It May Happen", one character in this work rattles off his "little list" of people he will dispose of as Lord High Executioner.
In one song in this work, Bach's "Great" Fugue in G minor is quoted to describe his music being interwoven with that of Spohr and Beethoven. One trio in this work contemplates sitting in "solemn silence" in a "dull, dark dock", awaiting the sensation of a "short, sharp shock". In the song "As Some Day It May Happen", one character in this work rattles off his "little list" of people he will dispose of as Lord High Executioner. Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing are two of the "Three Little Maids from School" who accompany a character who is wooed by a character who has disguised himself as a wandering minstrel and is trying to steal her away from Ko-Ko. For 10 points, Yum-Yum is wooed by Nanki-Poo, the disguised son of the title emperor of Japan, in what operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan?
In one song in this work, Bach's "Great" Fugue in G minor is quoted to describe his music being interwoven with that of Spohr and Beethoven.
The Mikado; or The Town of Titipu