The Mikado

About the show

In Titipu, Nanki-Poo, the Mikado’s son disguised as a wandering minstrel, loves Yum-Yum, who is engaged to Ko-Ko, the town’s Lord High Executioner. A decree requires an execution, and Ko-Ko arranges for Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum for a month before being executed. When the Mikado arrives, Ko-Ko fabricates an account of the execution; he later appeases Katisha by marrying her, allowing Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum to reunite.