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"The Sleeping Queen" (1865)

Written by Henry Farnie
Composed by Michael W. Balfe (1808 - 1870)

  • Overture
  • No. 1 - Aria - Regent - "I'm the Regent, I'm the King!  People know it - how they cringe, how they kiss my mantle fringe.  Power!  'tis a glorious thing..."
  • No. 2 - Duet - Agnes and Regent - "I crave a boon which is in sooth your favor for a humble youth I know ... Before you have begun, rest satisfied - it will be done!"
  • No. 3 - Trio - Queen, Agnes and Philippe - "She is heartless! ... No, no! ... No, no! ... She's ungrateful! ... No, no! ... No, no! ... My very life is getting hateful ..."
  • No. 4 - Ballad - Agnes - "'Twas not her face, tho' it was fair;  'twas not her form, tho' it was slender;  'twas not the jewels she might wear, that drew all hearts..."
  • No. 5 - Duet - Queen and Regent - "Proceed, my lord; the Queen will now confer in council with her sagest minister.  Your majesty, the scheme I would advance..."
  • No. 6 - Song - Philippe - "She sleeps! though not a star tells of the waning day.  Upon her fair young face the happy sunbeams play.  Dream lady thou art loved..."
  • No. 7 - Trio - Queen, Agnes and Regent - "Most awful sight for Regent's eyes, this very night the traitor dies, he dies ... I see, I must, I must affect surprise..."
  • No. 8 - Bolero - Queen - "On bended knee men sue to me, homage they offer of wealth and fame.  In festal scene I move a Queen, and ever the music repeats..."
  • No. 9 - Quartett - Philippe, Queen, Agnes and Regent - "Fondly I dream'd my Queen, my love, in the days that are gone by, of maidens' love and soldiers' fame..."

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