musicals that include foreign languages

#1

musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:32pm

what musicals have songs (or long musical moments) in different languages than english?

(schadenfreude- does not count... i think...
and Weltenschauung as well...)

i can think of:
Light in the piazzza- italian
Parade- a bit of hebrew in "Sh'ma"
Ragtime-uses some yiddish, italian and more...
i'm sure there's lots more...

what else?

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#2

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:33pm

CABARET

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#3

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:55pm

"Nine" has some Italian in it.

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#4

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:56pm

SPELLING BEE!!!

#5

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:02pm

la boheme

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#6

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:09pm

ASPECTS OF LOVE --

The story basically takes place in France, mostly in the southern part, and the female lead is that of a French actress (Rose Vibert). She sings this song ( which is one of the show's musical themes" :

CHANSON D'ENFANCE

Pas de tendresse
Et pas de joie
Loin d'ici
Loin de toi

Rien de plus triste
Que mes soupirs
Lorsque vient le jour
Ou il me partir

Chanson d'enfance
Tu vis toujours dans mon coeur
Toi, la plus douce
Toi, la plus tendre"

It is a simple but a ravishingly beautiful melody ( using the downscale) - check it out from the newly remastered version of the CD

Updated On: 3/29/06 at 07:09 PM

#7

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:28pm

Chicago has a little. In the cell block tango song.

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#8

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:31pm

Grand Hotel - German and French.

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#9

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:33pm

Do I Hear a Waltz has Italian.

Chess has some Hungarian.

Evita -- Spanish/Latin (right?)

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#10

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:34pm

SPAMALOT. French Taunting

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#11

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:35pm

The Baker's Wife (Chanson)

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#12

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:50pm

Miss Saigon...The Wedding Ceremony is in Vietnamese. I believe it's Dju Vuy Vei. The song Bui Doi also uses a tiny bit of Vietnamese.

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#13

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:58pm

dirty rotten scoundrels- french
cabaret taught me to speak french with a creepy german accent

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#14

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:38pm

SOUTH PACIFIC - Dites-moi.

#15

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Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:39pm

The Capeman - Spanish

#16

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:41pm

Jersey Boys- New Jersian

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#17

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:54pm

Hahaha Katurian, I don't know if that one counts.

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#18

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:00pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie - "Not For the Life of Me" reprise (Chinese)

Beauty and the Beast - "Be Our Guest" (French)

Les Miserables - various songs (French)

Man of La Mancha - various songs (Spanish)

Lion King - various chants in songs (Swahili?)

The Producers - "Gutan Tag Hop-Clop," "Habe Sie Gehort" (German)

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#19

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:10pm

"La Boheme" is not a musical in any sense of the world. It is an Italian OPERA!

#20

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:22pm

Zoran is right. La Boheme was an opera concieved by Puccini first performed in 1896, it is definately not a musical. It may be considered that by some because of Baz Luhrman's recent revival.

#21

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 11:09pm

Lord of The Rings. Haha!

Evita (santa evita)

West Side Story has a few spanish words

The Beautiful Game (Ok it's english, but the accent is so heavy it doesn't sound anything like the language sometimes!)

Avenue Q (Schandenfreude!)

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#22

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 11:19pm

The Sound of Music - Latin

Bye Bye Birdie - Minimal Spanish

#23

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 11:51pm

Wow.. I'm suprised no one has mentioned CAMELOT yet. French

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Updated On: 3/29/06 at 11:51 PM

#24

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/29/06 at 11:53pm

Does the language "Blip" count for SWING?

Also, KISMET has Zubbediya Samaris Dance

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Updated On: 3/29/06 at 11:53 PM

#25

re: musicals that include foreign languages

Posted: 3/30/06 at 12:06am

I don't know if this counts, but Phantom of the Opera has some Italian in it. It is spoken by Carlotta and Piangi. Nothing sung though.