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"The Wedding Day" (1897)

Music by Julian Edwards (1855 - 1910)
Book by Stanislaus Stange

ACT I   -   Interior of Polycop's Baker Shop.

  • No. 1 - Introduction and Opening Scene - "Planchette!  Planchette!  Oh, where is that baker's man?  Planchette!  Planchette!  Come hurry if you can! ..."
  • No. 2 - Song - Raoul - "The lovers who sigh, for married life cry, merit the sorrow they woo.  To love and to wed are things that I dread, I try to avoid them, I do..."
  • No. 3 - Ensemble - "Here comes Polycop!" (etc.)  "Here comes Polycop!  Stand aside.  Long life, Polycop!" (etc.)  "Welcome, Polycop, where is your bride? ..."
  • No. 4 - Chorus, and Song - Rose Marie - "To Polly and his wife, hola!  Here's to their wedded life..."  &  "I am a simple Norman maid, my cheeks are rosy red..."
  • No. 5 - Duet - Raoul and Lucille - "It seems to me that we have met, yes, sometime long ago.  But when and where I now forget, your face I surely know. ..."
  • No. 6 - Ensemble, and Song - Lucille - "Monsieur, all is well!  Thanks to you.  From Captain Rappell, this billet-doux.  I told him you were waiting here for me..."
  • No. 7 - Ensemble, and Song - Polycop - "Though the years have made him mellow..."  &  "Far down in the depths of the Southern sea, there lived a mermaid fair..."
  • No. 8 - Finale Act I - "At last I find you in! ... And I have found you out! ... Your trouble will begin this day without a doubt ... You have betray'd your trust..."

ACT II   -   Salon of Madame de Montbazon's House.

ACT III   -   Frondist Outpost.

  • No. 19 - Chorus - "Gaily marches the soldier to the sound of drum and fife!  Merrily sings the soldier of the joys of martial life, when banners wave defiance brave..."
  • No. 20 - Song - Lucille - "One dreamy mid-summer's night, when the moon shone clear and bright, way up in a tree sat a little Tom-tit, there singing his solo..."
  • No. 21 - Chorus - Vivandiers - "The vivandiere has a grateful task to jolly the boys and fill the flask;  we carry the drinks that always please, the essence of grape..."
  • No. 22 - Song - Rose Marie - "There once liv'd a wise maid of France, and she led all the boys such a dance;  she was pretty and witty and wise..."
  • No. 23 - Song - Polycop - "I've dreamt many dreams, some good and some bad, but the worst of all dreams that I ever had was the dream of a land where winter..."
  • No. 24 - Finale Act III - "The General has relented ... I'm glad he has consented ... I'll take no substitute ... That fact I'll not dispute ... To matrimonial dangers..."

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