San Francisco Opera: Show Boat
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- A true classic of American musical theater, this tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism.
Music by Jerome Kern • Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber
Heidi Stober, Magnolia Hawks • Michael Todd Simpson, Gaylord Ravenal • Bill Irwin, Cap’n Andy Hawks • Patricia Racette, Julie La Verne • Angela Renée Simpson, Queenie • Harriet Harris, Parthy Ann Hawks • Kirsten Wyatt, Ellie Mae Chipley • Morris Robinson, Joe • John Bolton, Frank Schultz
John DeMain, conductor • Francesca Zambello, director • Peter Davison, set designer • Paul Tazewell, costume designer • Mark McCullough, lighting designer • Tod Nixon, sound designer • Ian Robertson, chorus director • Michele Lynch, choreographer
A co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and Houston Grand Opera; presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals. - Hudba
One of the most beautiful musical ever written. Powerful music. Colorful. Wonderful plot. It's an evergreen one.
This is an incredible show - has so much to say about human society and all its sweetness and its tragedy.
Showboat is one of my all time favorites; this production looks great.
wow love the color patterns of all scenes, set designs costume, and lighting etc.
What a great idea, to have Bill Irwin as Capt. Andy. Fortunate audience.
This production embodies exactly what this show stands for, just brilliant. This is how revivals should be approached in the 21st century.
I agree with you. Fortunately the director Francesca Zambello has done productions of many classic musicals for opera houses all over the world.
Looks pretty marvelous to me. A lot more heart and soiul than anything offered on Broadway in many a moon.
Wow! The best Showboat I ever seen yet! This probably is the closest to the original they could get!
Show Boat del genial Jerome Kern. La mejor comedia musical de todos los tiempos. De 1927 producida por Florenz Ziegfeld.
This was a fantastic production! The singers, the sets, the customs, absolutely fantastic! Dont listen to the haters, spilling hate...
My favorite musical. The music is so wonderful. I always feel you should leave a musical humming a song. You leave this one humming a bunch of them.
Patricia Racette has such a great voice.
Looks fantastic. Wish I could have seen it.
George Strum You can purchase the same production on DVD on Amazon!
Certainly wish I had had the chance to see this performance!
I love Ellie's dress for Wicked Stage.
That looks incredible! Those sets are exquisite!
What a powerful and emotive ending.
OMG fabulous
So well done.
What a rendition, really moving.
Sublime
Fantastic ,
Simplemente maravilloso..¡¡¡
Excellent
MARAVILLOSO.
Grandioso. Todo lo que diga se queda corto, ¡qué voces! que puesta en escena!
Fabulous clip and way to short
All you lovers and haters of this should acquire the 3-Cd set of John McGlinn's recording
(no video) McGlinn put a lot of scholarship into Kern's show and the singing and orchestra conveys the spirit of this show as no other has done
LOL...for a small town local production maybe...sweetie, you need to get out and see what REAL theatre is about. This is a fair effort....nothing more.
Absolutely right, I've loved that recording since it was brand new. I've even had the privilege of meeting Maestro McGlinn and telling him so. We lost him way too early.
Absolutely right, I've loved that recording since it was brand new. I've even had the privilege of meeting Maestro McGlinn and telling him so. We lost him way too early.
que voz !
Has this version been released in dvd?
Yes! Find out more about it here: www.euroarts.com/labels/5968-san-francisco-opera-show-boat
Many thanks!
Good show, but what a pity that the baritone who played Ravenal was using amplification while the rest of the cast (all opera singers) didn't.
To all the haters get over it. This was a wonderful production!
+Dan K WRONG! It was really a mediocre (with a capital "M") production. Don't kid yourself.
Well I disagree. They did a fab job!
+Dan K And I disagree with you. Watch the NY Philarmonic production -- far superior, even with minimal sets and costumes.
I hate the word "hater". I find that idiots use this word a lot.
Myles Garcia this was a regional production, and I think it's unfair to compare it to a New York one. Probably the best talent winds up in New York, but it doesn't mean this wasn't good. If you think this was bad, check out a college, or worse, a high school production (God bless 'em-- they gotta start somewhere!). You'll return thinking this was great!
How do you go dressed to the theaters someone explain to me I would like to go
I think Tyler Perry was perfect as Queenie.
Magnolia is supposed to be 18 in the beginning...
there was never an 18 year old in this role.
they can tie as many bows as they want in this lady's hair, she not going to look a day under 58
Boy he's tall.
I miss Marge Champion and her husband Gower,
Boníssim!
If you cast a Magnolia that old you risk giving off the Baby Jane vibe we see here
The guy singing Old Man River was in desperate need of some whittling lessons coz whatever it is he's doing is just distracting
Luv this musical.. however, what have they done with Julie.. miscast
I don't think so. Patricia Racette has quite a following. I've seen her in very many operatic roles and was delighted to see her in this, but everyone to his own taste.
This production is an example of conductor/director butchery because 3 and a half hours of integral recording of the critical edition by EMI from 1988, was heavily cut to less the 150 mins. Just some examples to ilustrate this: The original ouverture was omitted and replaced with the the inferior one from 1946. The wedding scene was almost 50% trimmed, and much more in the same manner. The singers are heavily miscast Patricia Racette sounds as a cat in February while the role of Magnolia had to be transposed down so Heidi Klober can sing...
So glad to read this comment. I was seriously thinking about ordering the Blu-ray of this production. I'm a life-long fan of Show Boat, and I am second to none in my admiration for the fabulous and complete 1988 recording. I certainly won't buy this now! Once again many thanks!
Great looking production -a pity these very operatic singers don’t sell the lyrics with much sincerity.
Magnolia is suppose to be a young lady, and Julie is supposed to be sultry and sensual not overweight. I can't believe that there is a lack of talented people who would actually fit these roles in San Francisco.
+robert roberson I agree. I saw this from the last row of the orchestra, and I cannot believe how inappropriate and unattractive that Gaylord, Magnolia and Julie are. I remember that the actresses playing Julie and Magnolia were very strident, and, omigod, I was right! Glad I only paid $20 to see this show.
+mylesag2 She is not unattractive, but I see her more as Anna in the King and I, than Magnolia.
+robert roberson And don't you DARE bash Bill Irwin. He was awesome!
Where does it say Julie is supposed to be thin as a rail? She can have meat on her bones and still be sultry. In fact, I think it makes perfect sense for her character, seeing as she's supposed to be the "prima donna" of the midwest.
Julie had to be thin as a "rail" otherwise, the show boat would have SUNK!! LOL!!
Great set and costumes....
Gaylords costume is FAR to big on him.
Opera companies need to leave the production alone and just do a recital of the better songs. They REALLY destroy the warmth and homey nature that this musical brings to the audience. Too many divas vying for the spot light and it has become a competition rather than classic entertainment.
Chalk one up for the amateurs.