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Ivan Caryll

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"The Little Café" (1913)

Music by Ivan Caryll (1861 - 1921)
Book and Lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan

ACT I   -   The Little Café, Paris.

  • No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "The sun first shone on fair Yvonne in eighteen-ninety-five ... in eighteen-ninety-five, at just high noon, the ninth of June..."
  • No. 2 - Song - Yvonne and Chorus - "Oh! oh!  such gay bouquets!  what do they mean? ... That you today, dear friend, are seventeen..."
  • No. 3 - Song - Katziolinka and Chorus - "When first I saw Albert I merely scorned him! ... She scorned him! ... If he'd been mine I surely would have pawned him! ..."
  • No. 4 - Song - Albert and Chorus - "Tally-ho!  we're away, tra la! ... Ha, ha! ... Say little Adolphe and I ... Boom! Boom! ... To the little Café, ta, ta! ... Ha, ha! ... "
  • No. 5 - Finale Act I - "Perhaps you have talents to take you to heights of exceptional fame;  perhaps your ambition will make you a great and illustrious name... "

ACT II   -   The Restaurant Grand Gala, Paris.

ACT III   -   The Gardens of the Chateau Sans Souci, Marly.

  • No. 13 - Opening Chorus - "From the sky he falls like a shooting star, whoo-oo, see him come!  It's the Prince who flies in the winning car..."
  • No. 14 - Valse Song - Gaby and Chorus - "Why should I, whom you treat with disdain, love you still, though my love is but pain;  if to love you is torture and woe..."
  • No. 15 - Song - Albert and Chorus - "When I started as a youth, well, I didn't have a face like Apollo has ... and to tell the simple truth I was lacking in the grace..."
  • No. 16 - Finale Act III - "Oh! here comes the Count de Loriflan, his table is the first one over there.  Call all the waiters up, for the Count intends to sup..."

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