Pacific Overtures

Staff

... Conductor

Paul Gemignani

Cast

... Reciter	Mako
... Abe, First Councillor	Yuki Shimoda
... Manjiro	Sab Shimono
... Third Councillor	James Dybas
... Shogun's Mother	Alvin Ing
... Second Councillor	Freddy Mao
... Kayama	Isao Sato
... Tamate / Samurai / Old Man / Storyteller / Swordsman	Soon-Teck Oh
... Samurai	Ernest Abuba Mark Hsu Syers
... Servant	Haruki Fujimoto
... Observers	Alvin Ing Ricardo Tobia
... Fisherman	Jae Woo Lee
... Thief	Mark Hsu Syers
... Merchant	Alvin Ing
... Son	Timm Fujii
... Grandmother	Conrad Yama
... Adams	Ernest Abuba
... Williams	Larry Hama
... Sumos	Conrad Yama Jae Woo Lee
... Shogun's Wife	Foh Shen
... Physicians	Ernest Abuba Mark Hsu Syers
... Priests	Timm Fujii Gedde Watanabe
... Madam	Ernest Harada
... Girls	Timm Fujii Patrick Kinser-Lau Gedde Watanabe Leslie Watanabe
... Perry	Alvin Ing
... Boy	Gedde Watanabe
... Warrior	Mark Hsu Syers
... Lion Dance	Haruki Fujimoto
... 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	Larry Hama Jae Woo Lee
... American Businessman	Mako
... Japanese Merchant	Conrad Yama
... Daughter	Freddy Mao
... British Sailors	Timm Fujii Patrick Kinser-Lau Mark Hsu Syers
... Musicians	Joey Ginza Genji Ito Fusako Yoshida
... Proscenium Servants, Sailors and Townspeople	Saeko Ichinohe Diane Lam Freda Foh Shen Kenneth S. Eiland Timm Fujii Joey Ginza Patrick Kinser-Lau Richard Magpiong Tony Marinyo Kevin Maung Kim Miyori Dingo Secretario Mark Hsu Syers Ricardo Tobia Gedde Watanabe Leslie Watanabe

The song list for this recording has been verified as complete.

Tracks

The cast list above presents the Boston cast.

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The recording includes an earlier version of "The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea," titled "The Advantages of Being Set in the Middle of the Sea," with many differences from the final version of the song; the cut song, "Prayers"; a completely different version of the of scene at the U.S.S. Powhatan; the completely different first version of "Chrysanthemum Tea"; and "Someone in a Tree" with Soon-Teck Oh as the Old Man.