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''Nightingale: A New Musical'' is a musical (described by the composer as a children's opera) in one act, with book, music and lyrics by Charles Strouse. It is based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, ''The Nightingale'', and tells the story of a Chinese emperor who learns, nearly too late, that wealth cannot buy happiness. The work premiered at the Buxton Festival and then in London at the Lyric Hammersmith beginning on December 18, 1982 with a cast including Sarah Brightman as the title character, Nightingale. In the U.S. a staged reading of the show was given by the First All Children's Theatre in New York in May 1982.〔(May 1982 NY production )〕 The group then gave a preview of the work in New York in March 1983 before the North American premiere at "The Barns" at Wolf Trap, Wolf Trap, Virginia, in April 1983.〔Kornick, Rebecca Hodell ''Recent American Opera: A Production Guide'' (1991) Columbia University Press, pp. 305-06 ISBN 0-231-06920-0〕 Since then, the show has been performed numerous times throughout the world. A cast album was released in 1985 with the London cast. ==Musical numbers== *Prologue - Orchestra *Perfect Harmony - Company *Why Am I So Happy? - The Maid *Take Us To the Forest - Company *Who Are These People - Nightingale *Never Speak Directly to an Emperor - Palace Guards *Nightingale - Company *The Emperor is a Man - The Maid *I Was Lost - Emperor / Nightingale *Charming - Two Peacocks *A Singer Must Be Free - Nightingale *The Mechanical Bird - The Company / Mechanical Bird *Please Don't Make Me Hear That Song Again - Company / Mechanical Bird *Rivers Cannot Flow Upwards - The Maid, Nightingale *Death Duet - Death, Emperor, Maid and Nightingale *We Are China - Company 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nightingale (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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