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The Prima Donna is a comic opera in two acts with book and lyrics by Henry Blossom and music by Victor Herbert. It opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, on 30 November, 1908 and ran for 72 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| COLONEL DUTOIR | Nace Bonville |
| CAPTAIN BORDENAVE | William K. Harcourt |
| LIEUT. ARMAND (Count de Fonteine) | William Raymond |
| LIEUT. FERNAND DROUILLARD | Donald Hall |
| LIEUT. GASTON de RENDAL | Martin Haydon |
| LIEUT. PROSPER ROUSSEA | Geo. W. Macnamara |
| LIEUT. EUGENE de BEAUMONT | Robert E. Clarke |
| MONS. BEAURIVAGE (Athenee's Father) | W. J. Ferguson |
| HERR MAX GUNDELFINGER (known as "Pop") | Jas. E. Sullivan |
| SIGNOR GIUSEPPI SPAGLIONNI | Phil Branson |
| BARON de POMBAL | Herbert Ayling |
| DOCTOR PAPIN | St. Clair Bayfield |
| FIRST WAITER | Armand Cortez |
| SECOND WAITER | Peter Canova |
| MOTHER JUSTINE (Proprietress of the Café) | Josephine Bartlett |
| MLLE. ATHENEE (Prima Donna of the Opera Comique) | Fritzi Scheff |
| MARGOT (her Maid) | Gwendolyn Valentine |
| MLLE. MATHILDE MLLE. DESIREE |
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(Café Chanteuses) | { { |
Grace Spencer Renee Dyris |
| THE DUCHESS | Ellen Carr |
| COUNTESS HELENE | Blanche Morrison |
| MARQUISE du PERRIPONDS | Lizzie Conway |
| CELESTE MIGNON CLAIRETTE REBE |
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(Café Concert Girls) | { { { { |
Margaret Ross Gertrude Doremus Virginia Reid Marguerite May |
ACT I - The Pomme d'Or.
- No. 1 - Opening Scene, with Pop's piano - "You're charmante! Say oui! Let us be bons amis. Don't delay! Name the day..."
- No. 2 - Song - Max Gundelfinger - "I've had as much experience as any dozen men, a-dodging in and out from Cupid's dart..."
- No. 3 - Trio (singers unspecified) - "I remember when we both were gay young sparks! ... I was not yet quite twenty! ..."
- No. 4 - Song and Chorus (soloist unspecified) - "Poets may sing of the beauties of spring, or the stars shining softly above..."
- No. 5 - Song - Athenee - "Dreaming, I have in seeming lived in a fairyland! Castles had I, and vassals had I to kiss my hand..."
- No. 6 - Choral Ensemble - "Boujour! Holla! Deux bock! Soldiers we love song and dance in any old key! ..."
- No. 7 - Song (singer unspecified) - "Let me tell to you, mon cher, of a horrible affair zat happened en route from gay Paree! ..."
- No. 8 - Song - Athenee - "Once a little soldier, little wooden soldier in a little Punch and Judy show, loved a little dancer..."
- No. 9 - Band Behind Scene
- No. 10 - Finale Act I - "Tra la la la la la! Soldier's life is never long! So drink from pleasure's cup..."
ACT II - Club House at Île de Puteaux, Paris.
- No. 11 - Opening Scene and Chorus, with on-stage band - "Isn't it beautiful weather today? Yes, after the storm! ..."
- No. 12 - Song - Lieut. Gaston de Rendal - "There are certain traits of character that many men display..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Helene and Fernand - "If you were I, and I were you ... What would you do?"
- No. 14 - Band Behind Scene
- No. 15a - Octette - "Deep underneath the ocean I know such a pretty land, far from the billows motion it lies on a coral strand."
- No. 15b - Octette - "Said the man unto the maid: 'Won't you let me steal a little kiss, dear?'"
- No. 16 - Song - Grundelfinger and Men - "Dere are many kinds of art! Each one plays a useful part, moosic is greatest..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II - "I'll be married to de moosic of a military band! And ven I take her by de hand, I'll feel so grand..."
- External Links
- The Prima Donna at The Guide to Musical Theatre
- Vocal Score at Musopen
Page modified 14 February 2017