Broadway Does Operetta!  

The music of
Rudolf Friml, Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern
and Sigmund Romberg

Christina Chenes,
soprano
Hannah Ludwig
(debut), mezzo-soprano
Matthew White (debut), tenor
Garrett Obrycki,
baritone

José Meléndez music director and piano

By Strauss (The Show is On, 1936) / Ms. Chenes
George Gershwin

You Will Remember Vienna (Viennese Nights, 1930) / Ms. Ludwig
Sigmund Romberg

A Touch of Victor Herbert

Thine Alone
(Eileen, 1917) / Mr. White
Slumber on, my Little Gypsy Sweetheart (The Fortune Teller, 1898) / Mr. Obrycki
Romany Life (The Fortune Teller) / Ms. Chenes
‘Neath the Southern Moon (Naughty Marietta, 1910) / Ms. Ludwig

Only a Rose (The Vagabond King, 1925)
Ms. Chenes, Mr. White

Rudolf Friml

Long ago, and far away (Cover Girl, 1944) / Ms. Ludwig
Jerome Kern

From the New Moon ( 1927)
Sigmund Romberg
Stout-hearted men / Mr. Obrycki
Softly, as in a morning sunrise / Mr. White
Lover, come back to me / Ms. Ludwig

Art is calling to me (The Enchantress, 1911) / Ms. Chenes
Victor Herbert

My Paradise (Katinka, 1915) / Mr. White
Rudolf Friml

Intermission

Music of Jerome Kern
Smoke gets in your eyes
(Roberta, 1933) / Ms. Ludwig
Look for the Silver lining (Sally, 1920) / Mr. Obrycki
Yesterdays (Roberta, 1933) / Mr. Obrycki
The last time I saw Paris (Lady be Good, 1941) / Mr. Pantano
All the things you are (Very Warm For May, 1939) / Mr. Obrycki
Bill (Showboat, 1927) / Ms. Ludwig
A Fine Romance (Swing Time, 1936) / Ms. Ludwig & Mr. Obrycki

Music of Rudolf Friml

Rose-Marie (Rose-Marie, 1924) / Mr. Obrycki
I love you, dear (Glorianna, 1918) / Mr. White
Song of the Vagabond (The Vagabond King, 1925) / Mr. Obrycki

Mother
(Her Soldier Boy, 1917) / Mr. White
Sigmund Romberg

The Butterfly Waltz (Babette, 1903) / Ms. Chenes Victor Herbert

When I grow too old to dream (The Night is Young, 1935) / Cast
Sigmund Romberg

WHEN I GROWN TOO OLD TO DREAM,
I’LL HAVE YOU TO REMEMBER.
WHEN I GROW TO OLD TO DREAM,
YOUR KISS WILL LIVE IN MY HEART

SO KISS ME MY SWEET,
AND SO LET US PART
AND WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
THAT KISS WILL LIVE IN MY HEART