"Operatic" Musicals
07/10/10 1:00PM
We hear two of the rare Broadway musicals that qualify as "operatic":
Leonard Bernstein's Candide and Frank Loesser's The Most Happy
Fella.
Playlist
1:00pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |
1:01pm
Mignon: "Connais-tu le pays?"
| Composer | Ambroise Thomas |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | John Pritchard |
| Soloists | Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | French Opera Arias |
| Record co./Cat # | Columbia M-34206 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1976 |
1:12pm
Candide
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Samuel Krachmalnick |
| Soloists | Barbara Cook ; Robert Rounseville ; Max Adrian ; Irra Petina ; William Olvis ; William Chapman |
| CD/Album | Candide |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 48017 |
| Release Year | 1957 |
2:11pm
The Most Happy Fella: Act I
| Composer | Frank Loesser |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Herbert Greene |
| Soloists | Robert Weede ; Jo Sullivan ; Art Lund ; Susan Johnson ; Shorty Long ; Mona Paulee |
| CD/Album | The Most Happy Fella |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 48010 |
| Release Year | 1956 |
3:16pm
The Most Happy Fella: Act II
| Composer | Frank Loesser |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Herbert Greene |
| Soloists | Robert Weede ; Jo Sullivan ; Art Lund ; Susan Johnson ; Shorty Long ; Mona Paulee |
| CD/Album | The Most Happy Fella |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 48010 |
| Release Year | 1956 |
4:08pm
The Most Happy Fella: Act III
| Composer | Frank Loesser |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Herbert Greene |
| Soloists | Robert Weede ; Jo Sullivan ; Art Lund ; Susan Johnson ; Shorty Long ; Mona Paulee |
| CD/Album | The Most Happy Fella |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 48010 |
| Release Year | 1956 |
4:37pm
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
| Composer | Gustav Mahler |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Yoel Levi |
| Soloists | Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Songs of a Wayfarer |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80499 |
| Release Year | 1999 |
4:55pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |