Overview
High Note: D#4/Eb4
Low Note: G2
Analysis
Where Ko-Ko is the lord high executioner, Pooh-Bah is the high lord of everything else. Haughty and somewhat rude, Pooh-Bah gained his position by being the only one of the town officials not too proud to rule under Ko-Ko, an ex-tailor. Therefore, Pooh-Bah now holds all
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When auditioning for Pooh-Bah in The Mikado, lean into his pompous self-importance, dry wit, and delightfully hypocritical nature. Pooh-Bah is the ultimate satire of bureaucracy — a man who holds every possible office and uses that power to serve his own interests. He presents himself with inflated dignity and moral superiority, yet constantly undercuts himself with opportunism and vanity. The comedy lies in this contradiction: he insists on decorum while shamelessly benefiting from
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