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, 11 September 2026.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>mikado20260912[at]gmail.com<br \/>\n([at] = @)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Premiered in London in 1885 amid the height of the Japonisme craze, Gilbert &amp; Sullivan\u2019s The Mika [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[183,82,138,76,73],"class_list":["post-23730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-en","tag-2026-en","tag-events-en","tag-news","tag-outreach-en","tag-research-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23760,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23730\/revisions\/23760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/cro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}