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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF [musical show]
- Title
- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF [musical show]
- Opening Date
- September 22, 1964
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- Orig prod. MUSIC: Jerry Bock. WORDS: Sheldon Harnick. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Milton Greene. CAST: Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova, Julia Migenes, Austin Pendleton, Bert Convy, Michael Granger. (CD/RCA RCD1-7060; CD/RCA Victor 82876-51430-2, with addl material (ALB-2114). Incomplete: RCA LSO-1093. Excerpts: Mostel, Karnilova: "Sunrise, Sunset" (ALB-830, ALB-1180) Mostel: "If I Were a Rich Man" (ALB-830, ALB-1755, ALB-2181) "Tradition" (ALB-1590).)
- 1966 album by Herschel Bernardi, who replaced Zero Mostel in orig prod in November 1965 and was also in the 1981 prod. ORCH & COND: Peter Matz. (Col OS-3010; CD/Collectables COL-7502 (ALB-2075), with addl material.)
- 1967 album. COND: Bill Shepherd. VOCALS: Gerry Grant, Rita Williams, chorus. "Tradition," "If I Were a Rich Man," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Sunrise, Sunset" (45/Bravo 411)
- 1967 London prod. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Gareth Davies. CAST: Topol, Miriam Karlin, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Sandor Eles, Rosemary Nichols, Linda Gardner, Jonathan Lynn. (Col SX-30742; CD/Col CK-30742; CD/Col SK-89546 (ALB-2021), with addl material.)
- 1967 studio prod. COND: Alyn Ainsworth. CAST: Bernard Spear, Stella Moray, Tony Adams, Lorraine Smith, Peter Reeves, Margaret Vickers, Mary Murphy, chorus. (Music for Pleasure(E) 5244)
- 1968 studio prod. COND: Denis Holloway. CAST: Alfie Bass & Avis Bunnage (who assumed leads of London prod in 1968); Patricia Whitmore, Joanne Brown, Marti Webb, Leslie Fyson, Andy Cole, Ken Barrie, chorus. (Hallmark(E) SHM-589)
- 1968 studio prod. COND: Stanley Black. CAST: Robert Merrill (of 1968 touring prod), Molly Picon (of 1971 film cast), Mary Thomas, Andy Cole, James Tullett, Robert Bowman, Sylvia King, Barbara Moore, Patricia Whitmore, Margaret Eaves. (London(E) SP-44121; CD/London 448-949-2.)
- 1969 South African prod. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Bob Adams. CAST: Shimon Israeli, Lya Dulizkaya, David Matheson, Ferdie Uphof, Jacob Witkin, Carole Gray. (RCA(South Africa) 38-149)
- 1969 TV performance by Harry Goz, of orig prod in 1967. "Sunrise, Sunset" (ALB-1510)
- 1971 film soundtrack. ORCH & COND: John Williams. CAST: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Neva Small. (United Artists 10900; CD/EMI(C) CDP-746091. With addl material: CD/EMI 72435-35266-2-7.)
- 1995 studio prod. COND: Matthew Freeman. CAST: Anthony Newley, Linda Hibberd, Tracey Miller, Nick Curtis, Marion Davies, chorus. (CD/Carlton(E) 30362-00142)
- 1996 studio prod. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Len Cariou, Sara Kestelman, Judy Kaye, Miriam Karlin, Mazz Murray, Maria Charles, Deborah Myers. (CD/TER(E) MUS-C-N74)
- 2004 prod. ORCH: Don Walker, Larry Hockman. COND: Kevin Stites. CAST: Alfred Molina, Randy Graff, Nancy Opel, John Cariani, Robert Petkoff, Laura Michelle Kelly, David Wohl. (CD/PS Classics 420)
- 2007 London prod. ORCH: Larry Blank. COND: Jae Alexander. CAST: Henry Goodman, Alexandra Silber, Beverly Klein, Simon Delaney, Damian Humbley. (CD/MA Theatre mx FOTR-01)
- Early demos, incl unused material. Jerry Bock (composer), piano & vocal: "The Dream," "Sabbath Prayer," "Sunrise, Sunset" Bock (composer), piano & vocal, with Sheldon Harnick (lyricist), vocal: "The Dream," "We Haven't Missed a Sabbath Yet" (ALB-2021)
- Interview and songs sung by Sheldon Harnick, lyricist. "Sunrise, Sunset," "Do You Love Me?" (1971, with Margery Gray: ALB-535) (1999, with Charlotte Rea: ALB-1989) "When Messiah Comes," "How Much Richer Could One Man Be?" (both dropped from the show), "If I Were a Rich Man" (1971: ALB-535, ALB-2114) Interview (2003: ALB-2114).
- Records by members of various prods. Theodore Bikel of 1967 touring prod: "If I Were a Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset" (1967: 45/Elektra EK-45632) (2006: ALB-2262) Herschel Bernardi (orig cast replacement & 1981 prod): "Sunrise, Sunset" (ALB-2074, ALB-2075) Neva Small of 1971 film prod: "When Messiah Comes" (2003: ALB-2167) "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (1981, with Dizzy Gillespie: ALB-2167)
- Studio prod. COND: Al Goodman. VOCALS: Phillip Golden, Martha Garry, chorus. (Diplomat 2349)
- Studio prod. ORCH & COND: Peter Moore. VOCALS: Leslie Fyson, Joanna Merlin, Peggy Longo, Martin Meyers, Joan Brown. (Golden 260)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19640922
Last Updated: 08-23-2012