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Fantana is a musical comedy in three acts with book by Robert B. Smith and Sam S. Shubert, lyrics by Robert B. Smith and music by Raymond Hubbell. Produced at the Lyric Theatre, New York, on 14 January 1905.
Dramatis Personæ
| COMMODORE EVERETT (a retired naval officer) | Hubert Wilke | |||
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| LIEUT. SINCLAIR WARREN (of H.M.S. Pontiac) | Frank Rushworth | |||
| FRED EVERETT (a recent graduate of Annapolis) | Frederic Rose | |||
| HENRI PASDOIT (a waiter from the Café Odion, Paris) | George Beban | |||
| HON. KOGORO TAKAHIRA (Japanese minister to America) | Philip Leigh | |||
| MARQUIS KIOTO (Governor of the Kinshin Province, Japan) | Robert Broderick | |||
| G. PERCIVAL DUNN (a fashion plate) | Fletcher Norton | |||
| FANNY EVERETT | Adele Ritchie | |||
| (daughter of Commodore Everett, nicknamed "Fantana") | ||||
| JESSIE (her maid) | Katie Barry | |||
| ELSIE STURTEVANT (a New York belle, schoolmate of Fanny's) | Julia Sanderson | |||
| MLLE. ANITA (Parisian vaudeville artist) | Nellie McCoy | |||
| THE KID | Nellie Follis | |||
ACT I - Exterior and grounds of Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Now here is a chance to compare the different types of the fair..."
- No. 2 - Song - Commodore Everett and Chorus - "You now await a potentate of nature Oriental..."
- No. 3 - Entrance of Fantana - Chorus - "Hola! Fantana! Fantana draws near! ..."
- No. 4 - Song - Fantana and Chorus - "O, galloping gaily down the course, Hi! Hi! Hi! In all affairs equestrian..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Jessie and Hawkins - "When I was the tiniest kid, I was taught to do only as bid, and now I'm perfection..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Elsie and Fred - "You remember the waltz that they played on that night of the ball..."
- No. 7 - Duet - Jessie and Hawkins - "You be my Darby and I'll be your Joan..."
- No. 8 - Chorus - "Hail, celestial potentate, here is where we all bow low..."
- No. 9 - Finale Act I - "The sea, the sea! An ocean trip, oh, what could be more bright and gay? ..."
ACT II - Exterior Palace and residence of Marquis Kioto, Nagasaki, Japan.
- No. 10 - Opening Chorus - "Japanese citizens we, which you will readily see, the hair of jet, the skin of tan..."
- No. 11 - Entrance Song - Marquis Kioto - "A Governor truculent, cruel and shy, a man of remarkable pow'r am I..."
- No. 12 - Song - Fantana and Geisha - "To make a strong impression on ev'ry man you meet..."
- No. 13 - Song - Jessie - "Now when you Yankees chat and speak the language of our land..."
- No. 14 - Song - Sinclair and Girls - "Pictured in Kimono ornamental sits a little figure oriental..."
- No. 15 - Song - Hawkins - "There's a certain party in certain town who, for her opinion, has acquired renown..."
- No. 16 - Song - Elsie - "I don't believe in gossip, I'm not a prying elf. Whenever you say Entre-nous I keep it to myself..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II - "Citizens of Japan, draw near! And let every man give ear! ..."
ACT III - On board the Commodore's yacht Japanica, homeward bound.
- No. 18 - Song of the Pipe - Fred and Sailors - "When your breaking heart is laden with the love for some fair maiden..."
- No. 19 - Song - Commodore and Chorus - "Ever since Adam and Eve were young, Woman's ruled the day..."
- No. 20 - Song - The Kid - "In a little rustic village lived a little rustic belle..."
- No. 21 - Song - Hawkins - "In these would-be clever days, ev'ry thing is art..."
- No. 22 - Duet - Sinclair and Fantana - "Since first your radiant eyes met mine and I gazed in their depths so blue..."
ADDENDA.
- No. 23 - Riksha Song - Fantana and Geisha - "If you want to follow me through the land of Japan so fair to see..."
- No. 24 - Can-Can vs. Cake-Walk (singer unspecified) - "To win the heart of maiden free I use the art terpsichoree..."
MIDI files
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 28 November 2016