| When he discovered that the original Desiree, , was able to sing she had a "small, silvery voice" but could not "sustain a phrase", he devised the song "" for her in a way that would work around her vocal weakness, e | The production closed on August 31, 1996 |
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| McNamara and Whittaker stayed with the production until it ended in January 2011 |
| This use of maintains coherence even as it extends the notion of a , familiar in songs such as the traditional "", into something more complex | The cast included both stage performers: and George Lee Andrews as Desiree and Frederick and opera regular as Madame Armfeldt in 1991 |
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| Madam Armfeldt, Desiree's mother, has taken over the care of Desiree's daughter Fredrika | Music analysis [ ] The score for A Little Night Music presents performance challenges more often seen in operetta or light opera pieces than in standard musical comedy |
The production was directed by , with choreography by Lynne Page, sets and costumes by David Farley and new orchestrations by Jason Carr.
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