Ball at the Savoy (Ball im Savoy) (1932) (in English) (Arr. A. Barrese, M. Grimminger and H. Hagedom)
Anthony Barrese, Chicago Folks Operetta, Unknown ensemble, Alison Kelly (Soprano), Gerald Frantzen (Tenor), Ryan Trent Oldham (Baritone), Cynthia Fortune Gruel (Soprano), Rose Guccione (Soprano), Bridget Skaggs (Mezzo-soprano), Matt Dyson (Baritone), Kingsley Day (Tenor), Kurt Bender (Tenor), Ronald Watkins (Baritone), Felicia Filip Burkovskiy (Soprano), Katelyn Lee (Soprano), Shawn Morgenlander (Mezzo-soprano), Gillian Hollis (Soprano), Gretchen Adams (Mezzo-soprano), Roxann Ferguson (Soprano), Erich Buchholz (Tenor), John Wesley Hughes (Baritone), Ernie Cottrell (Baritone)
2014, Oak Park, Percy Julian Auditoirum
- 02:391. Prelude – Waltz – Ball at the Savoy
- 05:152. Introduction 'My dear Venezia bella Venezia!' – 'Will you be true?' (Chorus, Madeleine, Aristide)
Act I
- 00:461. 'Where are they?' (Lily, Paulette, Hermence, René, Ernst)
- 02:412. Sevilla 'A toast to madame, a toast to Marquis!' (Chorus, Madeleine, Aristide)
- 02:053. 'What a pleasure it is to see you all again' (Aristide, Madeleine, René, Hermence, Paulette, Lily, Ernst, Archibald)
- 03:294. 'There’s only one lady for me' – Duet 'Without your love, where would I be?' (Aristide, Madeleine)
- 00:085. 'What a lovely garden' (Lily, Paulette)
- 00:286. 'Who needs gin when I’m here!' (Mustafa, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé)
- 02:127. 'My father, on the other hand' – At home along the Bosporus 'Halla, halla, hai!' (Mustafa, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé)
- 01:578. 'Aristide! How was the honeymoon?' (Mustafa, Aristide)
- 00:069. 'Hey, do you know who just pulled up outside?' (Ernst)
- 03:5510. 'Hi everybody! I’m here!' – Kangaroo 'Nobody wants to do the foxtrot today' (Daisy, René, Ernst, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé, Archibald)
- 00:5711. 'Daisy! When did you get here?' (Aristide, Daisy, Mustafa, Madeleine)
- 01:4212. 'Did you really cross the ocean just to see me?' (Madeleine, Daisy)
- 03:3013. 'What’s it like to be newlyweds? – The Wedding Night – Duet 'The very first thing I recall' (Daisy, Madeleine)
- 02:0914. 'Mustafa, there’s no time to waste' (Aristide, Mustafa, Archibald)
- 04:3215. 'Aristide, I’m so excited to have you all to myself tonight' (Madeleine, Aristide, Mustafa, Daisy, Archibald)
- 01:1216. 'I can’t believe he’s leaving me on our first night at home' (Madeleine, Daisy)
- 03:2617. 'An eye for an eye, a kiss for a kiss!' – (A Woman is Faithful, but Why?) 'A man doesn’t have to be faithful' (Madeleine)
- 01:5318. 'Ah, Miss Daisy, en grande toilette!' (Mustafa, Daisy)
- 03:2019. Duet (Mr Brown and Lady Claire) 'Every night at the bar' (Daisy, Mustafa)
- 06:3020. Finale 'I’ll have a ball at the Savoy!' (Aristide, Archibald, Ernst, Mustafa, Radio Announcer, Bébé, Monsieur Albert, Madeleine, Lily, Paulette, Hermence)
Act II
- 01:081. Entrance Music
- 02:102. 'Gentlemen, you won’t believe who’s here!' – Entrance of Tangolita 'Tangolita!' (Maurice, René, Radio Announcer, Bartender, Archibald, Tangolita)
