The company starred (evenings) Dorothy Sarnoff and Elaine Malbin and featured William Ovis, Howard Jarratt, William Wilderman, William Dillard, and many others.
As Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times stated, “Verdi’s music in “My Darlin’ Aida,” . . . is romantically Italian. Charles Friedman’s new libretto is American, with a strong dash of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” seasoning. Despite the beauty of the singing by Dorothy Sarnoff and Elaine Milbin, there is no way of avoiding the fact that the music and the libretto have nothing in common, except, perhaps, a certain shoddiness of style.”[3]
Musical Numbersedit
Act I
“My Darlin’ Aida”
“Love Is Trouble”
“Me and Lee”
“March on for Tennessee”
“Why Ain’t We Free?”
“Knights of the White Cross”
“Jamboree”
“Dance”
“Letter Duet”
“Homecoming”
“When You Grow Up”
“Soldier’s March”
“Ballet”
“King Called Cotton”
“Gotta Live Free”
“Master and Slave”
“Sing! South! Sing!”
Act II
“Spiritual”
“I Want to Pray”
“Alone”
“Three Stones to Stand On”
“You’re False”
“They’ll Have to Be Changes Made”
“Away”
“Land of Mine”
“Ballet”
“I Don’t Want You”
“The Trial”
“You are My Darlin’ Bride”
“Oh, Sky, Goodbye”
Referencesedit
^/fullcredits My Darlin’ Aida at Internet Broadway Database ibdb.com
^Kronenberger, Louis, ed., The Burns Mantle Yearbook, The Best Plays of 1952-53, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1953, p. 364.
^New York Times, Tuesday, October 28, 1952, p. 36.
darlin, aida, darlin, aida, 1952, broadway, musical, play, with, music, giuseppe, verdi, lyrics, charles, friedman, based, verdi, opera, aida, produced, robert, joseph, darlin, aidasheet, musicmusicgiuseppe, verdilyricscharles, friedmanbookcharles, friedmanbas. My Darlin Aida is a 1952 Broadway musical play with music by Giuseppe Verdi lyrics by Charles Friedman based on Verdi s opera Aida It was produced by Robert L Joseph 1 My Darlin AidaSheet musicMusicGiuseppe VerdiLyricsCharles FriedmanBookCharles FriedmanBasisVerdi s opera AidaProductions1952 Broadway Contents 1 Production 2 Musical Numbers 3 References 4 External linksProduction editMy Darlin Aida premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 27 1952 and closed on January 10 1953 after 89 performances It was staged by Charles Friedman supervised and lighted by Hassard Short his last show production designed and costumed by Lemuel Ayers choreography by Hanya Holm music director Franz Allers and choral director Robert Shaw 2 The company starred evenings Dorothy Sarnoff and Elaine Malbin and featured William Ovis Howard Jarratt William Wilderman William Dillard and many others As Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times stated Verdi s music in My Darlin Aida is romantically Italian Charles Friedman s new libretto is American with a strong dash of Uncle Tom s Cabin seasoning Despite the beauty of the singing by Dorothy Sarnoff and Elaine Milbin there is no way of avoiding the fact that the music and the libretto have nothing in common except perhaps a certain shoddiness of style 3 Musical Numbers editAct I My Darlin Aida Love Is Trouble Me and Lee March on for Tennessee Why Ain t We Free Knights of the White Cross Jamboree Dance Letter Duet Homecoming When You Grow Up Soldier s March Ballet King Called Cotton Gotta Live Free Master and Slave Sing South Sing Act II Spiritual I Want to Pray Alone Three Stones to Stand On You re False They ll Have to Be Changes Made Away Land of Mine Ballet I Don t Want You The Trial You are My Darlin Bride Oh Sky Goodbye References edit fullcredits My Darlin Aida at Internet Broadway Database ibdb com Kronenberger Louis ed The Burns Mantle Yearbook The Best Plays of 1952 53 Dodd Mead amp Company New York 1953 p 364 New York Times Tuesday October 28 1952 p 36 External links edit My Darlin Aida at the Internet Broadway Database My Darlin Aida at the Playbill Vault Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title My Darlin 27 Aida amp oldid 1143282020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
