THE GOLDEN APPLE
THE SONGS
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THE SHOW
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
MEMORIES
PRODUCER’S PAGE
Overture
Nothing Ever Happens in Angel’s Roost: Helen, Lovey Mars, Mrs. Juniper & Miss Minerva Oliver
My Love is On the Way: Penelope
The Heroes Come Home: Menelaus, Mrs. Juniper & The Citizens of Angel’s Roost.
It Was a Glad Adventure: Menelaus
Come Along Boys: All of Angel’s Roost
It’s the Going Home: Together Penelope & Ulysses
Mother Hare’s Prophesy: Mother Hare, Penelope, Ulysses
Helen is Always Willing: Ulysses’ Men
The Church Social: The Heroes & Ensemble
Introducing Mr. Paris: Paris & Ensemble
The Judgment of Paris: Mrs. Juniper, Miss Minerva, Lovey Mars, Mother Hare & Paris
Lazy Afternoon: Helen & Paris
The Departure for Rhododendron: Menelaus, Lovey Mars, Miss Minerva, Mrs. Juniper, Ulysses, Lady figurehead
My Picture in the Papers: Helen, Paris & The Men of Rhododendron
Taking Rhododendron: Ulysses & the Heroes, Citizens
Hector’s Song Mayor: Hector
Store-Bought Suit: Ulysses
Madame Calypso: Madame Calypso, Mayor Hector, Ulysses & A Gentleman Socialite
Scylla and Charybdis: Two Stockbrokers
By the Goona-Goona Lagoon: The Siren, Her Sirenettes, Ulysses & His Men
Doomed, Doomed, Doomed: The Lady Scientist, Her Two Male Assistants, Ulysses, Doc & Achilles
Circe, Circle: Mayor Hector, Circe, Achilles, Ulysses, Paris & The Night People
Ulysses’ Soliloquy: Ulysses, Mother Hare & Chorus
The Sewing Bee: The Ladies of Angel’s Roost
The Tirade: Penelope
We’ve Just Begun: Ulysses & Penelope
Finale: Going Home Together: Ulysses, Penelope & The Entire Company
THE GOLDEN APPLE:
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
THE GOLDEN APPLE is a highly acclaimed 1954 Broadway musical based on Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey. The score by John Latouche and Jerome Moross has been compared to music from Porgy and Bess and Candide for its opera-like qualities. Experience these marvelous songs with this special edition, which includes favorites such as “It’s the Coming Home Together” and “Lazy Afternoon.”
WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS
WINDFLOWERS offers delectable proof, with selections from his stage shows Ballet Ballads, The Golden Apple, Underworld, and Gentlemen, Be Seated! Alice Ripley, Richard Muenz, Jessica Molaskey, Philip Chaffin and Jenny Giering – five singers equally at home on Broadway, in cabaret and in the recording studio – celebrate an American original, in nineteen selections alternately playful and atmospheric, and always highly melodic.
THE GOLDEN APPLE:Â THE FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
When it premiered in 1954, composer Jerome Moross and librettist John Latouche’s THE GOLDEN APPLE was hailed as “the most original musical since Oklahoma!” (The Washington Post), “the best thing that has happened in and to the theatre in a very long time” (New York Daily News), and “a magnificent achievement. A sensational success. The most imaginative work of its kind” (New York Daily Mirror).