Magdalena: a Musical Adventure
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Magdalena: a Musical Adventure is a musical with music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, original book by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Homer Curran, with subsequent lyrics and musical adaptations by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Commissioned by Edwin Lester, it premiered at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera in 1948.
It opened on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre on September 20, 1948, and closed on December 4, 1948 after 88 performances. With staging by Jules Dassin and choreography by Jack Cole, it starred John Raitt, Dorothy Sarnoff and Hugo Haas.
It was presented in concert form on November 24, 1987 at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. A recording of the concert was issued by Sony on October 10, 1989 (ASIN: B0000026QF) [1]
It made an Australian premiere/revival in 19?? as part of the Opera Festival in Ballarat Victoria. Evans Haile was imported to conduct.
The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris announced a production to open in May 2010. Kate Whoriskey directs and Warren Adams, choreographs.
Musical numbers
- As presented in the original 1948 Broadway production
- Act I
- Women Weaving
- Petacal
- The Seed of God
- My Omen Bird
- My Bus and I
- The Emerald
- The Civilized People
- Food For Thought
- Come to Colombia
- Plan It by the Planets
- Bon Soir, Paris
- Travel, Travel, Travel
- Magdalena
- The Broken Pianolita
- Greeting
- The River Song
- Chivor Dance
- My Bus and I (Reprise)
- The Forbidden Orchid
- Act II
- Ceremonial
- The Singing Tree
- Lost
- Freedom!
- Vals de Espana
- The Emerald (Reprise)
- Piece de Resistance
- The Broken Bus
- The Seed of God (Reprise)
References
External links
Categories:
- Musical theatre stubs
- Compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos
- 1948 musicals
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