THE GREAT WALTZ

A musical play in 2 acts, 11 scenes. Music adaptation by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Robert Wright and George Forrest : Lyrics by Wright & Forrest. Additional lyrics byForman Brown : Book by Jerome Chodorov, based on the version by Moss Hart & Milton Lazarus as produced by Edwin Lester for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera Associations. See also Waltzes From Vienna.

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London - 9 July, 1970 (600 perfs)

Synopsis

Set in Vienna in the spring-time, featuring a conflict between a father and his son, laced with overtures of romance; and though it all a score comprising some of the most loved waltzes ever writeen by the father and son on whose lives the plot is based, and who are truly regarded as the greatest waltz composers of all time. Among a host of tunes, this show contains both "The Radetzky March" and, of course, "The Blue Danube".

CAST: Male - 10; Female - 6; plus dancers and chorus

Musical Numbers:

Original Production (as Waltzes from Vienna)

Radetsky March - The Brass Band
Morning - Therese
Look Before You Leap - Therese and Leopold
You Are My Songs - Therese, Johann Strauss jnr. and ensemble
Love Will Find You - Therese and Leopold
On Love Alone - Ensemble, Ballet
Like a Star in the Sky - Countess Olga and Johann Strauss jnr
With All My Heart - Therese
Night - Ensemble
Ballet - Corps de ballet
Love's Never Lost - Countess Olga, Leopold and Captain Boris
We Love You Still - Countess Olga
While You Love Me - Therese and Johann Strauss jnr.
Love and War - Leopold and Ensemble
Quadrille - Ensemble
The Blue Danube (Danube So Blue) - Therese and the entire company

London Production (as The Great Waltz)

Overture - Orchestra
A Waltz With Wings
I'm In Love With Vienna
My Philosophy of Life
Love and Gingerbread
Teeter-Totter Me
Where Would I Be?
Of Men and Violins
An Artist's Life
The Enchanted Wood
At Dommayers
The Gypsy Told Me
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - Orchestra
No Two Ways
I Hate Music
The Blue Danube

 

ORCHESTRATION:

Reed 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; Trumpet 1 & 2; Trombone 1 & 2; Horn 1 & 2; Percussion; Violin 1 & 2; Viola; Cello; Bass; Harp; Accordion; Piano Celeste

 

Discography

Original London Cast Recording starring Sári Bárábas, Walter Cassel, Diane Todd and David Watson - Columbia SCX 6429