First performed in English at the Bijou Theatre, Boston USA, on February 21st. 1884.
Cast of Characters
TITANIA FANFANI | Georgine von Januschowsky |
FANFANI PASHA (her uncle) | Harry Brown |
MIRADILLO (a European) | W. H. Fessenden |
ANTARSID (Prince of the Mironites) | George W. Traverner |
TESSA (a young milliner) | Lillie West |
BUCCAMETTA (her mother) | May Silvie |
PERICLES (hotel keeper) | Gustave Kammerlee |
NAKID (a koptic in poison and perfumes) | Murry Woods |
SEBIL (an Abyssinian slave) | Emma C. Tuttle |
HOSH (servant in Pericles' hotel) | J. S. B. Knox |
A MUEZZIN | W. W. Tuttle |
A MARONITE | E. A. Osgood |
FIRST SAIS | C. L. Weeks |
SECOND SAIS | C. R. Fullerton |
Synopsis of Scenery
ACTS I and II | - Cairo. |
ACT III | - The Interior of Africa. |
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ACT I - Cairo.
- Preludio
- No. 1a - Introduction - "We're awaiting at our stands, guests from European lands, to our net they're welcome fish..."
- No. 1b - Tourist Song - Miradillo, Sebil, Perikles and Chorus - "Who's talking here about me? ... O Sir, he is reviling you!"
- No. 1c - Appearace of the Muezziu - "Now I have, the best I could, explained to you what tourists do!..."
- No. 2 - Entry of the Prince - "Prince Antarsid now approaches; make way, make way, our master is near!..."
- No. 3 - Titania's Entrance - "O, what do I see! 'tis wondrous quite the picture that now greets my sight..."
- No. 3a - Antarsid's Abgang (Exit)
- No. 4 - Quartet - Titania, Miradillo, Fanfani and Perikles - "Well, that's astounding, surely! ... Perhaps I'll now be paid..."
- No. 5 - Terzett - Fanfani, Tessa and Buccametta - "Big beard visage framing, 'Allah' oft exclaiming, twisted turban wearing..."
- No. 6 - Finale Act I - "Ho-io! Ho-io! let music sound, hola-ro! ho-io! ho-io! with vigor pound! ..."
ACT II - Cairo.
- No. 7a - Entr'act
- No. 7b - Chorus and Couplet - Fanfani - "Feasting, dancing, mirth and revels gay in this house will reign today..."
- No. 8 - Song - Tessa, with Buccametta - "Indeed, you're very kind, sir, your offer highly I esteem..."
- No. 9 - Flower Duett - Titania and Antarsid - "A word of magic import is hid in ev'ry flower..."
- No. 10 - Ensemble - Titania, Miradillo and others - "Let us stay here where we may hear, still to them not appear..."
- No. 11 - Song - Miradillo - "Spring anew hath made appearance, foliage new and sun's bright rays..."
- No. 12 - Duet and Trio - Tessa, Miradillo and Fanfani - "Ah, I could not well conceal it, I felt so deeply..."
- No. 13 - Finale Act II - "Beiram, the pleasant feast at last is here; Beiram, thy joyful signs at last appear..."
ACT III - The Interior of Africa.
- No. 14 - Chorus and Romance - Antarsid - "Now the morn anew is breaking, brightly shining Phoebus rays in the distant East..."
- No. 15 - Trio - Titania, Antarsid and Miradillo - "Africa is full of danger for the unacquainted stranger..."
- No. 16 - Entry of the Bedouins, with Fanfani - "We Bedouins of the Nile, when a chap stirs our bile..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act III - "Mira Mira Fata Morgana! Hurrah, Beiram, let all be glad and gay..."
Song no. 11 was composed by Adolf Neuendorff.
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