musicals that include foreign languages
musicals that include foreign languages
#0musicals 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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#1re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:33pmCABARET
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#2re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:55pm"Nine" has some Italian in it.
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bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#4re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:02pmla boheme
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: 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
#6re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:28pmChicago has a little. In the cell block tango song.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#7re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:31pmGrand Hotel - German and French.
"Oh Link...your pork is ready..." - Edna Turnblad
#8re: 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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#9re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:34pmSPAMALOT. French Taunting
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
#10re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:35pmThe Baker's Wife (Chanson)
"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)
#11re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:50pmMiss 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.
Megan Mullally as Karen Walker on Will and Grace: "Tell me more. Tell me more. Like does he have a car?"
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#12re: 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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#15re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:41pm
Jersey Boys- New Jersian
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#16re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:54pmHahaha Katurian, I don't know if that one counts.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#17re: 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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#18re: 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!
Fabrizio2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/20/06
#19re: 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.
#20re: 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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#21re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/29/06 at 11:19pm
The Sound of Music - Latin
Bye Bye Birdie - Minimal Spanish
#22re: 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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— Peter Brook
Updated On: 3/29/06 at 11:51 PM
#23re: 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
"I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field of influences, one is influenced by everyone one meets, everything is an exchange of influences, all opinions are derivative. Once you deal a new deck of cards, you've got a new deck of cards."
— Peter Brook
Updated On: 3/29/06 at 11:53 PM
#24re: musicals that include foreign languages
Posted: 3/30/06 at 12:06amI 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.
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