£28.50
Date 12/02/1946
Manchester Opera House – Song Of Norway – 1946
An original programme for Song Of Norway at the Opera House, Manchester, dated 12 February 1946. The cast includes Leslie Baker, Jean Anderson, John Hargreaves, Paul Gavert, Moyra Fraser and Olive Sturgess.
The operetta tells a romanticised story of the young composer Edvard Grieg, with a score adapted from his own music by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Post-war operetta programmes are a charming area of old theatre programmes collecting.
| Production | Song Of Norway |
|---|---|
| Venue | Opera House – Manchester |
| Cast | Leslie Baker – Jean Anderson, John Hargreaves – Paul Gavert, Moyra Fraser – Olive Sturgess |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof, a tiny right edge ni at the seal
Did you know?
- Song of Norway opened on Broadway in 1944 and became a long-running hit.
- Its best-known song, “Strange Music”, is based on Grieg’s Wedding Day at Troldhaugen.
- Wright and Forrest later used Borodin’s music in the same way for Kismet (1953).
SKU: T01696
