Original Cast 2000 Covent Garden Music Festival - Man Of La Mancha: First Complete Recording: Digimix Remaster (CD)

The First and only complete recording of play and score of this award winning Classic Musical, Man of La Mancha Man of La Mancha, the story of Don Quixote, a tale of human faith and survival, of innocence, honesty and courage, won both the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Tony Award as the best musical of the 1965-1966 season. In total, the show won 5 Tony Awards, including one for best score that captured both the emotional essence of the story in 'The Impossible Dream' (a song that the public quickly took to it's heart) and synthesized it's Spanish roots with songs like 'Man of La Mancha', 'Dulcinea', 'Aldonza'. It ran on Broadway for almost six years, playing a total of 2,328 performances.London audiences were recently treated to this show at the 2000 Covent Garden Festival at the Peacock Theatre. The BBC Concert Orchestra supported Broadway and television star Ron Raines as Don Quixote, with his heart striving 'to reach the unreachable star!', Kim Criswell as Dulcinea, A