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Wildflower is a musical in three acts with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. The plot concerns a pretty Italian farmgirl, Nina, who has a fiery temper. She stands to inherit a fortune provided that she can keep her temper under control for six months. The original Broadway production at the Casino Theatre opened on 7 February 1923 and ran for 477 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| LUIGI | Leonard Shepherd |
| GABRIELLE | Eddie Morris |
| BIANCA BENEDETTO | Evelyn Drewe |
| ALBERTO | Peter Gawthorne |
| GASTON LAROTTA | Mark Daly |
| GUIDO | Howett Worster |
| NINA BENEDETTO | Kitty Reidy |
| LUCRETIA LAROTTA | Maisie Gay |
| NICOLINA | Jane Ayr |
| CORTEZ LOLITA |
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Wesley Peirce Hazel Harris |
ACT I - Luigi's Farmyard near Casimo, a small in Lombardy, Italy. Autumn.
- Overture
- No. 1 - Prelude - "Jamo, Jamo, Jamo ngoppa Jamo, Ah! ..."
- No. 2 - Song - Gabby and Chorus - "All this silly talk of ours, making love with books and flowers, take it from an expert that it's wrong; for when you try to frame..."
- No. 3 - Song - Larotta and Chorus - "It is a merry, merry thing to hear the hunter's call! ... There surely is a lot in what you say! ... To try to capture something..."
- No. 4 - Song - Guido and Chorus - "I call her wildflow'r. His little wildflow'r. She's so capricious. Yet how delicious. A blossom fragrant that scents the vagrant air..."
- No. 5 - Song - Nina and Chorus - "Wilt thou come with me to the fair? Bambalina will be there. ... Who is Bambalina? What sort of man is he? ... He's a fiddler..."
- No. 6 - Melos
- No. 7 - Duet - Nina and Guido - "You are mine at last, all my doubt is past, and the winter will not seem so drear. ... Happy bride I'll be; you'll be all to me..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Those April blossoms gay will be my own; the sun will light the day for me alone. I'll own the sky so blue, all earth and heaven too..."
ACT II - The Benedetto Villa on Lake Como. Spring.
- No. 8a - Entr'acte
- No. 9 - Opening Chorus and Song - Bianca - "Come, let us dance through the night! Dance till our cares take to flight! All life's troubles burst like bubbles..."
- No. 9a - Melos
- No. 9b - Melos (very quiet)
- No. 10 - Trio - Nina, Alberto and Gabby - "Will you say Yes to ev'ry question and suggestion that I make to you? ... I will. No matter what the task..."
- No. 10a/11 - Entrance of Guido, and Song - "Just what sort of place is Casimo, please tell us? ... It's between a hill and a stream! ... Oh my, we feel quite jealous!"
- No. 12 - Song - Nina and Boys - "When I try to catch a moonbeam, somehow it will always melt away. But in dreams alone, bright moonbeams I own..."
- No. 12a - Melos
- No. 13 - Finale Act II - "Did he leave a note? Tell me what he wrote! Did he leave a word or message? Nicolin! That explains it! ... That's the girl he said..."
ACT III - Luigi's Farmyard - next morning.
- No. 14 - Entr'acte
- No. 15 - Prelude
- No. 16 - Song - Guido - "A clod, a simple clod of clay beneath a blushing wile rose lay; he thought he held her fast, till pluck'd by a roving swain..."
- No. 17 - Reprise - Bambalina
- No. 18 - Entrance of Lucretia and Gabby
- No. 19 - Finale Act III - "Goodbye..."
MIDI Files
- External Link
- Wildflower at Wikipedia
Page modified 24 May 2017