I know Canadians are often ignored on the world stage of cinema, and there may be many reasons for this (Atom Egoyan for one) but we often do good work, you all just don't hear about it. This is one of those good works. Simply staged, fabulously performed, this Mikado is a brilliant performance of the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Perhaps its only minor flaw is that at several (rare) occurrences the singers depart from the song and act out the words.
I gather that the one complaint the critics have over this performance is that it places more emphasis on the comedy and not the singing. This may be true. Stick with Italian opera if truly great singing is what you're looking for, you are in the wrong place if you're here.
