Original Broadway production

Previews began March 24, 1994. 52 previews in all,
at the Plymouth Theater, NYC
Opened May 9, 1994 at the Plymouth Theater
Closed January 7, 1995; Ran for 280 performances
Produced by The Shubert Organization, Capitol Cities/ABC, Roger Berlind, and Scott Rudin by arrangement with Lincoln Center Theater
Directed by James Lapine
Set Design by Adrianne Lobel
Costume Design by Jane Greenwood
Lighting Design by Beverly Emmons
Sound Design by Otts Munderloh
Hair Design by Phyllis Della
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Cast

Clara - Marin Mazzie
Giorgio - Jere Shea
Colonel Ricci - Gregg Edelman
Doctor Tambourri - Tom Aldredge
Lieutenant Torasso - Francis Ruivivar
Sergeant Lombardi - Marcus Olson
Lieutenant Barri - William Parry
Major Rizzolli - Cris Groenendaal
Private Augenti - George Dvorsky
Fosca - Donna Murphy<
Fosca's Mother - Linda Balgord
Fosca's Father - John Leslie Wolfe
Ludovic - Matthew Porretta
Mistress - Juliet Lambert
Alternates - Gibby Brand, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Frank Lombardi

Songs

Scene One: Giorgio and Clara's room.

Happiness

First Letter

Second Letter

Third Letter

I Read

Transition

Scene Three: The castle garden.

Garden Sequence

Scene Four: The dining quarters.

Scene Five: The courtyard.

Trio

Transition (#3)

Scene Six: Fosca's drawing room.

Scene Seven: Fosca's bedroom.

I Wish I Could Forget You

Scene Eight: : Billiard room.

Soldier's Gossip (#1)

Flashback

Scene Nine: The mountainside, a distance from the outpost.

Sunrise Letter

Is This What You Call Love?

Scene Ten: Parade ground.

Soldiers' Gossip (#2)

Nightmare

Scene Eleven: A train compartment.

Transition (#4)

Forty Days

Loving You

Transition (#5)

Soldiers' Gossip (#3)

Scene Twelve: Near the Milan train station.

Scene Thirteen: The Colonel's dining room.

Christmas Carol - Torasso

Farewell Letter

Scene Fourteen: Fosca's bedroom.

Scene Fifteen: An open field.

The Duel

Scene Sixteen: A hospital.

Finale

Please note: Song titles were not listed in the Playbill . Titles were added for the cast recording.

Tony Awards

• Best Musical
• Best Score Stephen Sondheim
• Best Book James Lapine
• Best Actress in a Musical Donna Murphy

Drama Desk Awards

• Best Musical
• Best Music Stephen Sondheim
• Best Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
• Best Book for a Musical James Lapine
• Best Actress in a Musical Donna Murphy
• Best Orchestrations Jonathan Tunick

Recording

Passion - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Produced by Phil Ramone
Recorded by Al Schmitt
Recorded May 29, 1994 at the Hit Factory, NYC
Liner notes by Michiko Kakutani
Lyrics included

• Compact Disc, 1994 [Broadway Angel CDQ 55251] [56:44 mins.]
• Cassette, 1994 [Broadway Angel 4DQ 55251]

Grammy Award for best musical show album

1996 London Production

Previews began March 13, 1996
Opened March 26, 1996 at the Queen's Theatre, London
Closed September 28, 1996; Ran for 232 performances
Produced by Bill Kenwright and the Theatre Royal Plymouth
Directed by Jeremy Sam
Designed by Paul Farsworth
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Sound Designer: John A. Leonard
Musical Director: Mark W. Dorrell
Musical Staging: Jonathan Butterell
Assistant Director: Anna Coombs
Casting Director: Shirley Teese

Cast

Clara - Helen Hobson
Giorgio - Michael Ball
Colonel Ricci - David Firth
Doctor Tambourri - Hugh Ross
Lieutenant Torasso - Simon Green
Sergeant Lombardi - Michael Cantwell
Lieutenant Barri - Michael Heath
Major Rizzolli - Nigel Williams
Private Augenti - Barry Patterson
Fosca - Maria Friedman
Fosca's Mother - Monica Ernesti
Fosca's Father - Nigel Williams
Ludovic - Barry Patterson
Mistress - Freva Copeland
Adriana - Annette Yeo
Ernesto - Ian McLarnon

Songs

[Identical to the Broadway Production, but there was an intermission between Scene Seven and Scene Eight, and a new song in Scene Thirteen (called "No One Has Ever Loved Me" on the London concert recording.  It is sung after the "Farewell Letter" by Giorgio in his altercation with Doctor Tambourri.]

