PASSION

We are in 1863. In a distant outpost in Italy, Captain Giorgio Bachetti and his beautiful lover Clara maintain a passionate relationship through letters. They only meet briefly during Giorgio's leave.
But while at the outpost, Giorgio meets Fosca, the sickly and unattractive cousin of his superior officer. Fosca becomes obsessed with Giorgio and falls desperately in love with him. Giorgio refutes his advances, but cannot stay away from her, and finds himself understanding and appreciating her devotion to him. Although he loves Clara, she is married to another man in Milan. Giorgio realizes that he has to choose. Will he continue the happiness of letters and the occasional reunion with Clara or will he give in to Fosca's obsessive passion?

Find "Loving You", performed to perfection by Donna Murphy, who won a Tony Award for her performance:

General information
  • Style : Romance, Tragedy
  • Theme : Love, Italy, Illness, Choice, Army
  • year of creation : 1994
Music
  • Composer :Stephen Sondheim
  • Lyricist :Stephen Sondheim
  • Librettist : James Rabbit
  • famous songs : "Happiness" "First Letter" "Second Letter" "Third Letter" "Fourth Letter" "I Read" "Transition "Garden Sequence" "Trio" "I Wish I Could Forget You" "Soldiers' Gossip" "Flashback"" Sunrise Letter" "Is This What You Call Love?" "Forty Days" "Loving You" "Letter from Clara" "Christmas Carol" (in Italian) "Farewell Letter" "No One Has Ever Loved Me" "Finale"
  • Famous performers : Jere Shea, Donna Murphy, Marin Mazzie, Natalie Dessay, Michael Ball, Helen Hobson, Maria Friedman, Elena Roger, Scarlett Strallen, David Thaxton, Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico, Ryan Silverman.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : The musical is based on two works, the novel "Fosca" by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti which gave rise to the film "Passion d'amour", directed by Ettore Scola.
  • Exists in film : The film directed by Ettore Scola in 1981 is not musical but serves as inspiration for the musical. The original production of the show was filmed and is available on DVD!
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The original 1994 production won 4 Tony Awards, 6 Drama Desk Awards and 1 Theater World Award. Covers in London won 1 Oliver in 1997 and 1 Olivier in 2011.
  • Number of performances : 280
  • anecdotes : "Passion" won the Tony Award for Best Musical after only 280 performances, making it the musical with the fewest performances to win the Tony Award.
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