Category: Musicals

One Hand, One Heart by Leonard Bernstein

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One Hand, One Heart
1961
Musicals

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

The Heart Is Slow to Learn by Kiri Te Kanawa

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The Heart Is Slow to Learn
2001
Musicals

Kiri Te Kanawa
Opera
Born: 6 March 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand
Nationality: New Zealander

Kiri Te Kanawa

Te Kanawa is a retired opera singer best known for her full lyric soprano voice. She has received accolades from across the world, particularly for her performances of Mozart, Strauss, Handel, Puccini, and Verdi. In her later career, Te Kanawa performed concerts and recitals. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia in 2016

America by Tatiana Troyanos

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America
Musicals

Tatiana Troyanos
Mezzo-soprano
Born: 12 September 1938, New York, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 21 August 1993, New York, USA

Tatiana Troyanos

Troyanos was a mezzo-soprano and remembered as one of the defining singers of her generation. Her performances covered the full range of operatic history in a career covering three decades. Troyanos was renowned for her work with the Metropolitan Opera with more than 270 performances covering twenty-two major roles.

One Hand, One Heart by Leonard Bernstein

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One Hand, One Heart
1957
Musicals

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Photograph of Leonard Bernstein conducting
Leonard Bernstein

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

If I Were a Rich Man by Bryn Terfel

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If I Were a Rich Man
2018
Musicals

Bryn Terfel
Opera, Classical
Born: 9 November 1965, Pant Glas, Wales
Nationality: Welsh:

Bryn Terfel

Terfel is a bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Initially known for the roles of Mozart, including Figaro, Leporello, and Don Giovanni, Terfel has since taken on the heavier roles, especially of Puccini and Wagner

I Could Have Danced All Night by Kiri Te Kanawa

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I Could Have Danced All Night
1987
Musicals

Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa
Opera
Born: 6 March 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand
Nationality: New Zealander

Te Kanawa is a retired opera singer best known for her full lyric soprano voice. She has received accolades from across the world, particularly for her performances of Mozart, Strauss, Handel, Puccini, and Verdi. In her later career, Te Kanawa performed concerts and recitals. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia in 2016

America by Leonard Bernstein

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America
1957
Musicals

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

Maria by Leonard Bernstein

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Maria
1957
Musicals

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

Fancy Free by Leonard Bernstein

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Fancy Free
1946
Ballet, Jazz

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

Not While I’m Around by Stephen Sondheim

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Not While I’m Around
1979
Musicals

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim
Musicals
Born: 22 March 1930, New York, USA
Nationality: American

Sondheim is a composer and lyricist known for his musical theatre work. He is recognised for recreating the American musical with shows that tackle unusual and unexpected themes .Sondheim’s shows have been acclaimed for addressing darker and more harrowing issues of the human experience. He is perhaps best known as the composer and lyricist musicals such as ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ (1961), ‘Follies’ (1971), and for writing the lyrics for ‘West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959)

A Quiet Place by Leonard Bernstein

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A Quiet Place
1983
Opera

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

Candide by Leonard Bernstein

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Candide
1956
Opera

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals, Opera
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

A Boy Like That by Leonard Bernstein

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A Boy Like That
1957
Musicals

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Musicals
Born: 25 August 1918, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 4 October 1990, New York, USA

Bernstein was a composer, conductor, pianist, educator, author, and humanitarian. Consider among the most important conductors of his time Bernstein was the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. Best known for the musical West Side Story, as a composer he wrote in various styles including orchestral music and symphonies, ballets, film and theatre music, opera, and piano works

Johanna by Stephen Sondheim

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Johanna
1984
Musicals

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim
Musicals
Born: 22 March 1930, New York, USA
Nationality: American

Sondheim is a composer and lyricist known for his musical theatre work. He is recognised for recreating the American musical with shows that tackle unusual and unexpected themes .Sondheim’s shows have been acclaimed for addressing darker and more harrowing issues of the human experience. He is perhaps best known as the composer and lyricist musicals such as ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ (1961), ‘Follies’ (1971), and for writing the lyrics for ‘West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959)

