Recordings of The Mikado

NR	1906 G&T	Acou Abrg
NR	1907 Odeon	Acou
NR	1912 Edison Bell	Acou Hlts
NR	1917 HMV	Acou
NR	1926 D'Oyly Carte Film	Hlts
NR	1926 BBC Broadcast	Hlts
	1926 D'Oyly Carte	Elec
NR	1930 Columbia	Elec
NR	1930 BBC Broadcast	Hlts
NR	1932 Civic Light Opera of NY	Elec	1931 LP
	1936 D'Oyly Carte	Elec
	1939 Technicolor Film	Dial
	1950 D'Oyly Carte	Mono
	1950 Al Goodman	Mono Hlts
	1954 Allegro-Royale	Mono
NR	1954 Kukla, Fran, and Ollie	Abrg TV
	1950s Europa Mikado	Hlts
	1957 Sargent/Glyndebourne	Ster
	1957 D'Oyly Carte	Ster
NR	1958-? The Coolest Mikado	Ster
NR	1959 Jazz Interpretation	Ster
NR	1960 Bell Telephone Hour	Mono Abrg
NR	196-? Jacques Darieux	Ster Hlts
	1962 Sadler's Wells Opera	Ster
	1962 World Record Club	Mono Hlts
NR	1962 The Cool Mikado
	1963 United Artists	Mono Hlts
	1964 National Musicale Company	Mono Hlts
	1966 D'Oyly Carte Film	Dial
NR	1966 Warner Bros. presents The Mikado
NR	1966 BBC	Dial
NR	1966 Michael Sammes Singers	Ster Hlts
NR	1972 Concert Hall/Boris Mersson	Ster Hlts
NR	1972 G&S For All	Ster Abrg
	1973 D'Oyly Carte	Ster
NR	1973 BBC-TV
NR	1973 The Gentlemen of Titipu
	1974 Hungarian TV	Video Abrg
NR	1975 Black Mikado	Ster Hlts
	1982 Brent Walker Productions	Video
	1984 Stratford Festival	Video
	1984 Der Mikado	Ster Video
	1986 English National Opera	Dig Abrg
	1987 El Mikado (Spanish)	Ster
	1988 Australian Opera	Video
NR	1989 BBC	Ster Dial
	1990 New D'Oyly Carte	Dig
	1992 Mackerras/Telarc	Dig
NR	1992 New D'Oyly Carte Video	Video
NR	1994 El Mikado (Catalan)	Ster
	1994 Der Yiddisher Mikado	Ster Abrg
NR	1995 Hot Mikado	Dig
	1995 C&B Productions	Dig Dial Bonus
	1995 Essgee Entertainment	Video
	2001 Carl Rosa Opera	Video Dig

The Mikado is the most popular G&S opera, and it is no surprise it has been recorded more often than any other. The 1927 D'Oyly Carte recording is a classic. Those who want a modern sound should check out 1992 Mackerras/Telarc (if you do not mind a missing overture).