An introduction to the new musical, Dracula
Dracula is the new musical by Gareth Evans and Christopher J. Orton, with orchestrations and additional music by Ian Lynn. Dracula, the musical is a faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic gothic novel, 'Dracula'.
This collaborative work accurately represents the dark Victorian world of Stoker's novel whilst making a direct connection between the fictional vampire and historic figure, Vlad Tepes - Dracula. The libretto has been deliberately written with due consideration to the period and intention of the original 1897 novel.
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Sang de Vie Productions Ltd. presents 'Dracula', the musical adapted from Bram Stoker's novel |
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THE DRACULA MUSICAL CONCEPT ALBUM |
Dracula - The Musical By Orton, Evans & Lynn The Concept Album Featuring ...
with Michael McCarthy as Dracula |
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The Dracula Musical Concept Album The concept album of the musical, Dracula, was our first commercial recording project as Sang De Vie Productions. The musical is by Gareth Evans and Christopher J. Orton, with orchestrations by the noted British composer and producer, Ian Lynn. This collaborative work accurately represents the dark Victorian world of Stoker's novel whilst making a direct connection between the fictional vampire and historic figure, Vlad Tepes - Dracula. The work has been deliberately written with due consideration to the period and intention of the original 1897 novel.
Click to Donate to the NEW Dracula Musical Recording The musical "Dracula" has taken several years to reach the present stage of development. Christopher J. Orton and Gareth Evans began working together on the project in 2004, when Christopher began setting the libretto to his original music and to create the score for the work. It had always been the intention of the writers to record a concept album of the work. Unlike many other similarly themed musicals, that are only broadly based upon Bram Stoker’s title character, this new work by Evans and Orton actually incorporates the central plot and the most important episodes from Bram Stoker’s novel. In our opinion, this is one of the important differences that sets this work apart from other attempts to adapt the story as a professional musical theatre piece. The recording process began in January 2006 after the noted composer, arranger and musical director, Ian Lynn, agreed to orchestrate the work. The seventy minute album of seventeen orchestrated tracks was completed by September and features the leading West End musical theatre performer, Michael McCarthy, singing the title role. Current News Continuation of the Dracula Musical Project In November, 2007, we produced a promotional video of the number, "Within My World" from the Dracula musical by Evans, Orton and Lynn. The professionally directed video was released on the internet in December to great acclaim and, within the first three months of 2008, had received many thousands of views on various video networking sites across the world-wide web. More information about the recording of the new and complete professional musical, Dracula, by Evans, Orton and Lynn will be announced during 2016. In the meantime, you can still buy the professionally produced concept CD of Dracula from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, the official Dracula musical website and many other online stores. The CD is also available from the Sound of Music store in Germany. |
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"Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring" - Bram Stoker 1897 |
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The Dracula musical concept album was professionally produced and released in 2006 and has subsequently garnered great critical and public acclaim. The CD continues to sell successfully worldwide. The professionally directed film of "Within My World" from the musical, Dracula, by Evans Orton and Lynn premiered on Sky Television in 2009. |
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"Within My World" Video from the Dracula Musical
"...A powerful new Gothic musical that remains faithful to the original novel" "The songs deliver just the right measure of dramatic passion to get the blood pumping" " ... Michael McCarthy hitting all the right notes in the title role" "This 70 minute CD has already gathered a battalion of fans" "...has enough dramatic bite to keep you listening well beyond moonrise" The Editor - What's On Stage Magazine. |
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You can also support the Dracula Musical by purchasing the following Books by William Gareth Evans:
About the Glass Darkly novels
This series of Gothic novels establishes the original 19th Century vampire hunter, General Spielsdorf, as one of the main protagonists in a new series of bloody adventures.
The continuing story traverses centuries of vampire lore and further reveals new aspects to the origin of the Nosferatu. The novels cover several eras, from ancient history to the 19th and later centuries. The author has also used details of historic events to enhance and develop the plot throughout the novels.
To some extent the books are an ongoing account of the Vampire as originally presented in Victorian literature, paying due homage to Le Fanu and Stoker. The novels deliberately mirror an earlier time in Gothic novel writing and recreate the original evil characters of ancient vampires, including those of Carmilla Karnstein and Vlad Dracula, for a modern readership.
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Volume 1: Within the Glass Darkly Available now: Smashwords / KOBO / iBooks |
Volume 2: Dracula – The Devil’s Nosferatu Available now: Smashwords / KOBO / iBooks |
Volume 3: The Vampire Incarnate Available now: Smashwords / KOBO / iBooks |
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DRACULA CONCEPT ALBUM - A small sample of the positive Customer Reviews: |
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And the positive reviews
and comments keep pouring in for the only sung-through Dracula musical of
Bram Stoker's novel... |
Copyright
Book and Lyrics by Gareth Evans. Music by Christopher J. Orton. Orchestration & All Additional Music by Ian Lynn.
Copyright © and P 2000 - 2015 by Gareth Evans. Copyright © and P 2004 - 2015 Christopher J. Orton / Ian Lynn.
The concept album of the musical, “Dracula”, is produced by Sang de Vie Productions Ltd.
Dracula. Copyright © and P 2006-2015 by Sang de Vie Productions Ltd. All rights reserved.
All forms of reproduction of any part of this recorded work are strictly prohibited by law.