Ko-ko

[Oralee]

The Lord High Executioner of Titipu in [Gilbert and Sullivan]s masterpiece [The Mikado]. Ko-Ko is usually played by a [baritone]. He is generally considered the male lead in this [operetta], and while he sings during almost every song, his only true solos are Ive Got a Little List and On a Tree By a River.
At the beginning of the operetta, Ko-Ko has been condemned to death for flirting, but the Mikado releases him and makes him the Lord High Executioner. His ward [Yum-Yum] is to be his bride, but she is in love with [Nanki-Poo], the Mikados son, who is in turn lusted after by a noblewoman named [Katisha]. After the entire cast attempts multiple times to sort out their mangled love lives, Ko-Ko finds love with Katisha, and they sing their famed duet, There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast.