ERMINIE (1885) COMIC OPERA IN THREE ACTS
Music by Frederick Jakobowski
Words by Claxson Bellamy and Harry Paulton
Restored and Edited by Tom Petiet
CER15P-2C ERMINIE - dialog….......….$23
CER15P-1M ERMINIE - music only.…...$18
Concert performance, with dialog or music only. Piano accomp.
ACT 1 The Village of Pontvert before an old-fashioned inn, the ‘Lion d’Or’
Overture ............ Seo Hee Kang at the Piano
No. 1 AROUND IN A WHIRL........ Marie, Javotte, Chorus
No. 2 VIVE LE MARQUIS!......... Chorus
No. 3 Aria, WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG............ Erminie
No. 4 Duet, PAST & FUTURE...........Erminie & Eugène
No. 5 ALL FOR GLORY..........Soldiers’ Chorus,
No. 6 Song, A SOLDIER’S LIFE ..........Marquis, Chorus
No. 7 Duet, DOWNY JAIL-BIRDS OF A FEATHER .........Ravannes & Cadeaux
No. 8 Solo, DREAM SONG ...........Cerise
No. 9 Septet, BLISSFUL PLEASURE Ravannes, Erminie, Marquis, Chevalier, Eugène, Cerise and Cadeaux
No. 10 FINALE............Ensemble
ACT 2 Grand Salon of the Chateau de Pontvert
Entr'Acte............. Seo Hee Kang at the Piano
No. 11 Chorus, Solo, WOMAN’S DRESS...........Women, Marie
No. 12 Song, DARKEST THE HOUR ..........Eugene
No. 13 Chorus,Solo, JOY ATTEND..........Erminie, Chorus
No. 14 Ballad, THE SIGHING SWAIN.........Erminie
No. 15 Song, THE DICKIE BIRDS..........Cadeaux, Chorus
No. 16 VOCAL GAVOTTE ..........Chorus
No. 17 LULLABY ..........Erminie,Chorus
No. 18 Supper Chorus and No. 19 Scene Change Music..........Ensemble
ACT 3 An Oak-Panelled Chamber, Chateau de Pontvert
No 20 Concerted Piece, GOOD-NIGHT............Ensemble
No. 21 FINALE............Ensemble
Cast
ERMINIE DE PONTVERT (soprano).......... Elizabeth Cedroni
CERISE MARCEL, Erminie’s companion (soprano).........Natalie Emptage
JAVOTTE, Erminie’s maid (mezzo-soprano).........Fiona Linn
MARIE, peasant girl (soprano).........Elaina Robbins
PRINCESS DE GRAMPONEUR (actress)..........Patricia Petiet
RAVANNES, a grifter (baritone)........Richard Knapp
CADEAUX, his bumbling accomplice (baritone) .........David Andrews
MARQUIS DE PONTVERT (bass)..........Thomas Petiet
CHEVALIER DE BRABAZON, Marquis’s guest (baritone)........ James Wessel Walker
EUGÈNE MARCEL, the Marquis’s Secretary (tenor)........David Troiano
VICOMTE DE BRISSAC (actor)......... James Cavalcoli
DELAUNAY, captain of the military troop (baritone/tenor)........Randy Gilchrist
MME. DUFOIS, landlord at the Lion d’Or (actress)........Nicole Stevens
SIMON, waiter at the Lion d’Or (actor)..........Robert Douglas
NARRATOR...........George Valenta
SUPPORTING CHORUS
Linda Lee Austin
Claire Agresta*
Erica Arnold
Gordon Barnett
Amy Bulmer*
Margaret Counihan
‘Birdy’ Cox-Diamond
Mary Ann Crandall
Lindsey Hatherly-Petiet
Rebecca Heberlein
Paul Holtz
Elke Kramer Sara Mayman* Lis Sklar
Arielle Sokol
Maika Van Oosterhout* Emily Wachsberger
Rachelle Warren
Bob Westbrook
Joan Westbrook
*Festival girls
MUSIC DIRECTOR.......... Nada Radakovich
PIANIST........... Seo Hee Kang
Recorded live at Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College, March 1 , 2015
Recording Engineer: Brent Bryan Sound Editing: Concept Studio