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.

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[edit] English adaptations

An English adaptation, by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham (lyrics), 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, Huntley Wright 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 and other versions were made.

[edit] Roles

  • King Louis XV
  • René, Comte D'estrades (tenor)
  • 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 (tenor)
  • Madeleine, Comtesse D'estrades
  • Mariette, maid to Madame Pompadour
  • Madame de Pompadour (soprano)

[edit] Musical numbers (English adaptation)

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 de Pompadour (historical figure)

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