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Madame Pompadour is an operetta in three acts by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch composed by Leo Fall which opened at the Berliner Theater, Berlin on 9 September, 1922. An English adaptation by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham opened at Daly's Theatre, London on 20 December, 1923. A different adaptation into English was seen in New York.
Dramatis Personæ
| KING LOUIS XV | Bertram Wallis |
| RENÉ, COMTE D'ESTRADES | Derek Oldham |
| MAUREPAS (Minister of Police) | Leonard Mackay |
| POULARD (his Assistant) | Leonard Russell |
| PRUNIER (Landlord of the "Nine Muses") | Noel Colne |
| COLLIN (Pompadour's Chamberlain) | Edmund D. La Touche |
| AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR | Louis Harrison |
| LIEUT. CORNEILLE (In Command of the Guard) | Donald Mather |
| BOUCHER (Court Painter) | Fred Pedgrift |
| TOURELLE (Porcelain Manufacturer) | Desmond Roberts |
| JACQUES | Stanley Rendall |
| JOSEPH CALICOT | Huntley Wright |
| MADELEINE (Comtesse D'Estrades) | Maisie Bell |
| MARIETTE (Maid to Madame Pompadour) | Elsie Randolph |
| MADAME POMPADOUR | Evelyn Laye |
ACT I - The Tavern of "The Nine Muses".
- No. 1 - Introduction and Ensemble - "The Pom-pom-pom-Pompadour! Pom-pom-pom-Pompadour! ... Bravo, Calicot! ... He's a wit, we admit! ..."
- No. 2 - Song - René and Girls - "Laridi, laridon! At carnivals the world must have a gay time! Put care to flight, and take delight in turning night to day-time! ..."
- No. 3 - Duet - Pompadour and Mariette - "I feel so excited, I won't deny, though I hardly know why! I'm just in the mood, so I must declare, for a love affair! ..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Pompadour and René - "Grant this favour! In that arbour you heart will grow braver! There your kisses you'll not be denying, for no curious eyes..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Calicot and Mariette - "Though I'd feel a trifle strange if I were King, I'd arranged to make a change to ev'ry thing! ... Fountains full of wine would run..."
- No. 6 - Finale Act I - "Laridilaridon, laridallera. La! 'Tis Carnival! Hooray! And so merry we'll make as our partners we take, and dance till the break of day! ..."
ACT II - The Pompadour's Apartments at Versailles.
- No. 7 - Introduction and Ensemble - "So patiently, the whole day through, we must wait! Our lives we spend standing here, until the gracious lady who rules..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Pompadour and René - "Sentry, 'shun! You're on parade now! My commands must be obey'd now! Shoulders square, and chest well out! ..."
- No. 9 - Sextet - Pompadour, Mariette, Madeleine and maids - "Tell me what your eyes are made for? ... Just to see with, I suppose! ... Then they're useless..."
- No. 10 - Serenade - René and Soldiers - "Madame Pompadour, fairest flow'r! Star divine! All love's pangs I endure till the hour when I shall make you mine! ..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Pompadour and Calicot - "Mine's a mad infatuation! You've a fatal fascination! There's a quite absurd attraction in your ev'ry word and action! ..."
- No. 11a - Reminiscence - Pompadour and René - "Madame Pompadour, fairest flow'r! Star divine! All love's pangs I endure till the hour..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act II - "Where is Madame Pompadour? Well? Why this hesitating? We're not used to be kept waiting! Where is Madame? ..."
ACT III - King Louis XV's Apartments at Versailles.
- No. 13 - Introduction
- No. 14 - Duet - Calicot and Mariette - "Although you're a girl that I've simply gone mad about, you're a gad-about! ... Oh, no, I assure you there's no other lad about!"
- No. 15 - Finale Act III
- External Links
- Madame Pompadour at The Guide to Musical Theatre
- Madame Pompadour at Wikipedia
Page modified 14 February 2017