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Description / My Opinion
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Amazon.com - Ordered 08.28.2000 - Shipped 09.17.2000 - Received 09.28.2000 Original text translated by Albert Bermel and Ted Emery. Orchestrations by Elliot Goldenthal, Directed by Julie Taymor. BEWARE: This recording contains only few songs, and most of its short 36 minutes is instrumental music. Even if it's good music, it's not songs. In fact, there are only 5 (tracks 2, 6, 8, 11 and 20) songs on the recording, and these are probably not what a musical theatre listener could have expected. First, there's no real 'lead song'. Then, the music is very strance, special, and so are the song melodies: very sad, slow, desperate, but with a great underlying beauty. The booklet contains 7 medium and three big color pictures of the show, two color ID pictures of the composer and the director. There is a one page text by the composer Elliot Goldenthal, a half page text about the author, Carlo Gozzi, a half page text about the composer, and one and a half page text from Director Julie Taymor herself. The inside of the jewel box contains a green feather, and the back of the box holds three color pictures of the show. The lyrics included are those of the last song O Foolish Heart only.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 1:15 | Truffaldino's Sausage Shop | Orchestra |
| 2 | 2:56 | O Greedy People
Lyrics: Carlo Gozzi, Albert Bermel
(The Apples That Sing) | Sophia Salguero with Sarah Jane Nelson, Meredith Patterson |
| 3 | 1:49 | Tartaglia's Lament | Barry Finclair (Concert Master/Violinist), Teese Gohl (Pianist) |
| 4 | 1:03 | The Bickering | Bruce Williamson (Piano and Clarinet) |
| 5 | 2:27 | Calmon, King Of Statues | Orchestra |
| 6 | 2:12 | Joy To The King
Lyrics: Carlo Gozzi, Albert Bermel | Sophia Salguero |
| 7 | 2:33 | Ninetta's Hope | Harvey Estrin (Piccolo), Steve Gorn (Bonsori) |
| 8 | 2:11 | Renzo And Pompea Duet
Lyrics: Albert Bermel | Sebastian Roché, Lee Lewis |
| 9 | 1:45 | Barbarina's Lament | Gerard Reuter (Oboe) |
| 10 | 1:22 | The Waters That Dance | Antoine Silverman (Violin) |
| 11 | 1:33 | Serpentina's Garden | Andrew Weems |
| 12 | 1:14 | Under Bustle Funk | Bruce Williamson (Saxophone and Bass Clarinet), Bill Ruyle (Hadjini drums) |
| 13 | 2:12 | Green Bird Descent | Orchestra |
| 14 | 1:06 | The Magic Feather | Harvey Estrin (Piccolo) |
| 15 | 0:38 | The King's Lament
Solo violin | Antoine Silverman (Violin) |
| 16 | 1:28 | Accordions And Palace Rhumba | Gil Goldstein (Accordion) |
| 17 | 1:57 | Prologue
Radio Waves | Bruce Williamson (Bass Clarinet), Virgil Blackwell (Contrabass Clarinet) |
| 18 | 2:25 | Acids And Alkalis | Orchestra |
| 19 | 1:35 | Apple Aria Instrumental | Bruce Williamson (Saxophone), Gil Goldstein (Piano) |
| 20 | 2:18 | O Foolish Heart
Lyrics: David Suehsdorf
Tap Dancing Solo by Meredith Patterson | Ken Barnett, Reg E. Cathey, Didi Conn, Ned Eisenberg, Ramon Flowers, Edward Hibbert, Lee Lewis, Katie MacNichol, Sarah Jane Nelson, Kristine Nielsen, Meredith Patterson, Sebastian Roché, Sophia Salguero, Derek Smith, Bruce Turk, Andrew Weems |
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The Cast
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| | Brighella | Reg E. Cathey | | | Pantalone | Andrew Weems | | | Smeraldina | Didi Conn | | | Truffaldino | Ned Eisenberg | | | Barbarina | Katie MacNichol | | | Renzo | Sebastian Roché | | | The Green Bird | Bruce Turk | | | Ninetta | Kristine Nielsen | | | Voice Of Calmon | Andrew Weems | | | Tartaglia | Derek Smith | | | Tartagliona | Edward Hibbert | | | Beauticians | Andrew Weems | | | Pompea | Lee Lewis | | | Pierrot | Andrew Weems | | | Voice Of Serpentina | Lee Lewis | | | Singing Apples | Sophia Salguero | | | | Meredith Patterson | | | | Sarah Jane Nelson | | | Dancing Waters | Erico Villanueva | | | | Ramon Flowers | | | Servants, Marching Band, Puppeteers | Ken Barnett | | | | Ramon Flowers | | | | Sarah Jane Nelson | | | | Meredith Patterson | | | | Sophia Salguero | | | | Erico Villanueva | | | Percussion | Bill Ruyle | | | Violin | Antoine Silverman | | | Woodwind, Keyboard | Bruce Williamson |
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