What little I saw/heard of "Camelot" last night, I have to say that the OBC and the movie on DVD are tons better. The OBC is perfection for the vocals. For orchestrations and proof of the sheer glory of the score, nothing beats the magnificent Alfred Newman supervision of the movie soundtrack. I barely recognized the Investiture sequence, musically. The phrasing was a bit off, IMO. The film's investiture sequence is one of the astounding glories of musical film. Oh, well...
And what was anyone thinking when they thunk of Gabriel Byrne for Arthur? (And what was Lerner thinking with al those nicknames liberally spread throughout the book? Lance, Ginny, Pelli, Lance, Pelli, Ginny, etc., etc.).