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Aida » Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Aida (15)
Music: Elton John (38)
Lyrics: Tim Rice (94)
Book: Robert Falls, David Henry Hwang (5), Linda Woolverton (4)

Recording Details

Date: 2000
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Orchestrations: Guy Babylon (3), Paul Bogaev (23), Steven Margoshes (12)
Conductor: Paul Bogaev (23)
Music Director: Guy Babylon (3), Paul Bogaev (23)
Dance Music: James Abbott (3), Steve Gustafson
Vocal Arrangements: Paul Bogaev (23)
Producer: Guy Babylon (3), Paul Bogaev (23), Frank Filipetti (2), Chris Montan (16)
Performer: Heather Headley (9), John Hickok (4), Adam Pascal (15), Damian Perkins, Sherie Rene Scott (14), Schele Williams (2)

Recording Releases

Format: CD
Label: Buena Vista
Released: 2006-02-06
Barcode: 094635300123
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1. Every Story Is a Love Story
2. Fortune Favors the Brave
3. Past Is Another Land
4. Another Pyramid
5. How I Know You
6. My Strongest Suit
7. Enchantment Passing Through
8. My Strongest Suit (Reprise)
9. Dance of the Robe
10. Not Me
11. Elaborate Lives
12. Gods Love Nubia
13. Step Too Far
14. Easy as Life
15. Like Father, Like Son
16. Radames' Letter
17. How I Know You (Reprise)
18. Written in the Stars
19. I Know the Truth
20. Enchantment Passing Through (Reprise)
21. Every Story Is a Love Story (Reprise)

Format: CD
Label: Polydor
Released: 2001
Notes: Dutch promotion sampler containing tracks of the original Broadway cast recording
Added by: nelson

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1. Easy as life
2. My strongest suit
3. Elaborate lives
4. Dance of the robe

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Format: CD
Label: Buena Vista 60671-7
Released: 2000-06-06
Barcode: 0050086067176
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01.	Every Story Is a Love Story
02.	Fortune Favors the Brave
03.	The Past Is Another Land
04.	Another Pyramid
05.	How I Know You
06.	My Strongest Suit
07.	Enchantment Passing Through
08.	My Strongest Suit (Reprise)
09.	Dance of the Robe
10.	Not Me
11.	Elaborate Lives
12.	The Gods Love Nubia
13.	A Step Too Far
14.	Easy As Life
15.	Like A Father, Like Son
16.	Radames' Letter
17.	How I Know You (Reprise)
18.	Written in the Stars
19.	I Know the Truth
20.	Elaborate Lives (Reprise)
21.	Enchantment Passing Through (Reprise)
22.	Every Story Is A Love Story (Reprise)

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Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:47:
Amazon.com Editoral Review: For his second Broadway musical (and first time out writing a full show directly for the stage), Elton John certainly set his sights high by turning to one of the grandest of all operas as a source. His continued collaboration with lyricist Tim Rice has produced a work far closer to the agreeable pop style and formula of the team's Disney musical, The Lion King, than to the majesty and tragic passion of Verdi's opera. But the compelling tale of conflicting loyalties and star-crossed lovers--retooled in part by acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang--inspires some of John's signature melodic felicity, as in "Elaborate Lives" and "Every Story Is a Love Story." And the original cast recording marks a dramatic leap forward from 1999's dreary mishmash studio concept album, thanks to the heat generated by Heather Headley and Rent star Adam Pascal as the forbidden lovers. Sherie René Scott can turn on a dime from a parodic stance ("My Strongest Suit") to sad resignation ("I Know the Truth"), while the three get to blend in the ensemble "A Step Too Far"--a pop counterpart to the intensity of operatic ensemble. The score touches on reggae and gospel, and on all-out rock balladry (where it's fun to hear Pascal clearly imitating John's characteristic vocal inflections), but it's most touching in the more reflective moments given to Headley's dignified Nubian princess. --Thomas May

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