PHOTO CALL: Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot and Aaron Lazar Sing Rodgers and Hammerstein at Carnegie Hall

By Matthew Blank
15 Oct 2012

South Pacific stars Paulo Szot and Kelli O'Hara reunited for Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, which opened the New York Pops' 30th season Oct. 12 at Carnegie Hall.

Led by musical director and conductor Steven Reineke, the 8 PM concert was headlined by Tony winner Szot and four-time Tony nominee O'Hara, who starred as Emile de Becque and Nellie Forbush, respectively, in the 2008 Tony-winning revival of South Pacific.



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Aaron Lazar, Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot
Photo by Monica Simoes



Also featured was Mamma Mia! star Aaron Lazar, who appeared on Broadway in The Light in the Piazza and A Little Night Music; as well as Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA and New York Theatre Ballet.

Audiences heard songs from Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. Many of the selections feature the original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations.

The season will also include a celebration of the music of Tony-nominated and Academy Award-winning Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz April 13, 2013, as well as a tribute to Sammy Cahn on March 8, 2013.