THE MADCAP DUCHESS
Composer: Victor
Herbert
Lyricists: Justin Huntley McCarthy; David Stevens
Opened: November 11, 1913, Globe Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 71
Aurora Blushing Rosily (Entrance Of Renaud - Romanza):
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Mitch Gilette and Male Chorus
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Babette Of Beaujolais (Madrigal):
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski and Chorus
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Companions, I Have Summoned You:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski, Tom Petiet,
and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Deuce, Young Man:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski and Mitch
Gilette with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Do You Know?:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski and Mitch
Gilette with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entr’acte:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Far Up The Hill:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski, Michael
Parr, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale (Act II):
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Goddess Of Mine (Star Of Love):
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Mitch Gilette with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Intermezzo:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos) (as “Scene Change Music”)
Love And I Are Playing (Entrance Of Seraphina Aria):
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Love Is A Story That’s Old:
1. 78/Victor 35336 (Victor
Light Opera Company conducted by Walter B. Rogers) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. The Madcap Duchess, CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley
Dolanski and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. The Madcap Duchess, CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Ensemble
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Now Is The South-Wind Blowing:
1. The Madcap Duchess, CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski, Mitch Gilette, Tom Petiet, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Hunting (Song) (“Oh, Up! It’s Up!”):
1. 78/Victor 35336 (Victor
Light Opera Company conducted by Walter B. Rogers) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. The Madcap Duchess, CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Craig
Wickham, Diane McEwen-Martin, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
The Sun Is Aslant (Opening Ensemble)
:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Nick Fitzer, Barbara
Scanlon, and Musketeers with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
That Is Art:
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Tom Petiet and Players with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
To Paris (Act I Finale):
1. The Madcap Duchess,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Tom Petiet, Kimberley Dolanski
and Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Tweedle-dee And Tweedle-dum:
1. 78/Victor 35336 (Victor
Light Opera Company conducted by Walter B. Rogers) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. The Madcap Duchess, CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Greg
Wakefield, Nick Fitzer, and Blake Bard with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Winged Love:
1. 78/Victor 35336 (Victor
Light Opera Company conducted by Walter B. Rogers) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. The Madcap Duchess, CD/Comic Opera Guild CMD07P-2C (Diane
McEwen-Martin, Tom Petiet, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Canzonetta (ASCAP/Library
of Congress only)
Love And I Are Playing (different version?) (ASCAP/Library of
Congress only)
Three Favorite Airs (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)