- 02:273. Bella Tangolita 'The fellas call me Bella Tangolita' (Tangolita, Archibald, René, Bartender, Maurice, Radio Announcer)
- 01:174. 'To see all six of you here together' (Mustafa, Pomerol, Trude, Ilonka, Mizzi, Bessie, Lucia, Giulette)
- 03:015. 'We Turks are all ‘polygamied’ out' – Turkish Kissing 'Constantinople isn’t a place' (Mustafa, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé)
- 02:356. 'Come out of retirement, Marquis?' (Pomerol, Aristide, Mustafa, Maurice, Radio Announcer, Bartender, Madeleine)
- 05:497. 'How could a man betray a woman of such beauty and charm?' – Toujours L’amour 'I was in love' (Aristide, Madeleine)
- 02:028. 'How did it go?' (Mustafa, Aristide, Maurice, Célestin)
- 01:559. 'Where have you been, Mr Mustafa?' (Daisy, Mustafa)
- 03:1210. Duet (Out on the Town) 'I’ve studied it every which way' (Mustafa, Daisy, Ilonka, Trude, Giulette, Bessie, Mizzi)
- 01:4411. 'Oh, you’ve got it all wrong, Aristide' (Tangolita, Aristide, Pomerol)
- 00:1012. 'Room eight? With her?' (Madeleine)
- 05:3313. I Kiss As Well As Any Tangolita 'It’s in my blood' (Madeleine)
- 02:0014. 'There’s no time to lose' (Madeleine, Célestin, Pomerol)
- 01:0815. Reminiscence 'Toujours L’amour' (Madeleine)
- 05:2316. Séparée Scene 'How charming!' (Madeleine, Célestin, Pomerol, Aristide, Tangolita)
- 04:2217. 'Ladies dressed at the height of fashion' (Chorus, Mustafa, Radio Announcer, Crowd, Daisy)
- 02:2818. Niagara Fox 'Here’s the latest new craze' (Daisy, Ilonka, Trude, Giulette, Bessie, Mizzi, Maurice, René, Pomerol, Radio Announcer, Archibald, Bébé, Bartender)
- 01:4619. 'Bravo, Pasodoblé!' (Mustafa, Daisy, Chorus)
- 04:0520. 'What do I like about you?' – (Why Am I in Love with You?) 'When women look at you my dear' (Daisy, Mustafa, Chorus)
- 05:1721. Madeleine’s Confession 'La, la, la … I am a more alluring Señorita' (Madeleine, Aristide, Tangolita)
- 04:1722. Finale 'He swore that he’d be faithful' (Madeleine)
Act III
- 02:241. Entrance Music
- 01:222. Melodrama 'Unbelievable! The wife of the Marquis de Faublas would never do a thing like that' (Archibald, Bébé)
- 01:433. 'Bébé, where’s my wife?' (Aristide, Bébé, Archibald, Mustafa)
- 04:164. Reminiscence 'I’ll have a ball at the Savoy' (Madeleine, Bébé, Aristide, Archibald)
- 01:565. Take a Trip with Me to Alma-ata 'One thing I know now' (Madeleine, Mustafa)
- 01:256. 'What’s all the fuss about?' (Daisy, Archibald, Mustafa)
- 00:337. 'Why am I in love with you?' (Reprise) (Mustafa, Daisy)
- 00:328. 'Is everything packed?' (Madeleine, Bébé, Daisy)
- 00:339. 'Madame, the attorney has arrived' (Archibald, Madeleine, Célestin, Daisy)
- 01:1610. 'So, you’re Maitre Levy’s representative?' (Aristide, Célestin, Madeleine, Daisy, Mustafa)
- 03:0611. 'Thank you' (Célestin, Mustafa, Aristide, Daisy)
- 01:1112. 'What a fine young man' (Mustafa, Daisy, Aristide, Madeleine, Archibald)
- 00:5213. Postlude 'Oh, why am in in love with you' (Daisy, Madeleine, Mustafa, Aristide, Chorus)
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