Requiem
Rodolfo wrote on November 16, 2012
Is Requiem really a musical? I tend to think of it in terms of a contemporary classical piece.
Similarly, Leonard Bernstein's Mass is also in the database. But Bernstein's is subtitled "A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers." I don't believe Lloyd Webber's Requiem was ever intended for the popular stage.
Similarly, Leonard Bernstein's Mass is also in the database. But Bernstein's is subtitled "A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers." I don't believe Lloyd Webber's Requiem was ever intended for the popular stage.
BroadwayGuy wrote on November 16, 2012
Agree...
Spraggett wrote on November 15, 2016
Mass might be in a theatre soon
MusicalMania wrote on November 17, 2016
Actually it played a short run at the Palace in the early 80s coupled with Variations. I think it played between the closing of On Your Toes and the opening of Les Misérables.
Rodolfo wrote on November 17, 2016
That doesn't make it a musical. That makes it a mass sung in a theater.
gdcollection wrote on November 20, 2016
'Requiem' was a break for Webber after writing both Cats and Starlight Express. It was his way of stepping away from musicals for a moment. I guess writing about dancing felines and singing trains, one needs to go back to church. I would agree it's a contemporary classical piece.
bretbob wrote on November 23, 2016
Just to comment on Mass: It was staged in its first production, was always intended to be staged, and is definitely closest to a musical theater piece in many ways. It's really an amalgam of all kinds of things, but my opinion is that it definitely belongs here.
In contrast, I do not think that Requiem belongs in this database.
In contrast, I do not think that Requiem belongs in this database.
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