- Magdalena (musical)
"Magdalena: a musical adventure" is a musical by
Heitor Villa-Lobos , original book by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Homer Curran, with subsequent and lyrics and adaptations by Robert Wright and George Forrest. It premiered in1948 in Los Angeles.It opened on Broadway at the
Ziegfield Theatre on September 20, 1948, and closed on December 4, 1948 after 88 performances. With staging byJules Dassin and choregraphy byJack Cole , it starredJohn Raitt and 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) [ [http://www.amazon.com/Magdalena-Concert-Recording-Heitor-Villa-Lobos/dp/B0000026QF amazon.com listing] ]It made an Australian Premier/Revival in 19?? as part of the Opera Festival in Ballarat Victoria with an inflatable set not doubt. ? Evans Haile was imported to Conduct.
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
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0040-2982(198412)2%3A151%3C28%3AVCC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 "Villa-Lobos's Commissioned Compositions" by Lisa M. Peppercorn]
External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2018 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B0DE7DC1E3AF936A15752C1A961948260 "New York Times" review, November 25, 1987]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799264,00.html?promoid=googlep "Time Magazine" review, Oct. 04, 1948]
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