Symphony At Home: Carousel

April 25, 2020

As part of our continuing commitment to Creating Community Through Music, we’re bringing our concerts to you through our Symphony At Home series! 

This weekend we went back in our archives to bring to you Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel from April 2016. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is celebrating 75 years since it first opened on Broadway April 19, 1945!

About the Show

Now a beloved classic, Carousel—with music by Richard Rodgers and book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II—was hailed by Time Magazine as “the best musical of the 20th Century.”  Based on Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár’s 1909 play, Liliom, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel transfers the story from Europe to the Maine coastline, and revolves around the tragic romance between carousel barker Billy Bigelow, and mill worker Julie Jordan. The musical includes such highlights as “If I Loved You,” “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”