Comments on: Review: An Enchanted Evening . . . at the Ordway’s “South Pacific” http://tcjewfolk.com/review-enchanted-evening-ordway-south-pacific/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-enchanted-evening-ordway-south-pacific Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Beth Friend http://tcjewfolk.com/review-enchanted-evening-ordway-south-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-4815 Beth Friend Wed, 12 May 2010 16:05:21 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=8573#comment-4815 Leora, Excellent review! And now I'm gonna catch this show before it closes this weekend. And how FABULOUS that your readers get a special discounted price! Thank you JEWFOLK! Leora,
Excellent review! And now I’m gonna catch this show before it closes this weekend.
And how FABULOUS that your readers get a special discounted price!
Thank you JEWFOLK!

]]> By: Marty Rosenbaum http://tcjewfolk.com/review-enchanted-evening-ordway-south-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 Marty Rosenbaum Thu, 06 May 2010 19:01:47 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=8573#comment-4651 Great review - I can't wait to see this production! It's not surprising that the Emile character sounded operatic - Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the songs for the original Emile, Ezio Pinza, a famous Metropolitan Opera star. The part is almost always played by an opera singer. This does sound very different from the other characters, but serves to highlight the difference between the American characters and the very cultured Frenchman. Both Pinza in 1949, and Paolo Szot, the Brazilian opera star who played Emile in this 2008 Broadway revival, won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical. Great review – I can’t wait to see this production!

It’s not surprising that the Emile character sounded operatic – Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the songs for the original Emile, Ezio Pinza, a famous Metropolitan Opera star. The part is almost always played by an opera singer. This does sound very different from the other characters, but serves to highlight the difference between the American characters and the very cultured Frenchman. Both Pinza in 1949, and Paolo Szot, the Brazilian opera star who played Emile in this 2008 Broadway revival, won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.

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