‘Big D’ energy
Only three years separate the creation of The Most Happy Fella (1956) and The Sound of Music (1959), but there’s a proverbial ocean between these two Golden Age musicals are being performed at prestigious festivals this summer.
65 pieces since 2005 — at 11 companies, most often at Washington National Opera.
3 pieces as Glimmerglass Festival — stats above show all coverage for Francesca Zambello.
View allOnly three years separate the creation of The Most Happy Fella (1956) and The Sound of Music (1959), but there’s a proverbial ocean between these two Golden Age musicals are being performed at prestigious festivals this summer.
Sunny, lakeside Cooperstown presents a peppy, exuberant, winning production of West Side Story, the musical.
The turntable set looks much the same from any angle: gutted concrete tenements and perilous alleys, instantly recognizable as a scene of urban guerrilla mayhem.
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