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Article updated: 12/7/2010 10:36 PM

Lyric's ‘Mikado' features powerhouse cast

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The Emperor of Japan (James Morris) explains his prosecution philosophy to “Let the Punishment Fit the Crime” in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic operetta “The Mikado.”

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Ko-Ko (Neal Davies) begs for the love of Katisha (Stephanie Blythe) in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1885 comic operetta “The Mikado.”

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Nanki-Poo (Toby Spence) and Yum-Yum (Andriana Chuchman) are about to get some bad news from Ko-Ko (Neal Davies) in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.”

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Three little maids from school (Katharine Goeldner, left, Andriana Chuchman and Emily Fons) apologize for their impropriety with the officious Pooh-Bah (Andrew Shore) in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1885 comic operetta “The Mikado.”

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Yum-Yum (Andriana Chuchman, in tub) is serenaded by the women’s chorus as she prepares for her wedding day in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1885 comic operetta “The Mikado.”

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The last time the Lyric Opera of Chicago staged “The Mikado” was in 1983 via a modern-day production by American director Peter Sellars. It had the romantic hero Nanki-Poo dressed as an Elvis Presley impersonator and the Emperor of Japan arriving in a convertible car.