It Is Really Me

Description

The new solo recording from the great opera star, Marilyn Hill Smith, which features Marilyn’s distinctive and personal take on songs from many of the great musicals. It also take us right up to the modern day with her version of "Climb Every Mountain" from The Sound of Music, which she is currently starring in alongside Jason Donovan. A star of opera from a young age Marilyn Hill Smith has been a principal company member of both the English National Opera and The Sadlers Wells Opera, taking leads in ‘Die Fledermaus’, ‘The Gypsy Princess’, ‘Candide’ amongst others. She also starred in the TV Series ‘Top C’s and Tiaras’ which gave her the opportunity to move between the opera and musical theatre, something she continues to do to this day. This recording features songs from the musicals cannon that Marilyn has chosen as personal favourites and includes songs from ‘My Fair Lady’, ‘The Student Prince’, Oklahoma!’, ‘Candide’, ‘The Dancing Years’ and many many more, performed with The National Symphony Orchestra and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by John Owen Edwards.