Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love is a musical with music and lyrics by Russell Dunlop, Duke Minks, Greg Moeller and Tommy Moeller and a book by John Kane. The musical enjoyed critical acclaim while at Oxford and looked set to be a hit when it transferred to the West End, but the 1993 London production, under new management, is considered one of the biggest disasters in the history of London theatre. The management changed the original music and scripts after the Oxford shows, resulting in its failure. At least one of the leading actors had to have singing lessons, and it was said the director did not like musicals.
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- Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love (fr)
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| - Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love est une comédie musicale de 1993 basée sur un texte de Greg Moeller et Russell Dunlop et une musique de Tommy Moeller. Cette production montée grâce au soutien financier de Nauru dans le Pacifique a été l'un des échecs les plus retentissants du théâtre londonien. (fr)
- Leonardo (voller Name: Leonardo: A Portrait of Love) ist ein australisches Musical über das Liebesleben von Leonardo da Vinci, geschrieben von , , und . Es wurde in den späten 1980er im West End in London mit als Leonardo, , und einem Chor aufgeführt. Finanziert wurde es von der Regierung des Inselstaates Nauru, welche 2,9 Millionen Dollar darin investierte. Das Projekt wurde von der Theaterdirektion in London nach vier Wochen wegen mangelndem Erfolg abgesetzt. 1992 wurde es in Oxford und 1995 nochmals in London aufgeführt, jedoch auch dann ohne Erfolg. (de)
- Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love is a musical with music and lyrics by Russell Dunlop, Duke Minks, Greg Moeller and Tommy Moeller and a book by John Kane. The musical enjoyed critical acclaim while at Oxford and looked set to be a hit when it transferred to the West End, but the 1993 London production, under new management, is considered one of the biggest disasters in the history of London theatre. The management changed the original music and scripts after the Oxford shows, resulting in its failure. At least one of the leading actors had to have singing lessons, and it was said the director did not like musicals. (en)
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| - Leonardo (voller Name: Leonardo: A Portrait of Love) ist ein australisches Musical über das Liebesleben von Leonardo da Vinci, geschrieben von , , und . Es wurde in den späten 1980er im West End in London mit als Leonardo, , und einem Chor aufgeführt. Finanziert wurde es von der Regierung des Inselstaates Nauru, welche 2,9 Millionen Dollar darin investierte. Das Projekt wurde von der Theaterdirektion in London nach vier Wochen wegen mangelndem Erfolg abgesetzt. 1992 wurde es in Oxford und 1995 nochmals in London aufgeführt, jedoch auch dann ohne Erfolg. Leonardo ist nur ein Beispiel für die Verschwendung des nauruischen Reichtums, welche die dortige Regierung jahrzehntelang betrieb. (de)
- Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love is a musical with music and lyrics by Russell Dunlop, Duke Minks, Greg Moeller and Tommy Moeller and a book by John Kane. The musical enjoyed critical acclaim while at Oxford and looked set to be a hit when it transferred to the West End, but the 1993 London production, under new management, is considered one of the biggest disasters in the history of London theatre. The management changed the original music and scripts after the Oxford shows, resulting in its failure. At least one of the leading actors had to have singing lessons, and it was said the director did not like musicals. The project, a highly fictionalized account of Leonardo da Vinci's creation of the Mona Lisa, was developed by Duke Minks, an advisor to the Republic of Nauru and former road manager for the 1960s pop group, Unit 4 + 2, along with the group's lead singer, Tommy Moeller. At Moeller's suggestion, Minks convinced government officials to invest £2 million in the production, in an attempt to diversify the country's wealth from its historic major export, marine deposits rich in phosphates. The phosphate resources were derived primarily from bird droppings (guano), a fact that would be incorporated in critical reviews of the production. The musical's rambling plot — which started and ended with its protagonist on his deathbed, his completed masterpiece at his side — centered on the struggling artist Leonardo's commission to paint a young woman named Lisa, betrothed to nobleman Francesco Del Giocondo. The artist and his model engage in a passionate affair resulting in her pregnancy, and she returns to her fiancé, pretending the child is his to avoid public scandal and his private wrath. Eventually she returns to beg for forgiveness from the now successful Leonardo, who accidentally is murdered by her husband when he confronts the two in a jealous rage. A subplot hinting at Leonardo's homosexuality involved his close friendship with his young assistant, a painter named Melzi. The production, plagued by problems with sets, costumes, and —most significantly— the script throughout its development, opened at the Strand Theatre on June 3, 1993. By the time the performance ended, nearly four hours after the curtain first rose, most of the audience had departed. A victim of critical disdain and audience indifference, the show closed five weeks later on July 10. The cast included Paul Collis, Jane Arden, James Barron, Hal Fowler and Rebecca Pearce. (en)
- Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love est une comédie musicale de 1993 basée sur un texte de Greg Moeller et Russell Dunlop et une musique de Tommy Moeller. Cette production montée grâce au soutien financier de Nauru dans le Pacifique a été l'un des échecs les plus retentissants du théâtre londonien. (fr)
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