The 1912 Edison Bell Mikado

The 1912 Edison Bell Mikado

***Cast***
The Mikado	Stanley Kirkby
Nanki-Poo	Wilfred Virgo
Ko-Ko	Robert Carr Stanley Kirkby
Pooh-Bah	Stanley Kirkby
Pish-Tush	Robert Carr
Yum-Yum	Elda May
Pitti-Sing	Amy Augarde
Peep-Bo	[none]
Katisha	Amy Augarde

***Related Pages***
Recordings of The Mikado
The Early Acoustical Recordings
The G&S Archive's Mikado Page

This recording issued by the Edison Bell Company in February/March, 1912, was really just a set of detached highlights from The Mikado. There was clearly no intention to present a complete opera, as the selections are not even presented in their correct order. Except for a listing of the sides and artists found in the Sullivan Society Discography, I know nothing further about this recording. Two of the featured artists, Amy Augarde and Stanley Kirkby, reprise essentially the same roles as on the HMV 1906 set.

The recording was first published in February and March, 1912, on six 10" double-sided Edison Bell discs. There were various re-issues of the individual sides, which are listed in the table below.

***Recording Details***
Catalog Number	Re-Issue Numbers	Selection	Artist(s)
1135	1025	Brightly dawns our wedding day	Augarde, May, Carr & Virgo
1135	1045	The flowers that bloom in the spring	Augarde, May, Virgo & Carr
1136	1129	Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted	Virgo & May
1136	1104	There is beauty in the bellow	Augarde & Carr
1137	1066	Entrance of The Mikado	N/A
1137	1078	Tit willow	Carr
1145	1117	A wand'ring minstrel	Virgo, Kirkby, May, Carr & Alan Turner
1145	1068 1070	A more humane Mikado	Kirkby, Virgo, Augarde, May & Carr
1146	1092	Our great Mikado	Carr, Virgo & Kirkby
1146	1062	Here's a how-de-do	Kirkby, May & Virgo
1147	1093	See how the Fates	Carr, Virgo, Kirkby, May & Augarde
1147	1034 1037	The criminal cried	Carr, Virgo, Kirkby, May & Augarde