Pacific Overtures

BBC Radio Broadcast (1987)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Broadcast
Origin: Radio
Material Included: Complete Show
Air Date: September 30, 1987

Identifying Features: not entered yet

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Cast

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Reciter
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Kayama Yesaemon, a minor Samurai
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John Manjiro, a fisherman
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Lord Abe, First Councillor to the Shogun
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Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
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Kuroko
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Second Councillor
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Third Councillor
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The Shogun's Mother
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Tamate, Kayama's wife
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First Samurai
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Second Samurai
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First Observer
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Second Observer
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A Fisherman
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A Merchant
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His Son
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The Grandmother
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A Thief
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The Shogun's Wife
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The Shogun's Companion
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HIs Physician
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His Soothsayer
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His Priests
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His Priests
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Madam
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Geisha Girls
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The Spirit of a Samurai
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Old Man
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Boy
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Warrior
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The Emperor's attendants
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First Noble
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Second Noble
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The American Admiral
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The British Admiral
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The Dutch Admiral
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The Russian Admiral
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The French Admiral
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The Lords of the South
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The Storyteller
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A Fencing Master
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His Daughter
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Three British Sailors
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A Samurai
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Assassins
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Dancers

Track List

Tracks

  • The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea .... Company
  • There Is No Other Way .... First Observer, Second Observer
  • Four Black Dragons .... Company
  • Chrysanthemum Tea .... The Shogun's Mother, The Shogun's Wife, The Shogun's Companion, HIs Physician, His Soothsayer, His Priests
  • Poems .... Kayama, Manjiro
  • Welcome to Kanagawa .... Madam, Geisha Girls
  • Someone in a Tree .... Old Man, Boy, Warrior, Reciter
  • The Lion Dance of Commodore Perry .... Commodore Perry
  • Please Hello .... Lord Abe, Reciter, The American Admiral, The British Admiral, The Dutch Admiral, The Russian Admiral, The French Admiral
  • A Bowler Hat .... Kayama, Reciter
  • Pretty Lady .... Three British Sailors
  • Next .... Company

Trivia & History

Broadcast on September 30, 1987. We think that the broadcast was live, but we are not sure. There was an interview with Stephen Sondheim during intermission.

Recording Info

Recording Type: Broadcast
Origin: Radio
Material Included: Complete Show
Air Date: September 30, 1987

Identifying Features: not entered yet

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