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Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and death. The musical began as a rock opera concept album released in 1976.
Lloyd Webber collaborated with Rice once again to write Evita (1978), a musical based on the life of Eva Perón. As with Jesus Christ Superstar , Evita was released first as a concept album (1976) featuring Julie Covington singing the part of Eva Perón.
Aug 16, 2023 · Who Is Andrew Lloyd Webber? Andrew Lloyd Webber has created some of the most recognizable Broadway music of all time, from productions of Cats and Evita to The Phantom of the Opera.
Evita is a 1996 American biographical musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which also inspired a 1978 musical. The film depicts the life of Eva Perón, detailing her beginnings, rise to fame, political career and death at the age of 33.
Oct 5, 2024 · Lloyd Webber’s last major collaboration with Rice was on Evita (1978), a musical about Eva Perón, wife of the Argentine dictator Juan Perón. The London production received the Olivier Award for best musical, and the Broadway staging won seven Tony Awards, including ones for best musical and best score.
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Evita, the story of ambitious, charismatic Eva Duarte, opens in a Buenos Aires cinema when the death is announced of Eva Peron, née Duarte, and affectionately known by the people of Argentina as "Evita".
Today many people don’t like Lloyd Webber’s work, but the composer of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita is a different Lloyd Webber from the one who wrote Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. When he began his career, he wrote in the rock and roll idiom, a musical language he knew and loved.
