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SHOW BOAT (EMI). The classic Mississippi musical jes' keeps rollin' along, here with such stern-wheeling operatic voices as Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas. The first recording that is completely faithful to the original Kern-Hammerstein score reveals a raw, powerful, even angry work. And you thought it was "only make-believe...
SHOW BOAT (EMI). The classic Mississippi musical jes' keeps rollin' along, here with such stern-wheeling operatic voices as Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas. The first recording that is completely faithful to the original Kern-Hammerstein score reveals a raw, powerful, even angry work. And you thought it was "only make-believe...
With a cast that features opera stars Frederica von Stade (Magnolia), Teresa Stratas (Julie) and Jerry Hadley (Ravenal), as well as a cameo appearance by Lillian Gish as the Lady on the Levee, this Show Boat aims high. "Show Boat was thought of as a dusty operetta, but it is really a moving piece of music drama," says conductor John McGlinn, 35, whose passion for the score drove him to record the Mississippi riverboat musical in its complete 1927 version. McGlinn restored the overture, reinstating three important ensemble numbers and, most controversially, insisting on Hammerstein's original dialogue, which includes...
...recording of Jerome Kern' s Show Boat gives the riverboat musical the full operatic treatment. Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas provide the star power for the classic score...
...vindicated in a public forum. One may argue that loss of reputation is irreplaceable. But even so, for some notoriety has proved to be the ticket to success anyway. One only has to notice Jean Harris' literary success after killing the "Scarsdale Diet Doctor," or the fame of Claus von Bulow for proof that the public tends to forget quickly, or else reward financially those who have erred...