Hi folks,
It's time to play bad news, good news.

The bad news... musicalzentrale.de just posted a news article stating that the German-language premiere of Rudolf in Vienna might be delayed by four months. It has been previously rumored that the show would be the first production at the Ronacher Theatre when it reopens in October 2007 after renovations. Those renovations have been delayed by "a law case with an adjoining building owner" - and the new completion date and projection for the production is February 2008. Note that all of this is still conjecture. As it's also some time away, there may be other plans or changes announced between now and then.

If you want to read the article, here's a link (in German):
http://musicalzentrale.de/index.php?servic...=2&details=1875
To translate it:
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

The good news... I've just posted a songlist for the Hungarian production on Frank's website. There are some interesting titles...
http://FrankWildhorn.com/projects/rudolf/songs.shtml

Best,
Peter

Thanks for that. I was about to PM you about a songlist. I still need one for Svengali, btw. and then the song-list page at my site is complete... FOR NOW :D

I'm surprised there's so many... :blink:

But shame about the delay on "Rudolf". I hope something great happens to Frank between now and then, i.e. "Cyrano" in London, "Frankenstein"...

2008 is such a long time to wait

Got the songlist, thank you, and it's now up at the site. But some part of me feels I've only touched the tip of the iceberg :blink:

Frank's probably written over thousands of songs

EDIT: There are a few titles, from Rudolf, I recognize. "Only Love" is the most obvious, which was in "The Scarlet Pimpernel".

Is "I Was Born to Love You" the same as the Dracula song? And I'm sure I recognize "An Ordinary Man" as well

"I Was Born to Love You" is a different song from the one in Dracula. (What is it about Dracula, that attracts song titles that parallel something else?)

"Ordinary Man" was performed by Rob Evan at the Frank Wildhorn & Friends concert last fall. Come to think of it, Kate Shindle sang "I Was Born To Love You" at the same concert.

Hello!
Well, I was just searching for Jekyll&Hyde and now I'm really happy to find this website! I like Wildhorn's musicals, but unfortunately I don't know all of them. I'm from Hungary so maybe I can help you, if you want some info about the Hungarian "Rudolf" performance.
Bye, Timea

Not to wallow in "promotion", but here are some EXCELLENT sites that have a LOT of info about Frank:

www.frankwildhorn.com
www.freewebs.com/frankwildhorn

Have you seen "Rudolf"?

Thanks for the links, I'll go and see them :)
And yes, I've already seen Rudolf.

What did you think of it?

Hello!
I love its music, especially the duets (Larisch&Taaffe, Mary&Taaffe)! But the way how the story was written is a bit strange to me.

A quick update - I've just added the character names for who sings each song, on the song list

Enjoy

Hi Peter,

I just did a 3 part interview with Frank/Jeremy/Rob Evan for BWW. I posted some photos that I copied from Frank's site under the "Rudolph" section but need names of the couple in Rudolph. ( the photo is male/female sitting in theater seats wearing Rudolph shirts. I assume they are the leads). Any help would be appreciated. please e-mail me at pbspotlight@yahoo.com

Thanks a bunch,
Pati b

Hi, "Rudolf" won't be the first production at the Ronacher. It will be staged at the Raimund Theater after "Rebecca", the new Musical by Levay/Kunze. This is what Kathi Zechner told the press. You find an interview with her in the magazine "musicals" (August/September issue)

all the best,
Martin
www.kultur-channel.at

And do you know when it will be staged at the Raimund?
I have a good vibe about that place, that is where Steinman premiered his legendary rock-opera "Tanz der Vampire"