Song of Norway

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Song of Norway (1944), an operetta by Milton Lazarus (book), Robert Wright, George Forrest (music and lyrics based on musical themes by Edvard Grieg). [Imperial Theatre, 860 perf.] Norwegian Edvard Grieg ( Lawrence Brooks) dreams of being a great composer, and these dreams are shared by his friend Rickard ( Robert Shafer) and Grieg's sweetheart, Nina ( Helena Bliss). Grieg is lured to Italy by the great prima donna Louisa Giovanni ( Irra Petina), but he finds he cannot create amid all the glitter and excitement and so returns to Norway and his beloved Nina to write his music. Notable songs: Freddy and His Fiddle; Now!; Strange Music; Hill of Dreams. Edwin Lester produced this, the last successful pseudo‐biography musical in the tradition of Blossom Time (1921). The work was revived in 1981 by the New York City Opera but is rarely done by theatre companies.

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