Synthesized MIDI Light Operas

• Overture

Scene 1  -  A Forest.

• No. 1 - Solo - Divitiacus and Druids - "Priests of the grove, 'tis we are up to ev'ry move.  Ancient Order of Druids, live on the best of food and fluids! ..."
• No. 2 - Song - Fredegonda - "No more country for me! How I long, yes long for town. Fields and I don't agree, when nature laughs I only frown!  Ah! I long to be gay."
• No. 3 - Song - Chilperic and Chorus - "Oh, rarest sport it is to hunt by cover side and breezy track, a red and lusty fox in front, and half the shire behind your back."
• No. 4a - Trio - Chilperic, Siegbert and Brunehaut - "O Fredegonda, fairest, what country gave you birth?  What sun and soil the rarest call'd up the flow'r of earth?"
• No. 4b - Quartet - Fredegonda, Brunehaut, Chilperic and Siegbert - "Jubilation!  What elation!  Of my visions confirmation, ev'ry day, only play, coach and horses..."
• No. 4c - Quartet (continued) - "Never, never, never, never, never did I plan such a piece of fortune with elegant a man.  Never did I think that such a change could..."
• No. 5a - Chorus of Peasants - "Peasants we are, all fam'd for shyness, come for a good stare at your Highness.  Rules of politeness don't confine us..."
• No. 5b - Recitatives - Divitiacus and others - "King!  'tis not surprising that some sacrificing must now be done, ere fate be won!  Some of your train won't mind..."
• No. 6 - Recit. Divitiacus and Chorus - "Come!  swell the choral strain and keeping tune and time, let's start a gay refrain, and put our vows in rhyme! ..."
• No. 7 - Finale Scene 1 - "Come, let's be off, and hasten home,  the skies are black with rain down pouring, pouring.  Goodbye, O Druid, Sporting Prophet..."

Scene 2  -  Ante-Room of the Palace.

• No. 8 - Finale Scene 2 - "When my sister comes I promise she'll repay all the pains you take in her behalf today ... Don't, I pray, speak of it! We don't plot to profit."

Scene 3  -  Throne Room in the Palace.

• No. 9 - Chorus, with Landry and Pages - "'Tis ten o'clock,  the hour is here when Chilperic from sleep arises.  If us in idling he surprises, he'll box our ears..."
• No. 10 - Song - Chilperic - "A butterfly liv'd in a garden gay, 'mid buds and flow'rets rare.  He lurk'd in the leaves of a rose-tree spray that scented all the air..."
• No. 11 - Recit. & Chorus - "The Princess is at hand.  There's on the steps a vision of trunks and traps that stand awaiting for admission.  Show her into the parlour."
• No. 12 - Duett - Galswinda and Chilperic - "Would you prove how much love in woman's bosom gloweth?  You shall earn full return of all your heart bestoweth..."
• No. 13 - Finale Scene 3 - "Let us strike a chorus up before we crush the wedding cup. ... All my wish will be satisfied, for I shall be a blushing bride..."

Scene 4  -  A Corridor in the Palace.

• No. 14 - Duet - Fredegonda & Chilperic - "Canst thou recall thy words of promise?  Thou once didst whisper words of air;  O, ask thy heart which now so dumb is..."

Scene 5  -  Garden Set.

• No. 15 - Chorus and Solo - Landry and Pages - "With jest and song the hours we'll prolong;  We'll sing and we'll laugh, and bumpers we'll quaff, this wedding new..."
• No. 16 - Lament - Fredegonda - "Farewell the tranquil mind, farewell content!  For me no more the sun of luck has shone, I'm turn'd away against my own consent."
• No. 16b - Lament - Fredegonda (verse 2) - "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, and my day's done, tho' I don't hear a bell, and those who came to jeer..."
• No. 17 - Finale - "Four faiths are plighted, four hearts united,  if you're delighted, we've won our cause.  Smile, then, if you've all grounds for approval..."