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Song of Norway
1944 operetta
This article is about the 1944 operetta.
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For the 1970 film, see Song of Norway (film). For the cruise ship, see MV Ocean Pearl.
Song of Norway is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran.
A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book and music was released in 1970.[1]
Stage production
Song of Norway was originally developed and presented in Los Angeles by Edwin Lester's Los Angeles Civic Light Opera in 1944, with essentially the same cast as seen later on Broadway.
It was also performed in San Francisco.
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The show opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York on August 21, 1944, and ran for 860 performances. Charles K. Freeman directed while George Balanchine was responsible for the choreography.[2] The sets, costumes, and lighting design was by Lemuel Ayers.
while Lawrence Brooks starred as Edva