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SOUTH PACIFIC [musical show]

Title

SOUTH PACIFIC [musical show]

Opening Date

April 07, 1949

Genre

musical show

Production and Recordings Information

Orig prod. MUSIC: Richard Rodgers. WORDS: Oscar Hammerstein II. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Salvatore Dell'Isola. CAST: Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Juanita Hall, William Tabbert, Barbara Luna. (Col OL-4180; CD/Col CK-32604. With addl material: CD/Sony SK-53327 (ALB-1473); CD/Sony SK-60722; CD/Prism(E) PLATCD-727, with addl material; CD/Naxos(E) 8.120785, with addl material (ALB-2211). Excerpts: Martin: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" (ALB-830, ALB-1503, ALB-2250) "A Wonderful Guy" (ALB-1180, ALB-1535, ALB-1774, ALB-2250) "A Cockeyed Optimist" (ALB-1535, ALB-1774, ALB-2250) "Honey Bun" (ALB-2250) Tabbert: "Younger than Springtime" (ALB-1535) Pinza: "Some Enchanted Evening" (ALB-830, ALB-1119, ALB-1180, ALB-1261, ALB-1503, ALB-1535, ALB-1608, ALB-2181) "This Nearly Was Mine" (ALB-1608, ALB-2205).)

1948 demo by Richard Rodgers (composer), piano, & Bernice Saunders (of orig cast), vocal. "A Wonderful Guy" (ALB-2299)

1949 album. VOCALS: Kitty Kallen, Donald Richards, John Laurenz, Anne Vincent. (Mercury 10" 25002, with Kiss Me Kate)

1949 studio prod. COND: Al Goodman. CAST: Sandra Deel & Dickinson Eastham (understudies to leads in orig cast); Thelma Carpenter, Jimmy Carroll, chorus. (RCA LK-1008. Excerpts: "A Cockeyed Optimist," "Some Enchanted Evening," "There Is Nothing like a Dame," "This Nearly Was Mine" (ALB-2211).)

1950 album. VOCALS: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Evelyn Knight, Ella Fitzgerald, chorus. (Dec 10" 5207)

1950 album. VOCALS: Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting, Gordon MacRae, chorus. (Cap 10" H-163)

1951 records by members of 1951 London prod. COND: Reginald Burston. Orchestra: Medley (78/Col(E) DX-1797, ALB-1532. Incomplete: 45/Col(E) SED-5531.) Muriel Smith: "Bali Ha'i" Peter Grant: "Younger than Springtime" Wilbur Evans: "Some Enchanted Evening" (45/Col(E) SEG-7668) Evans, Mary Martin: "Twin Soliloquies" (45/Col(E) SEG-7668, ALB-1532) Smith: "Happy Talk" Grant: "Carefully Taught" Patricia Lowi, John Levitt: "Dites-moi" Evans: "This Nearly Was Mine" (45/Col(E) SEG-7688) Evans, Martin: "Finale" (45/Col(E) SEG-7688, ALB-1532) (All of the above are on CD/Angel 52657, with Carousel & Oklahoma!; CD/Sepia(E) 1010, with Carousel & Oklahoma!)

1952 studio prod. COND: Ivor Slaney. VOCALS: Jean Campbell, Bob Dale, chorus. (Remington 10" 149-54)

1957 album by Giorgio Tozzi of 1957 Los Angeles prod. ORCH & COND: Irwin Kostal. "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger than Springtime," "Bali Ha'i," "This Nearly Was Mine" (45/RCA EPA-4063)

1957 medley by the Embassy Singers. COND: Ken Jones. (78/Embassy(E) WB-296)

1958 film soundtrack, incl a song dropped from the stage prod. COND: Alfred Newman. CAST: Mitzi Gaynor, Giorgio Tozzi (for Rossano Brazzi), Ray Walston, Bill Lee (for John Kerr), Muriel Smith (for Juanita Hall, who sang the role in orig prod), Thurl Ravenscroft (for Ken Clark). (RCA LOC-1032; CD/RCA 3681-2-R.)

1959 studio prod. CAST: Angela Atwell, Louis Massey, Maria Cole, Jim Laine, Elayne Myra, chorus. (Lion 70093)

1959 studio prod. COND: Hill Bowen. CAST: Marie Benson, Bryan Johnson, Fred Lucas, Laurie Cornell, Denis Martin, chorus. (Camden 494; National Academy 5.)

1962 studio prod. COND: Al Goodman ("Dean Franconi"). CAST: Richard Torigi, Susan Shaute, William Reynolds, Dolores Martin, Paula Wayne, chorus. (Hurrah 1035)

1965 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Sam Fonteyn. CAST: Louie Ramsey, Charles West, Sharon Sefton, Stephen Ayres, Isabelle Lucas, Brian Davies, chorus. (Music for Pleasure(E) 1008)

1967 prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Jonathan Anderson. CAST: Giorgio Tozzi of 1958 film prod; Florence Henderson, Justin McDonough, Eleanor Cables, Irene Byatt, David Doyle. (Col OS-3100; CD/Sony BMG 82876-88393-2. Excerpts: "A Cockeyed Optimist," "A Wonderful Guy," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" (ALB-2011) "Some Enchanted Evening" (ALB-2205).)

