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
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