Signature Theatre Production

Opened April 24, 1996 at the Signature Theatre, Arlington VA
Closed June 30, 1996
Directed by Eric D. Schaeffer
Costume Design by Allen D. Smith
Set Design by Lou Stancari
Lighting by Daniel MacLean Wagner
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Musical Director: Jon Kalbfleisch

Cast

Giorgio - Lewis Cleale
Clara - April Harr Blandin
Fosca - Anne Kanengeiser
Doctor Tambourri - Richard Henrich

1996 Television Version

Filmed January 16 - 18, 1995 at the Plymouth Theater,
shortly after the close of the Broadway Production
World Premiere: San Francisco International Film Festival,
AMC Kabuki Theatres, April 25 & 28, 1996
Televised September 8, 1996 on PBS's "American Playhouse"
Executive Producer: Michael Brandman
Producer: Kimberly Myers
Directed by James Lapine
Director of Photography: John Bailey, A.S.C.
Set Design by Adrianne Lobel
Costume Design by Jane Greenwood
Original Lighting for the stage designed by Beverly Emmons
Sound Design by Otts Munderloh
Hair Design by Phyllis Della
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Associate Director: Jane Comfort

Cast

Clara - Marin Mazzie
Giorgio - Jere Shea
Colonel Ricci - Gregg Edelman
Doctor Tambourri - Tom Aldredge
Lieutenant Torasso - Francis Ruivivar
Sergeant Lombardi - Marcus Olson
Lieutenant Barri - William Parry
Major Rizzolli - T. J. Meyers
Private Augenti - John Antony
Fosca -Donna Murphy
Fosca's Father - Andy Umberger
Fosca's Mother - Linda Balgord
Ludovic - Christopher Peccaro
Mistress - Colleen Fitzpatrick

Video Recording

• Laserdisc, 1997 [ABC / Image ID3803AD] [114 mins.]
• VHS, 1997
• DVD, 2003 [Image Entertainment]
  With Commentary by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine, Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie, and Ira Weitzman

  1997 London Concert Version

  Performed June 12-15, 1997 at the BBC Hippodrome Theatre, Golders Green, London
  Presented by Bill Kenwright
  Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
  Musical Director - Mark W. Dorrell
  Deputy Musical Director: Caroline Humphris
  Concert Music Producer: Jon Miller
  Wardrobe Mistress: Debbie Bennett

  Cast

  Giorgio - Michael Ball
  Fosca - Maria Friedman
  Clara - Helen Hobson
  Doctor Tambourri - Hugh Ross
  Colonel Ricci - Paul Bentley
  Sergeant Lombardi - Michael Cantwell
  Mistress - Freya Copeland
  Fosca's Mother - Monica Ernesti
  Lieutenant Torasso / Ludovic - Simon Green
  Lieutenant Barri - Michael Dore
  Ernesto - Matthew White
  Major Rizzolli / Fosca's Father - Nigel Williams
  Adriana - Annette Yeo

  Songs

  • Happiness - Giorgio and Clara
  • First Letter - Giorgio and Clara
  • Second Letter< - Clara and Giorgio
  • Third Letter - Clara, Giorgio, Ensemble
  • Fourth Letter - Clara
  • Fosca's Entrance - Fosca
  • Garden Sequence - Giorgio, Clara, Fosc
  • Transition - Ensemble
  • Fifth Letter - Fosca, Giorgio, Clara
  • Scene Seven, Part One - Fosca
  • Scene Seven, Part Two (Clara's Letter) - Clara
  • I Wish I Could Forget You - Fosca
  • Soldiers' Gossip - Soldiers
  • Flashback - Colonel Ricci, Fosca, Mother, Father, Count Ludovic, Mistress
  • Sunrise Letter - Clara and Giorgio
  • Is This What You Call Love? - Giorgio
  • Soldiers' Gossip (reprise) - Soldiers
  • Nightmare - Company
  • Forty Days - Clara
  • Loving You - Fosca
  • Scene Twelve - Clara
  • Scene Thirteen (Farewell Letter) - Clara
  • Just Another Love Story - Giorgio and Clara
  • No One Has Ever Loved Me - Giorgio
  • Scene Fourteen - Giorgio and Fosca
  • The Duel - Orchestra
  • Finale - Giorgio, Fosca and Company

