ACT I - Garden of the Windmill Inn. Early morning in the autumn of 1720.
- No. 1 - Opening Ensemble
- "The sun is a-slant and the day is at dawn, so early in the morning..."
- No. 2 - Romanza - Renaud and Musketeers
- "Ten thousand furies seize my horse! That he must cast a shoe..."
- No. 3 - Song - Seraphina
- "Love and I are playing, such a game are playing, he will try to take me unaware, my heart betraying..."
- No. 4 - Scene and Duo - Seraphina and Renaud
- "The deuce, young man! But not so fast! ... Come on, we're wasting time..."
- No. 5 - Song - De Secherat
- "As Department Secretary I have found it necessary, when I'm called upon to exercise my wit..."
- No. 6 - Hunting Song - Stephanie, Philip and Chorus
- "Oh, up! It's up at the break of day, away! It's up and into the saddle..."
- No. 7 - Song - Seraphina and Chorus
- "The story of Love has a pedigree that dates from the primal birth..."
- No. 8 - Song - Hardi and Players
- "You observe the grand commotion I excite when I arrive? That is Art! ..."
- No. 9 - Scene and Ensemble - Hardi, Seraphina and Players
- "Companions, I have summoned you to hear, and so to judge..."
- No. 10 - Finale Act I
- "A clown! Never! ... There is no time to waste! Choose! ... The drummer beats his rat-tat-tat-tat-tat..."
ACT II - Theatre in the Garden of Versailles. Evening.
- Entr'acte
- No. 11 - Ensemble, with Hardi, Seraphina and Renaud
- "Now is the south-wind blowing sweetly over the scented flow'r..."
- No. 11a - Interlude during change of scene
- No. 12 - Madrigal - Seraphina and Chorus
- "'Twas sweet Babette in a field of rye ... Babette of Beaujolais..."
- No. 13 - Song - Renaud
- "Oh, tell me, how shall I know the one, the only one whose beauty a golden web has spun..."
- No. 14 - Duo - Hardi, Stephanie and Chorus
- "You wouldn't believe that my waistcoat hides a heart that is ever young..."
- No. 15 - Duet - Watteau and Seraphina, with Shepherd Chorus
- "Far up the hill, all masterless, the sheep are browsing free..."
- No. 16 - Duet - Renaud and Seraphina
- "Why does the nightingale sigh for the rose, the moonflow'r turn to the moon? ..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II
- "Love is a story that's told, told, the best one that ever was told..."
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