On Sat, 26 January 2002, Karen Mercedes wrote:
> And there aren't any solos for any of The Sharks (not even Bernardo) in
> WEST SIDE STORY.
How are we defining a "solo"? Solo number? Bernardo has a solo (as written) in
the Tonight quintet. It's almost never performed that way, but it's written that
way.
The Sharks presumably would have had more to sing in the original version of the
Prologue, "Mix" (at least I think that's what it was called). I don't think any
copy of that survives, although Bernstein re-used some of the music in
Chichester Psalms - the raging nations section of Part II. "Lamah rag'shu, lamah
rag'shu goyim..."
Richard
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