  Recording

  Produced by Chris Walker
  Recording Engineer: Nick Gomm
  

  • Compact Disc [UK release], 1997 [First Night Records Cast CD61] [74:55 mins.]
  • Compact Disc [US release], 2001 [First Night Records]
  2002 Kennedy Center Production

  Ran July 19-August 23, 2002 at the Eisenhower Theater, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC
  Produced for The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Max Woodward
  [James A. Johnson, Chairman; Michael M. Kaiser, President;
  Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director; Kay Cameron, Music Supervisor]

  Directed by Eric Schaeffer
  Music Direction by Patrick Vaccariello
  Scenic Design by Derek McLane
  Costume Design by Anne Kennedy
  Lighting Design by Howell Binkley
  Sound Design by Tom Morse
  Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
  Technical Director: Neil Fleitell

  Cast

  Clara - Rebecca Luker
  Giorgio - Michael Cerveris
  Colonel Ricci - John Leslie Wolfe
  Doctor Tambourri - Philip Goodwin
  Lieutenant Torasso - Daniel Felton
  Sergeant Lombardi - Bob McDonald
  Lieutenant Barri - Lawrence Redmond
  Major Rizzolli - Michael L. Forrest
  Private Augenti - Will Gartshore
  Fosca - Judy Kuhn
  Soldier - Michael Sharp
  Fosca's Mother - Teresa Reid
  Fosca's Father - Stephen F. Schmidt
  Ludovic - Will Gartshore
  Mistress - Tracy Lynn Olivera
  Male Swing - Michael Sharp
  Understudy to Soldier - Ty Hreben

  Songs

  [Identical to the Broadway Production, with the inclusion of the new song in Scene Thirteen written for the London Production ]

  2003 Ravinia Festival Concerts

  Two performances on August 22-23, 2003 at the Ravinia Festival Pavilion, Highland Park IL
  Directed by Lonny Price
  Music Direction byPaul Gemignani
  Costume Design by Gail Brassard
  Lighting Design by Robert Christen
  Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

  Cast

  Clara - Audra MacDonald
  Giorgio -Michael Cerveris
  Colonel Ricci - David Girolmo
  Doctor Tambourri - David Darlow
  Lieutenant Torasso - James Rank
  Sergeant Lombardi - Paul Alessandro
  Lieutenant Barri - Roger Anderson
  Major Rizzolli - Brian Herriott
  Private Augenti - Stephen Wallem
  Fosca - Patti Lupone
  Fosca's Mother - Marilyn Bogitechn
  Fosca's Father - Ray Frewen
  Ludovic - John Clonts
  Mistress - Kymberly Mellen
  Ensemble - Cory Goodrich, Jacob Langfelde

  2005 Lincoln Center Concerts

  Three performances on March 30 - April 1, 2005 at the Rose Theater of Frederick P. Rose Hall, NYC
  Produced by the Jazz at Lincoln Center, American Songbook Series
  Directed by Lonny Price
  Music Direction by Paul Gemignani
  with the American Theater Orchestra
  Musical Staging by Marla Lampert
  Set Design by James Noone
  Costume Design by Gail Brassard
  Lighting Design by Alan Adelman
  Sound Design by Tom Clark
  Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

  Television presentation broadcast on March 31, 2005 for PBS's "Live from Lincoln Center"
  Produced by John Goberman
  Directed by Lonny Price
  Associate Director: Alan Skog
  Supervising Producer: Marc Bauman

  Cast

  Clara - Audra MacDonald
  Giorgio - Michael Cerveris
  Colonel Ricci - Allen Fitzpatrick
  Doctor Tambourri - Richard Easton
  Lieutenant Torasso - Alexander Gemignani
  Sergeant Lombardi - Timothy Gulan
  Lieutenant Barri - Devin Richards
  Major Rizzolli - James Clow
  Lieutenant [sic] Augenti - John Sloman
  Fosca - Patti Lupone
  Fosca's Mother - Gina Ferrall
  Fosca's Father - John Cunningham
  Ludovic - George Dvorsky
  Mistress - Kate Baldwin
  Male Attendants - Trey Compton, Jono Hustis
  Female Attendants - Jenn Dottino, Abby Stevens
  Mail Boy - Joshua Johnston