Pacific Overtures

Original Broadway Cast (Opening Night) (1976)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Private
Origin: Live/Audience
Material Included: Complete Show
Date Recorded: January 11, 1976

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Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Paul Gemignani

Cast

... Reciter	Mako
... Abe (First Councillor)	Yuki Shimoda
... Manjiro	Sab Shimono
... Second Councillor	James Dybas
... Shogun's Mother	Alvin Ing
... Third Councillor	Freddy Mao
... Kayama	Isao Sato
... Tamate (Kayama's Wife)/Samurai (with a mask)/Storyteller/Swordsman	Soon-Teck Oh
... Samurai	Ernest Abuba Mark Hsu Syers
... Servant	Haruki Fujimoto
... Observers	Alvin Ing Ricardo Tobia
... Fisherman	Jae Woo Lee
... Merchant	Alvin Ing
... Son	Timm Fujii
... Grandmother	Conrad Yama
... Thief	Mark Hsu Syers
... Adams	Ernest Abuba
... Williams	Larry Hama
... Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry	Haruki Fujimoto
... Shogun's Wife	Freda Foh Shen
... Physician	Ernest Harada
... Priests	Timm Fujii Gedde Watanabe
... Soothsayer	Mark Hsu Syers
... Sumo Wrestlers	Conrad Yama Jae Woo Lee
... Shogun's Companion	Patrick Kinser-Lau
... Shogun	Mako
... Madam	Ernest Harada
... Girls	Timm Fujii Patrick Kinser-Lau Gedde Watanabe Leslie Watanabe
... Old Man	James Dybas
... Boy	Gedde Watanabe
... Warrior	Mark Hsu Syers
... Imperial Priest	Tom Matsusaka
... Nobles	Ernest Abuba Timm Fujii
... American Admiral	Alvin Ing
... British Admiral	Ernest Harada
... Dutch Admiral	Patrick Kinser-Lau
... Russian Admiral	Mark Hsu Syers
... French Admiral	James Dybas
... Lords of the South	Larry Hama Jae Woo Lee
... Jonathan Goble	Mako
... Japanese Merchant	Conrad Yama
... Samurai's Daughter	Freddy Mao
... British Sailors	Timm Fujii Patrick Kinser-Lau Mark Hsu Syers
... Musician	Joey Ginza
... Proscenium Servants, Sailors and Townspeople	Susan Kikuchi Diane Lam Kim Miyori Freda Foh Shen Kenneth S. Eiland Timm Fujii Joey Ginza Patrick Kinser-Lau Tony Marinyo Kevin Maung Dingo Secretario Mark Hsu Syers Ricardo Tobia Gedde Watanabe Leslie Watanabe
... Musician (Shamisen)	Fusako Yoshida
... Musician (Percussion)	Genji Ito

Track List

Tracks

The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea .... Reciter and Company
There Is No Other Way .... Tamate, Observers
Four Black Dragons .... Fisherman, Thief, Reciter, Townspeople
Chrysanthemum Tea .... Shogun, Shogun's Mother, Shogun's Wife, Soothsayer, Priests, Shogun's Companion, Physician. Sumo Wrestlers
Poems .... Kayama, Manjiro
Welcome to Kanagawa .... Madam and Girls
Someone in a Tree .... Old Man, Reciter, Boy, Warrior
Lion Dance .... Commodore Perry
Please Hello .... Abe, Reciter, American, British, Dutch, Russian and French Admirals
A Bowler Hat .... Kayama, Manjiro
Pretty Lady .... Three British Sailors
Next .... Reciter and Company

Trivia & History

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Private
Origin: Live/Audience
Material Included: Complete Show
Date Recorded: January 11, 1976

Identifying Features: not entered yet
Recorded By: not entered yet