ACT I - The Gardens of the Duke of Alasia.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus
- "It's the birthday of Princess Marie, only child of the Duke of Alasia..."
- No. 2 - Song - Laski & Chorus
- "A King's a man who has to do whatever his Ministers tell him to..."
- No. 3 - Song - Militza
- "The man I really ought to have lov'd is a high-bred hall-marked hero..."
- No. 4 - Barcarolle - Chorus & Marie
- "See the sunbeams over the river quiver, weaving a way of gold! ..."
- No. 5 - Song - Marie & Girls
- "Oh, the man that I wed must be nice and well-bred, thirty, say, or a day or two older..."
- No. 6 - Quartette - Marie, Duchess, Duke, & Panix
- "If I have to be the queen of a king I've never seen..."
- No. 7 - Chorus of Girls, Gardeners, & Guards
- "Hark to the blast of the trumpet, hark to the beat of the drum..."
- No. 8 - Song - Alexis
- "A king am I in royal state, I do just what I'm told to..."
- No. 9 - Solo - Laski & Chorus of Guards
- "Barber, you are shaving now our gracious king..."
- No. 10 - Chorus, Scene and Duet - Laski & General
- "It is the time for the King to behold the fair Princess..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Marie & Alexis
- "When I build my splendid castle in the air..."
- No. 12 - Song - Duke & Guards
- "In these days of deadly danger any monarch has to fear..."
- No. 13 - Concerted Number - Marie, Alexis & Girls
- "I have met a man... You have met a man..."
- No. 14 - Finale Act I
- "Slave! Knave! Do you dare to brave our power thus, and not to cower? ..."
ACT II - The Palace of the King of Cadonia.
- No. 15 - Opening Chorus
- "We are here, we believe, as the Court to receive His Maj-- no, we'll call him High Highness..."
- No. 16 - Song - Militza & Chorus
- "I'm full of a passion for setting the fashion in dinner and dance and dress..."
- No. 17 - Song - Marie
- "Like a shallop in an eddy, like a leaf the breezes whirl is the shaken heart unsteady of a girl..."
- No. 18 - Song - Alexis & Chorus
- "You may talk of laws and the public cause, and the party cry and call..."
- No. 19 - Song - Militza
- "Lots of mistresses I've had, some were good and some were bad..."
- No. 20 - Song - Duke & Chorus
- "There are people who think they would like to be King! ..."
- No. 21 - Duet - Marie & Alexis
- "Lay down, lay down your golden crown, the girdle of jewels that bound you..."
- No. 22 - Duet - Stephanie & Laski, with Chorus
- "If we marry ever as I trust ... You're so very clever that we must..."
- No. 23 - Duet - Militza & Duke
- "We've got to adopt a disguise, to effect our escape from the town..."
- No. 24 - Finale
Supplementary Number.
Nos. 16, 20 & 23 were composed by Frederick Rosse.
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