The Postman and the Poet
Aimie Atkinson, Graham Bickley, Madalena Alberto, Stuart Pendred, Ethan Freeman, Jennifer Hepburn, Simon Thomas, Jo Ampil, Hal Fowler, Joanna Ampil, Siobhan McCarthy, Arvid Lasen, National Symphony Orchestra, Craig Barna
The Postman and the Poet
Aimie Atkinson, Graham Bickley, Madalena Alberto, Stuart Pendred, Ethan Freeman, Jennifer Hepburn, Simon Thomas, Jo Ampil, Hal Fowler, Joanna Ampil, Siobhan McCarthy, Arvid Lasen, National Symphony Orchestra, Craig Barna
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A new musical based on the novel "Ardiente Paciencia" by Antonio Skarmeta, on which the 1994 Oscar-winning film Il Postino was based. Starring Joanna Ampil, Ethan Freeman and Simon Thomas, with music by Michael Jeffrey and lyrics by Eden Phillips.
In contrast to the movie, the musical follows the setting and time frame of the novel: Isla Negra, a fishing village on the Chilean coast, 1970-73. Mario, inarticulate and wildly romantic, gets a job as postman to the poet Pablo Neruda. Learning from Neruda, Mario woos the beautiful Beatriz in a way that is unusual to her: in words.
The up-and-down love story of Mario and Beatriz is set against Chile's political backdrop in the years between the election of Marxist president Salvador Allende in 1970 and General Pinochet's military coup of 1973.
Contents and tracklist
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Aimie Atkinson, Graham Bickley, Madalena Alberto, Stuart Pendred
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Ethan Freeman, Jennifer Hepburn, Simon Thomas
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Jo Ampil, Jennifer Hepburn
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Hal Fowler, Joanna Ampil, Simon Thomas, Siobhan McCarthy
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Graham Bickley, Simon Thomas, Siobhan McCarthy, Stuart Pendred
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Ethan Freeman, Jennifer Hepburn, Simon Thomas
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Aimie Atkinson, Graham Bickley, Jennifer Hepburn, Madalena Alberto
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Joanna Ampil, Simon Thomas, Siobhan McCarthy
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Ethan Freeman, Jennifer Hepburn
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Ethan Freeman, Simon Thomas, Siobhan McCarthy
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Ethan Freeman, Siobhan McCarthy, Jo Ampil
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Ethan Freeman, Graham Bickley, Joanna Ampil, Simon Thomas
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
- Arvid Lasen, Joanna Ampil, Simon Thomas, Siobhan McCarthy
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Craig Barna