1969 South African prod, rec live. COND: Russell Channell. Inia Te Wiata: "Some Enchanted Evening," "This Nearly Was Mine" (ALB-1671)

1975 record by Ray Walston of 1951 London cast & 1958 film cast. "There Is Nothing like a Dame" (ALB-510)

1986 studio prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, Jonathan Tunick. COND: Jonathan Tunick. CAST: Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Sarah Vaughan, Mandy Patinkin, Juliet Midgley, Sarah King, chorus. (CD/CBS MK-42205)

1988 London prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Alan Bence. CAST: Gemma Craven, Emile Belcourt, Bertice Reading, Andrew C Wadsworth, Johnny Wade. (CD/First Night(E) CAST-CD11)

1993 album. ORCH: Various. COND: Matthew Freeman. VOCALS: Gemma Craven (of 1988 London prod), David Kernan, Linda Hibberd, Nic Curtis, chorus. (CD/Pickwick(E) PWKS-4162)

1996 studio prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Paige O'Hara (of 1993 Australian prod), Justino Diaz (of 1986 prod), Pat Suzuki (of 1994 Los Angeles prod), Sean McDermott (of 1987 English touring prod), Brian Greene, Ron Raines. (CD/Jay JAY2-1246)

1996 studio prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Paige O'Hara (of 1993 Australian prod), Justino Diaz (of 1986 prod), Sean McDermott (of 1987 English touring prod), Shezwae Powell, Brian Greene, Ron Raines. (CD/TER Records CDTER2-1242)

2001 London prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, William David Brohn. COND: Stephen Brooker. CAST: Philip Quast, Lauren Kennedy, Edward Baker-Duly, Nick Holder, Sheila Francisco, Elaine Tan. (CD/First Night(E) CASTCD-84)

2001 TV prod. ORCH: Doug Besterman, Michael Starobin, Danny Troob. COND: Paul Bogaev. CAST: Glenn Close, Rade Sherbedgia, Harry Connick Jr, Natalie Mendoza, Lori Tan Chinn, Robert Pastorelli. (CD/Col CK-85684)

2002 record by Susan Egan of 1999 Los Angeles prod. "A Wonderful Guy" (ALB-2068)

2005 concert prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. CAST: Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Alec Baldwin, Lillias White, Jason Danieley. (CD/Dec B0006462-02)

2008 prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Ted Sperling. CAST: Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, Loretta Ables Sayre, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein. (CD/Sony BMG 88697-32171-2. Incomplete: CD/Sony BMG 88697-30457-2.)

Records by members of orig prod. Mary Martin: "Some Enchanted Evening" (1957: ALB-1027) "My Girl Back Home," "Loneliness of Evening" (both songs dropped from the show) (1951: 78/Col 27-G, ALB-497, ALB-1473, ALB-2211) "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" (1953, TV: ALB-87, ALB-2174) (1977: ALB-652) Medley (1955: ALB-351) (1972: ALB-509) Ezio Pinza: "Bali Ha'i" (1949: Col 7" 3-397, ALB-1473, ALB-2205, ALB-2211, ALB-2212) "Some Enchanted Evening" (1949, radio: ALB-2212) (1953: ALB-1218) "This Nearly Was Mine" (1949, radio: ALB-2212) (1950, radio: ALB-2280) Richard Eastham (understudy to Pinza): "Some Enchanted Evening" (1949, TV: ALB-1525) "This Nearly Was Mine" (1952, radio: ALB-2280) William Tabbert: "Younger than Springtime" (1949, TV: ALB-1510, ALB-1525) (Later: ALB-1066) Diosa Costello (of orig cast in 1951) "Happy Talk," "Bali Ha'i" (1975: ALB-510) Juanita Hall: "Bali Ha'i" (1949, TV: ALB-1525) (1952, TV: ALB-1436)

Studio prod. COND: Al Goodman. CAST: Richard Torigi, Susan Shaute, William Reynolds, Dolores Martin, Paula Wayne, chorus. (Promenade 2092)

Studio prod. COND: Cyril Stapleton. VOCALS: Janet Waters, Andy Cole, Pat Whitworth, chorus. (Ace of Clubs(E) 1010, with Gigi)

Studio prod. COND: Hans Hagan. CAST: Renée Guerin, Bob Stratton, Don Grilley, Patti Steele, Connie Connerly. (Crown 5054)

Studio prod. COND: Johnny Douglas. CAST: Ian Wallace, Joyce Blair, Peter Grant, Isabelle Lucas, Bernard Martin, chorus. (Cap SN-7501)

Studio prod. COND: Morris Stoloff. VOCALS: Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, McGuire Sisters, Keely Smith, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr, Dinah Shore, Hi-Lo's, Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney. (Reprise FS-2018; box set CD/Reprise 2-47775, titled "Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre," with addl material.)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.19490407

Last Updated: 08-23-2012