Madame Pompadour (operetta)

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Madame Pompadour is an operetta in three acts, composed by Leo Fall with a libretto by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch. It opened at the Berliner Theater in Berlin on September 9, 1922 and the Carltheater in Vienna on March 2, 1923. The English adaptation is by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham, with lyrics by Graham. It opened at Daly's Theatre in London on December 20, 1923 and ran for a very successful 469 performances. It starred Bertram Wallis, Derek Oldham, and Evelyn Laye.

A second English adaptation, in two acts, with an adaptation by Clare Kummer and lyrics by Schanzer and Welisch, was produced on Broadway in 1924-25, starring Wilda Bennett. Film versions and other adaptations were made.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Musical numbers 3 See Also 4 External links

[edit] Roles

• King Louis XV
• René, Comte D'estrades
• Maurepas (Minister of Police)
• Poulard (His Assistant)
• Prunier (Landlord of the "Nine Muses")
• Collin (Pompadour's Chamberlain)
• Austrian Ambassador
• Lieut. Corneille (In Command of the Guard)
• Boucher (Court Painter)
• Tourelle (Porcelain Manufacturer)
• Jacques
• Joseph Calicot
• Madeleine (Comtesse D'estrades)
• Mariette (Maid to Madame Pompadour)
• Madame Pompadour

[edit] Musical numbers

Act I

• INTRODUCTION & ENSEMBLE (Calicot and Chorus)
• QUINTET - (René and Girls) - "Carnival Time" - (Laridi, laridon! At carnivals the world must have a gay time)
• DUET - (Pompadour & Mariette) - "Love me Now" - (I feel so excited, I won't deny)
• DUET - (Pompadour and René) - "By the Light of the Moon" - (Grant favour, In that arbour your heart will grow braver)
• DUET - (Calicot and Mariette) - "If I were King" - (Though I'd feel a trifle strange)
• Finale Act I

Act II

• INTRODUCTION & ENSEMBLE
• DUET- (Pompadour and René) - "Love's Sentry" - (Sentry 'shun, you're on parade now)
• SEXTET - (Pompadour, Mariette, Madeleine & Three Maids) - "Tell me what your eyes were made for"
• SERENADE - (René and Chorus of Soldiers) - "Madame Pompadour"
• DUET - (Pompadour & Calicot) - "Joseph!" - (Mine's a mad infatuation)
• REMINISCENCE ... "Madame Pompadour"
• Finale Act II

Act III

• INTRODUCTION
• DUET - (Calicot & Mariette) - "Two Little Birds" - (Though you're a girl I've gone simply mad about)
• Finale Act III

[edit] See Also

Madame Pompadour

[edit] External links

• London cast list and musical numbers
• Information about the Broadway production
• Site showing the number of performances of long-running shows