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J Ernest Green

Stage director

James M Norman

Choreographer

Domonique L Glover

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Claire Leyden

Nellie Forbush

Bass-baritone

Keith Phares

Emile De Becque

Tenor

Mike Schwitter

Luitenant Cable

Kamryn Loy

Bloody Mary

Spoken

Sarah Rachel Bacani

Liat

Baritone

Robbie Raso

Stewpot

Brady DelVecchio

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Toledo Opera Orchestra

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South Pacific

Toledo

United States

South Pacific: South Pacific Rodgers

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Sushant Karmakar

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day and the 75th anniversary of its premiere, Toledo Opera presents South Pacific. Winner of 10 Tony Awards in 1950 including Best Musical and Best Original Score, South Pacific debuts to Toledo Opera audiences in a new production brought to life by conductor J. Ernest Green and stage director James M. Norman. Based on the anecdotes of a real-life U.S. Navy commander who was stationed on an island, South Pacific follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner on the island who has two children from his late Polynesian wife; at the same time, U.S. Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful island native named Liat. Both Americans find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their amorous feelings, all the while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise.

South Pacific by Rodgers, Sun 16 Feb 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by James M Norman,, Conductor J Ernest Green

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