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"Great Performances" The Little Prince (2004)
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"Great Performances" (1972)Original Air Date:
27 November 2004Plot:
In an opera version of the famous literature classic, during World War I, an airplane pilot crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert, where he has a very unusual near-death experience. | add synopsisAwards:
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Disappointing more (3 total)Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Teddy Tahu Rhodes | ... | The Pilot |
| Joseph McManners | ... | The Little Prince |
| Mairead Carlin | ... | The Rose |
| Willard White | ... | The King (as Sir Willard White) |
| Lesley Garrett | ... | The Fox |
| Tom Randle | ... | The Snake |
| Timothy Robinson | ... | The Lamplighter |
| Richard Coxon | ... | The Vain Man |
| Richard Suart | ... | The Businessman |
| Aled Jones | ... | The Drunkard |
| Gweneth-Ann Jeffers | ... | The Water |
| Mary Hegarty | ... | Ensemble |
| Helen Williams | ... | Ensemble |
| Lise Christensen | ... | Ensemble |
| Robert Burt | ... | Ensemble |
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This was awful. I feel bad saying it, but it was really an excruciatingly terrible event, so much so that I couldn't even finish watching it. It was a strange idea, making an opera out of "The Little Prince", and I don't know who thought of it, but I wish they hadn't. It's a weird book to begin with and turning it into an opera doesn't improve it at all. I was upset to find that Rachel Portman was the composer. I don't understand how she continues to get so much work because I've always found her compositions to be ordinary and bland. In this case, the music was nothing special, and some chorus parts were awful. The lyrics weren't so great either. "Please draw me a sheep", repeated many times, just doesn't make for a good opera. The Little Prince is such a strange character. I had been fond of Teddy Tahu Rhodes' singing for a while, but in this I found all the singers a little disappointing because I had to listen very, very hard to hear and understand what words he was singing, they were too fast, or poorly-spaced, and unclear. My companion didn't even think they were singing in English at first! Joseph McManners is also a good singer, he was a nice find but it was a shame the rest of the production wasn't so good. I believe this was filmed like a film but as it seemed like it was done on stage, the sets were minimalist. I didn't mind but there were some awful ideas like the strange heads of the children's chorus appearing in space. I would have to describe this as a disappointing disaster.