Magdalena (musical)

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Magdalena: a musical adventure is a light opera with music and orchestrations 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 in 1948 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 by Jules Dassin and choregraphy by Jack Cole, it starred John 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) [1]

[edit] Song list

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)

[edit] References

  1. ^ amazon.com listing

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