Ned Rorem in Nantucket - 23 May, 1979
from The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, page 244:
Listening to the record of Sweeney Todd, undistracted by the sordid images on stage, the music seems more solid, replete with echoes, there are some good tunes (some terrible), and Angela is irreplaceably musical. Inconceivable that her role be taken by a true diva, though there's talk of it, opera (in all it's trashy glory) being a sacred word to Broadway.
cite as
Ned Rorem, The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, volume 2 (San Francisco, 1987), p. 244. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433977618956 accessed: 25 December, 2024
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Sweeney Todd
written by Stephen Sondheim |
performed by Angela Lansbury |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 23 May, 1979 |
Medium | playback |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by pashworth on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:06:59 +0100
Approved on Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:31:31 +0000