Hosanna by Tim Rice

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Hosanna
1972
Musicals

Tim Rice
Musicals
Born: 10 November 1944, Buckinghamshire, UK
Nationality: English

Rice is a lyricist and author, best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he co-wrote musical shows including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar; with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, with whom wrote Chess; and with Disney on Aladdin and The Lion King

The Ballad of Booth by Stephen Sondheim

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The Ballad of Booth
1991
Musicals

Stephen Sondheim
Musicals
Born: 22 March 1930, New York, USA
Nationality: American

Sondheim is a composer and lyricist known for his musical theatre work. He is recognised for recreating the American musical with shows that tackle unusual and unexpected themes .Sondheim’s shows have been acclaimed for addressing darker and more harrowing issues of the human experience. He is perhaps best known as the composer and lyricist musicals such as ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ (1961), ‘Follies’ (1971), and for writing the lyrics for ‘West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959)

Oh What a Circus by Tim Rice

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Oh What a Circus
1978
Musicals

Tim Rice
Musicals
Born: 10 November 1944, Buckinghamshire, UK
Nationality: English

Rice is a lyricist and author, best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he co-wrote musical shows including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar; with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, with whom wrote Chess; and with Disney on Aladdin and The Lion King

Forever Autumn by Jeff Wayne

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Forever Autumn
1976
Musicals

Jeff Wayne
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 1 July 1943, New York, USA
Nationality: American-British

Wayne is a composer, musician and lyricist best known for Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaption of the science fiction novel by HG Wells. However, he also scored advertising jingles such as Gordon’s Gin in the 1970s and subsequently covered by The Human League, and various well-known television themes such as Good Morning Britain, World of Sport, and BBC’s Sixty Minutes.

Hakuna Matata by Tim Rice

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Hakuna Matata
1995
Film and TV

Tim Rice
Musicals
Born: 10 November 1944, Buckinghamshire, UK
Nationality: English

Rice is a lyricist and author, best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he co-wrote musical shows including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar; with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, with whom wrote Chess; and with Disney on Aladdin and The Lion King

Memory by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Memory
1983
Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 22 March 1948, London, UK
Nationality: English

Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West End for more than a decade and on Broadway. A patron of the arts, in 1992 he set up Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supporting arts, culture, and heritage in the UK..

Brave New World by Jeff Wayne

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Brave New World
1978
Musicals

Jeff Wayne
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 1 July 1943, New York, USA
Nationality: American-British

Wayne is a composer, musician and lyricist best known for Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaption of the science fiction novel by HG Wells. However, he also scored advertising jingles such as Gordon’s Gin in the 1970s and subsequently covered by The Human League, and various well-known television themes such as Good Morning Britain, World of Sport, and BBC’s Sixty Minutes

Angel of Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Angel of Music
1987
Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 22 March 1948, London, UK
Nationality: English

Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West End for more than a decade and on Broadway. A patron of the arts, in 1992 he set up Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supporting arts, culture, and heritage in the UK.

Devil Take the Hindmost by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Devil Take the Hindmost
2010
Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 22 March 1948, London, UK
Nationality: English

Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West End for more than a decade and on Broadway. A patron of the arts, in 1992 he set up Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supporting arts, culture, and heritage in the UK

Jellicle Ball by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Jellicle Ball
1983
Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 22 March 1948, London, UK
Nationality: English

Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West End for more than a decade and on Broadway. A patron of the arts, in 1992 he set up Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supporting arts, culture, and heritage in the UK.

I Don’t Know How to Love Him by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I Don’t Know How to Love Him
1972
Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musicals, Film and TV
Born: 22 March 1948, London, UK
Nationality: English

Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West End for more than a decade and on Broadway. A patron of the arts, in 1992 he set up Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supporting arts, culture, and heritage in the UK

Beneath a Moonless Sky by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Beneath a Moonless Sky
2010
Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Born: 22 March 1948, London, UK
Nationality: English

Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West End for more than a decade and on Broadway. A patron of the arts, in 1992 he set up Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supporting arts, culture, and heritage in the UK