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First performed at the Knickerbocker Theater, New Haven, on December 28th, 1897
Cast of Characters
| PAPAGALLO (King of Timberio) | Mr. Albert Hart |
| GUIDO (Duke of Ventroso) | Mr. Frank Pollock |
| FRESCOBALDI (Prime Minister of Timberio) | Mr. Edward P. Wilks |
| GAMBO | Mr. Melville Stewart |
| BUSCATO | Mr. Harry Luckstone |
| PIETRO | Mr. E. G. Shaffer |
| SARDINIA | Mr. Wesley Johnstone |
| BIANCA (Queen of Capri) | Miss Lillian Carlsmith |
| MINUTEZZA (Princess of Capri) | Miss Christie Macdonald |
| LA PASTORELLA | Miss Nella Bergen |
| MARGHERITA | Miss Alice Campbell |
| REA | Miss Bertha A. Davis |
| ZADENA | Miss Nana Fairhurst |
| ROSAMONDA | Miss Emma Lackey |
MIDI Files
ACT I - The Island of Capri.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus and Scenes - "If ninety-nine percent the papers print is so..." (14 minutes long)
- No. 2 - Song - King Papagallo & Chorus - "Our customary attitude to strangers in this latitude..."
- No. 3 - Duet - Minutezza & Papagallo - "Should you marry Ma, instead of me, your wedded life will happy be..."
- No. 4 - Recit. & Song - La Pastorella - "Before the Moor was master of the hills of old Iberia..."
- No. 5 - Recit. & Trio - La Pastorella, Gambo & Buscato - "To marry, or not to marry? That is the interrogation..."
- No. 6 - Octet - La Pastorella, Gambo, Buscato & five girls - "In a matter of such grave import..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "Oh, stars that form the milky way, if you to earth should ever stray..."
ACT II
- No. 8 - Introduction & Romance - Guido - "The rose tint leaves the sky, the shadows multiply..."
- No. 9 - Song - La Pastorella - "Here's a pack of red and black, spots and faces, deuces, aces..."
- No. 10 - Trio - La Pastorella, Papagallo & Buscato - "He's here! I'm here! ..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Minutezza & Guido - "Love, light of my heart, the day of our joy is near..."
- No. 12 - Chorus, Tarantella, Invocation and Solos - "We cannot see the reason why the Fates did not name us..."
- No. 13 - Song - Minutezza, with Guido & Papagallo - "The snow in the fields is lying deep..."
- No. 14 - Finale Act II - "An awkward complication this, for one and all have sworn, he shall not live in single bliss..."
ACT III
- No. 15a - Introduction, Male Chorus & Song - Guido, Papagallo, Buscato & Gambo - "These are our sentiments..."
- No. 15b - Solo and Chorus - La Pastorella & Girls - "Cuckoo, cuckoo, a little bird sings..."
- No. 15c - Reprise of No. 11 - La Pastorella, Gambo & Buscato, with Chorus - "Love, light of my heart..."
- No. 16 - Song - Papagallo, with Chorus - "I know a goat, a little goat who loves to cut a dash..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act III - La Pastorella & Chorus - "The God of Love presides, so ring the wedding bells in joyful measure..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at Internet Archive
- Selection from the operetta on YouTube
Page modified 10 October 2016