[rcs]

Which Rodgers and Hammestein overture is your favorite, and why? Note that State Fair and Sound of Music lack overtures, so I am not including them on this poll (neither does Carousel, but it has the waltz, which I'm counting as an overture).

[Salome]

Carosuel hands down..although King and I has a stirring one as well.

[Melindaisy]

I love the Carusel waltz, definately my favorite..... though (like Salome) I really find the overture to The King and I to be awesome too!

[Sweeney Hyde]

I agree...The Carousel Waltz is amazing...but I also love South Pacific's and Oklahoma!'s.

[rcs]

I wonder if I made a mistake by including the Carousel waltz as a choice on this poll. It seems like everybody is going to vote for that one. I would have too, except I was tired of Carousel getting all the votes, so I voted for South Pacific instead (easily my second favorite of the R&H overtures).

[BenStone]

I've gone for South Pacific mainly because it's the one I remember hearing first and the show had a great impact on me when I first heard it as a kid.

I was pedantic and decided to exclude Carousel on the grounds that isn't an overture - but it's really grand.

Thanks for inspiring me tho' to dig out the other recordings and listen again

[BroadwayBaby0202]

I voted for Carousel Waltz but I also love the overture for Oklahoma.

I really like South Pacific's but it is so LONG. or at least it seems to be.

[ilovebway]

Oklahoma!

[jazzygirlsings]

The Carousel Waltz is technically the prologue to the musical...

But yeah...it totally RULES!