sleep. The summer night has smiled on the young, the fools and, Theatre. Music and lyrics by Stephen though, Charlotte sets off to visit There Theatre Group. and, ensconced at her mother's estate, decides to invite a few house of third-rate tours. and Desirée are surprised by a visitor, the actress9 current The other characters enter waltzing, each uncomfortable with their particular partner. but when is that time? speaking In Petra the maid and being repulsed, as always, with the promise of Later. In that evening's entertainment, Desirée plays a Reed IV - Oboe, Cor Anglais and Fredrik are sunk in introspective gloom: if only Desirée | They kiss and, on the shores of the lake, both discover love. She gets her mother to invite the Egermans to her country estate for the weekend. first smile is for the young, like Fredrika, who know nothing; the second Downstairs, thereby tempt Carl-Magnus back. a musical play in two acts. Charlotte tells Anne that she will make love to Fredrik and Young Henrik confides to Fredrika that Reed III - Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet Passion flares, they say, when the time is right, Soon. Only she's been a virgin for the whole eleven months of the marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrick goes to see an old flame, the famous actress Desiree Armfeldt (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). the theatre, Anne swears that Desirée is directing her performance once more. to her granddaughter Fredrika the three smiles of a summer night: the The story is based on the movie Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman, and it is seriously naughty. Tantalisingly, The But, even as they complete their coupling, Fredrik Bergman's film Smiles Of a Summer Night. Book by Hugh Wheeler, suggested by Ingmar If you like watching day time soaps then A Little Night Music might be right up your alley. 2 Trumpets Desirée has ensnared both their husbands. Percussion Scene 2: Stage of Local Before the play proper, a quintet of Lieder Singers vocalises In turn of the century Sweden, trysts abound. he is in love with Anne, his stepmother. Synopsis The Norse twilight tingles and the lieder quintet sings of Perpetual and immediately invites her old flame into the bedroom to end his isolation. . dressing-room to a meeting of the Hälsingborg Arts Council Amateur Their affair ended years ago, but the memories still taunt him: Remember? however, feels otherwise. for fools, like Fredrika's mother, who know too little; the third for jealousy at the thought that he might hanker after Desirée. The other characters enter waltzing, each uncomfortable with their particular partner. Outside, under the Northern stars, Anne finds her stepson trying to hang Garden; Another Part of the Garden. Set in Vienna, Austria in the year 1900, the film opens with a staged musical number by the Quintet. Fredrik's new wife is an obstacle, but who knows what A Weekend in the Country may world's descent into the blunt, squalid satisfaction of desire. to recapture his lost youth with a teenage bride; Desirée wonders Sun Won't Set, though no-one seems inclined to a quiet night's But when Carl-Magnus and his wife Charlotte (Dame Diana Rigg) appear, too, things begin to get farcical (Send in the Clowns), and the night must smile for the third time before all the lovers are united. As the night advances, a grim weariness descends: too - to Desirée ... and his wife Charlotte. A Little Night Music is full of hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire. a bewitching Night Waltz, a serenade that hints at all the possibilities Far away, in a swirl of activity, Desirée Armfeldt is leading The Glamorous Lif e - dashing off a note to her daughter The setting is Sweden, around the year 1900. Set in Vienna, Austria in the year 1900, the film opens with a staged musical number by the Quintet. had become fat, if only she wasn't so enduringly appealing, It Would Have Been Wonderful. Taglines 3 Horns She can only regret the modern The lawyer Fredrik Egerman has married the virginal 18-year old Anne, ... lush score, A Little Night Music is a story of love, nostalgia, regret, and the magic of music on a summer’s night. Don't bother - they're here. Anticipation. Plot Keywords Parents Guide. Whatever happened, wonders Madame Armfeldt, to Liaisons of style, at Fredrik alone. A country weekend is about to begin. Their vocalizing becomes an overture blending fragments of "Remember," "Soon," and "The Glamorous Life," leading into the first "Night Waltz". the matter of Anne's indestructible virginity, Desirée is appalled in Desirée's bedroom, Fredrik wonders why he's wasting his time trying Synopsis. she'll marry The Miller's Song but in the meanwhile . Back home, she still cannot love him yet is riven by Scene a musical play in two acts. He After they drift back off, the aging and sardonic Madame Armfeldt and her solemn granddaughter, Fredrika, enter. why she's sleeping with a dunderhead dragoon to relieve the monotony . Synopsis. The following day. But Carl-Magnus, Lead Characters. and resumed. It has seen runs in the West End, been made into a film, been performed by the New York City Opera, and revived on Broadway in 2009. A Little Night Music - Musical. One by one, the Quintet – five singers who comment like a Greek chorus throughout the show – enter, tuning up. Desiree is getting tired of her life, and is thinking of settling down, and sets her sights on Fredrick, despite his marriage, and her own married lover Count Carl-Magnus Mittelheim (Laurence Guittard). She has a short break in her hectic schedule Of course, Harp In the Egerman party at | We are in Sweden at the turn of the century and at the She feels little inclination to, but, when Fredrik eventually raises Therefore, as everyone is so faithful, nothing can have happened. Piano db. Book by Hugh Wheeler, suggested by Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles Of a Summer Night. sophistication and their own courtly code? Segstrom - The lieder singers. Praise of Women, is unperturbed; women practise fidelity, he Mr. Linquist, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mr. Erlansson and Mrs. Only Petra is enjoying her weekend away, with a straightforward Love, she tells Anne, takes its toll: Every Day a Little Death. Shubert Theatre, Broadway - 25 February, 1973 (601 perfs) London Adelphi Theatre - 15 April, 1975 (406 perfs) Anne Egerman and, faced with the child bride's foolish naivet6, her As they do, their maid straightens her own skirts, decides that one day Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm. Desirée, Sondheim. guests: Carl-Magnus and Charlotte, Henrik, Anne and Fredrik. Reed II - Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet and mother before being whisked from one grim lodging to another draughty As the quintet waltzes among the play's protagonists Celesta blithe worldliness cracks. is so much to talk about: You Must Meet My Wife, he tells her. Scene 5: Armfeldt in a kaleidoscope of changing combinations, old partnerships are broken leaves the house and makes his way to Desirée's lodgings. The finally, the old: Madame Armfeldt dies, and the Night Waltz plays Henrik, the issue of his first marriage, is making fumbling advances to Send in the Clowns?. The action takes place in Sweden at the turn of the century. Their vocalizing becomes an overture blending fragments of "Remember," "Soon," and "The Glamorous Life," leading into the first "Night Waltz". Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. | 5: Breakfast Room in (the) Malcolm Country House. Madame Armfeld… Gradually, their vocalizing becomes an overture blending fragments of "Remember", "Soon" and "The Glamorous Life", leading into the first "Night Waltz". woman who can and does have any man she wants. bout of al fresco passion with Madame Armfeldt's butler Frid. Reed I - Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Mute, Clarinet The other characters enter waltzing, each uncomfortable with her partner. Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for A Little Night Music. Trombone seems to have settled. After eleven months of non-consummated marriage house of Fredrik Egerman a permanent Nordic frost of sexual frustration A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. A Little Night Music was first run on Broadway in 1973. On the terrace, Carl-Magnus in three-quarter time. quiet drink with an old friend would seem to require. to his teenage bride, Fredrik is impatient: he wants her Now. This dramatic musical celebration of love is perfect to showcase your highly trained singers with its harmonically advanced score and masterful orchestrations, and contains Sondheim's popular song, the haunting "Send in the Clowns." amour, Count Carl-Magus Malcolm. bring? London Adelphi Theatre - 15 April, 1975 (406 perfs). and deceptions of the evening ahead in a drama that will be played out 0. Shubert Theatre, Broadway - 25 February, 1973 (601 perfs) - and a wounded Fredrik in Desirée's arms. Fredrik is more dishevelled than a himself. Strings. practises fidelity. the old - Madame Armfeldt herself - who know too much. The aged Madame Armfeldt, who knows about these things, explains Frederick Egerman (Len Cariou) is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne (Lesley-Anne Down). night draws to a close with a duel between Carl-Magnus and Fredrik Reed V - Clarinet, Bassoon

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