South Pacific Musical Collection / Includes Some enchanted evening, Younger than Springtime, Happy Talk, Bali Ha'i / Audio CD 1996 / Bellevue

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THE HIGHLIGHT ORCHESTRA & SINGERS PRESENTS SOUTH PACIFIC

ONE OF THE GREAT STAGE AND FILM MUSICALS FROM THE ENDURING RICHARD RODGERS
AND ROGER HAMMERSTEIN SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIP, SOUTH PACIFIC HAS REMAINED A
MUCH-LOVED CLASSIC, WITH FREQUENT STAGE REVIVALS, AND TELEVISION REPEATS OF THE
FILM, THANKS TO SUCH GREAT SONGS AS SOME ENCHANTED EVENING, THERE IS NOTHIN’ LIKE
A DAME, I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUT OF MY HAIR, BALI HA’I, I'M IN LOVE WITH A
WONDERFUL GUY, THIS NEARLY WAS MINE, AND HAPPY TALK.

South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The plot is based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific and combines elements of several of those stories. Rodgers and Hammerstein believed they could write a musical based on Michener's work that would be financially successful and, at the same time, send a strong progressive message on racism.

The plot centers on an American nurse stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, who falls in love with a middle-aged expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. A secondary romance, between a U.S. lieutenant and a young Tonkinese woman, explores his fears of the social consequences should he marry his Asian sweetheart. The issue of racial prejudice is candidly explored throughout the musical, most controversially in the lieutenant's song, "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught". Supporting characters, including a comic petty officer and the Tonkinese girl's mother, help to tie the stories together. Because he lacked military knowledge, Hammerstein had difficulty writing that part of the script; the director of the original production, Logan, assisted him and received credit as co-writer of the book.

Tracklist:

1. SOUTH PACIFIC OVERTURE 9. DITES-MO! POURQUO!
2. SOME ENCHANTED EVENING 10. I’MIN LOVE WITH
3 YOUNGER THANSPRINGTIME  * WONDERFUL GUY
4. CAREFULLY TAUGHT I. HONEY BUN
5. THIS NEARLY WAS MINE 12. I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN
RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR
6. HAPPY TALK
13, TWIN SOLILOQUIES
7. BALI HA'I
14, THERE IS NOTHIN’ LIKE A DAME
8. COCKEYED OPTIMIST
15. BLOODY MARY