200 Motels Concerts

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Performances of 200 Motels:

Los Angeles October 23rd 2013

Walt Disney Concert Hall. Recorded and released as 200 Motels - The Suites.

London October 29th 2013

Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall.

Tony Guilfoyle as Zappa
  • Claron McFadden, soprano
  • Tony Guilfoyle (Frank)
  • Richard Strange (Narrator, Rance)
  • Ian Shaw (Mark)
  • Brendan Reilly (Howard, Cowboy Burt)
  • Sophia Brous (Groupie 1, Larry the Dwarf)
  • Diva Zappa (Groupie 2, Lucy)
  • Jessica Hynes (Good Conscience)
  • Jay Rayner (Bad Conscience, Ginger)
  • Scott Thunes (Jeff)
  • BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, London Voices
  • Jurjen Hempel, conductor.

BBC Audio with introduction including Ben Watson's views. (YouTube)

Srictly Genteel shaky video

Paris September 30th 2018

Paris performance
  • TV host (Cowboy Burt): Lionel Painter
  • Janet (The Reporter): Marina Ruiz
  • Lucy (Donovan): Aliénor Feix
  • Frank (Larry the Dwarf, Jeff): Dominic Gould
  • Mark: Zachary Wilder
  • Howard: Nicholas Scott
  • The Solo Soprano: Mélanie Boisvert
  • Rance (Ginger): Nicholas Isherwood
  • The HeadShakers
  • The Percussions de Strasbourg
  • Metabolics
  • Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Music Direction, Léo Warynski

Video (YouTube)

Amsterdam June 24th 2000

Koninklijk Theater Carré

  • Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest and Cappella Amsterdam
  • Conductor: Jurjen Hempel
  • Morgan Ågren
  • Mats Öberg
  • Claron McFadden
  • Jon Rubin and Tommy Dunbar as Flo & Eddie
  • Lieuwe Visser as Rance Muhammitz and Jeff's bad conscience

Audio (audience recording) (YouTube)