Original Off-Broadway Cast: The Postman and the Poet, 2CD
Ardiente Paciencia is the novel by Antonio Skarmeta on which the 1994 Oscar-winning film Il Postino was based. In contrast to the movie, the musical follows the setting and time frame of the novel: Isla Negra, a fishing village on the Chilean coast, 1970-73.
Read MoreArdiente Paciencia is the novel by Antonio Skarmeta on which the 1994 Oscar-winning film Il Postino was based.
In contrast to the movie, the musical follows the setting and time frame of the novel: Isla Negra, a fishing village on the Chilean coast, 1970-73. Mario, inarticulate and wildly romantic, gets a job as postman to the poet Pablo Neruda. Learning from Neruda, Mario woos the beautiful Beatriz in a way that is unusual to her: in words. The pair fall in love, and after being caught in a delicate situation are forced by Beatriz’s mother, Rosa, to marry. She puts the couple to work in her taverna.
The up-and-down love story of Mario and Beatriz is set against Chile’s political backdrop in the years between the election of Marxist president Salvador Allende in 1970 and General Pinochet’s military coup of 1973. Throughout the story, Cosme, Isla Negra’s postmaster and a dedicated left-winger, clashes with Labbe, the right wing political deputy, a contest which ultimately costs Cosme his life.
Meanwhile, Mario’s hero-worship of Neruda leads him to become not only poet and lover but a Marxist follower as well. His notebook, in which he has naively written ‘Mario Jimenez – Communist’ is found by Labbe, now a henchman of Pinochet, and
as Neruda is taken into custody Mario becomes one of Chile’s ‘Disappeared’, leaving Beatriz about to give birth to their baby. She and her mother leave Isla Negra, in the hope that the child will embody the spirit of poetry and freedom with which Neruda has entrusted Mario.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
Overture - Orchestra
Morning On The Quay/Be A Postman - Company
Please Go On Dancing - Mario, Neruda, Matilde
Taca-Taca - Raffaela, Carmen, Dolores, Beatriz, Mario
Strangers - Beatriz, Rosa, Labbe, Mario
See The Light - Labbe, Cosme, Mario, Jose, Rosa
Metaphor - Neruda, Mario
Dance At Rosa's - Company
Lost In Love/The Argument - Mario, Beatriz, Rosa
Speak From The Heart - Neruda
Poetry Is Poison - Rosa, Neruda
Now Is The Time - Labbe, Cosme, Neruda, Mario, Beatriz, Rosa, Company
DISC TWO
Entr'acte - Orchestra
Earthquake Cosme - Company
This Is It Zulueta - Mario, Beatriz, Cosme, Rosa, Company
Boomtime - Company
Stolen Words - Mario
Boom To Bust - Cosme, Rosa, Labbe
Lost In Love reprise - Mario, Beatriz
The Puma Waits - Labbe
Sounds And Sights - Neruda, Mario, Beatriz
The Puma Strikes - Labbe, Soldiers
You're A Man - Beatriz
Sounds And Sights reprise - Mario, Neruda
The Arrest - Labbe, Neruda, Matilde, Mario
Conclusion - Orchestra
Lost In Love (Popular version) - Simon Thomas, Joanna Ampil
You're A Man (Popular version) - Joanna Ampil
Release Date | Feb 1, 2024 |
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Artist | Original Off-Broadway Cast |
Barcode | 0605288142628 |
Genre | Musical |
Label | Jay Records |
Format | 2CD |
- Overture
Orchestra - Morning On The Quay/Be A Postman
Company - Please Go On Dancing
Mario, Neruda, Matilde - Taca-Taca
Raffaela, Carmen, Dolores, Beatriz, Mario - Strangers
Beatriz, Rosa, Labbe, Mario - See The Light
Labbe, Cosme, Mario, Jose, Rosa - Metaphor
Neruda, Mario - Dance At Rosa's
Company - Lost In Love/The Argument
Mario, Beatriz, Rosa - Speak From The Heart
Neruda - Poetry Is Poison
Rosa, Neruda - Now Is The Time
Labbe, Cosme, Neruda, Mario, Beatriz, Rosa, Company
- Entr'acte
Orchestra - Earthquake Cosme
Company - This Is It Zulueta
Mario, Beatriz, Cosme, Rosa, Company - Boomtime
Company - Stolen Words
Mario - Boom To Bust
Cosme, Rosa, Labbe - Lost In Love reprise
Mario, Beatriz - The Puma Waits
Labbe - Sounds And Sights
Neruda, Mario, Beatriz - The Puma Strikes
Labbe, Soldiers - You're A Man
Beatriz - Sounds And Sights reprise
Mario, Neruda - The Arrest
Labbe, Neruda, Matilde, Mario - Conclusion
Orchestra - Lost In Love (Popular version)
Simon Thomas, Joanna Ampil - You're A Man (Popular version)
Joanna Ampil