분야
hwpLyrics by TIM RICE
Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
ACT ONE
1. A CINEMA IN BUENOS AIRES, 26 JULY 1952
(An audience is watching a less than distinguished movie
[in both the original London and New York productions
of EVITA a clip from one of Eva Perons own movies
was used]. The soundtrack dialogue is in Spanish, the
music melodramatic. Suddenly the film grinds to a halt.
The people in the cinema begin to protest but are
silenced by an announcement)
THE VOICE OF THE CINEMA MANAGER
It is my sad duty to inform you
that Eva Peron, spiritual leader of the nation, entered
immortality at 8:25 this evening.
2. REQUIEM FOR EVITA / OH WHAT A CIRCUS
(EVAs funeral. CHE is the only non-participant. He
moves through the mourners, apparently unseen.)
CROWD
Requiem aeternum dona Evita
Requiem aeternum dona Evita
Requiem Evita
Requiem Evita
Evita
Evita
Evita
Evita
CHE
Oh what a circus! Oh what a show!
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Peron
Weve all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right
Oh what an exit! Thats how to go!
When theyre ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Peron
Its quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
Weve made the front page of all the worlds papers today
But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?
She had her moments--she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying, "Eva Peron"
But thats all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
Were all going to see how she did nothing for years!
CROWD
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
CHE
You let down your people Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
Thats all they wanted
Not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver
Sing you fools! But you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you havent got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
Shes not coming back to you
Show business kept us all alive
Since 17 October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamours worn thin
Thats a pretty bad state for a state to be in
Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas a prima donnas rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didnt say much but she said it loud
Sing you fools? But you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you havent got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
Shes not coming back to you
CROWD
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina Peron
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
EVA (from offstage)
Dont cry for me Argentina
For I am ordinary, unimportant
And undeserving of such attention
Unless we all are--I think we all are
So share my glory, so share my coffin
So share my glory, so share my coffin
CHE
Its our funeral too
3. ON THIS NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STARS / EVA AND MAGALDI / EVA BEWARE OF
THE CITY
(Flashback to 1934 and to a nightclub in Junin, EVAs
home town. EVA DUARTE is fifteen. The cabaret
is nearly over. MAGALDI is singing with great gusto.)
CHE
Now Eva Peron had every disadvantage you need if
youre going to succeed. No money, no class, no father,
no bright lights--there was nowhere shed been at the age
of fifteen, as this tango singer found out.
Agustin Magaldi--who has the distinction of being the
first man to be of use to Eva Duarte.
MAGALDI (The final song of his act)
On this night of a thousand stars
Let me take you to heavens door
Where the music of loves guitars
Plays for evermore!
In the glow of those twinkling lights
We shall love through eternity
On this night in a million nights
Fly away with me!
I never dreamed that a kiss could be as sweet as this
--now I know that it can
I used to wander alone without a love of my own
I was a desperate man
But all my grief disappeared and all the sorrow I feared
Wasnt there anymore
On that magical day when you first came my way
Mi amor!
On this night
On this night
On this night of a thousand stars
Let me take you to heavens door
Where the music of loves guitars
Plays for evermore!
(MAGALDI joins EVA and her family--mother, 3 sisters,
brother--at their table. CHE is loitering nearby at the
bar.)
EVA
To think that a man, as famous as you are, could love a
poor little nothing like me!
I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
EVA and FAMILY
She wants to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
CHE
Just listen to that! Theyre onto you Magaldi! Id get out
while you can
EVA
Its happened at last--Im starting to get started--Im
moving out with my man
MAGALDI
Now Eva dont get carried away-
EVA
Monotony past--suburbia departed--who could ever be
Fond of the back of beyond?
MAGALDI
Dont hear words that I didnt say
EVAs FAMILY
Whats that? Youd desert the girl you love?
