OUI, MADAME (1920)
Music by Victor Herbert Lyrics by Robert B. Smith Add'l lyrics by Irving Caesar
CD 1 Acts 1 & 2
Trk. 1 Overture ....................................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 2 If I Saw Much of You.................................................................... Jerry, Boys and Girls
Trk. 3 If That’s Not Love, What Do You Call it? ...... Dick and Polly, Girls (Dora, Laura, and Rhoda)
Trk. 4 Oui,Madame ................................................................................................... Pansy
Trk. 5 Play Me Something I Can Dance To........................................................... Polly & Girls
Trk. 6 When You and I Were Tadpoles..................................................... Pansy, Dave and Jerry
Trk. 7 A Girl Who Can Love............................................................................ Dick and Girls
Trk. 8 When You Know Me Better — Song....................... Rhoda and Dave, Boys and Girls Chorus
Trk. 9 When You Know Me Better — Dance ............................... Rhoda and Dave, Boys and Girls
Trk. 10 Ev’ry Hour Away From You .................................................................... Jerry and Dot
Trk. 11 Finale, Act I............................................................................................... Ensemble
Trk. 12 Entr'acte....................................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 13 The Girl That Keeps You Guessing................................................ Jerry or Dick and Men
Trk. 14 Where Were You?................................................................................ Dick and Girls
Trk. 15 The Wooing of the Violin ...................................................................... Polly and Dick
Trk. 16 Over the Garden Wall ............................................................................ Jerry and Dot
Trk. 17 Such a Happy Family ............................ Dick, Polly, Steve (as Col. Hutt) and Mrs. Sheldon
Trk. 18 He Wanted to Go and He Went .............................................................. Polly and Girls
Trk. 19 Cabaret Scene, Part 1 ...................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 20 Cabaret Scene, Part 2 ...................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 21 Cabaret Scene, Part 3 ...................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 22 Cabaret Scene, Part 4 ...................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 23 Cabaret Scene, Part 5 ...................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 24 Cabaret Scene, Part 6 ...................................................................................... Pianos
Trk. 25 Ballet “The Fawn" or “The First Love Story” ..................................................... Pianos
Trk. 26 Finale, Act 2.............................................................................................. Ensemble
CD2 Bonus Disc of cut songs
EXTRA 1 Original "Play Me Something I Can Dance To"............................................. Polly & Girls
EXTRA 2 There's Always Room for One More............................................................ Dick & Girls
EXTRA 3 When I Find My Romeo.......................................................................... Mrs. Sheldon
EXTRA 4 I'm Not Superstitious......................................................................................... Steve EXTRA 5 King of Indoor Sports....................................................................................... Steve
EXTRA 6 Original Refrain, When You and I Were Tadpoles............................. Pansy, Dave and Jerry
EXTRA 7 Strange Things Can Happen...................................................................... Dave, Rhoda
EXTRA 8 Burlesque Opera Duet.............................................................................. Rhoda/Jerry
EXTRA 9 Original, My Day Has Come.................................................................................. Dot
EXTRA 10 Replacement, My Day Has Come........................................................................... Dot
EXTRA 11 Over the Garden Wall (replacement)......................................................... Jerry and Dot
EXTRA 12 The Kid is Clever.............................................................................................. Pan
The Cast
Dot Dick’s sister soprano Paige Heidrich
Mrs. Sheldon Dick’s mother mezzo-soprano Cynthia Butcher
Polly Dick's new wife soprano Julia Scannell
Pansy Dick/Polly’s cook mezzo soprano Giles Simmer
Rhoda Friend of Dave soprano Angela Hench
Dick The future great playwright tenor Napoleon Stone
Jerry Dick’s neighbor tenor Jeff Wilkinson
Dave College chum of Jerry baritone Jeff Bartlett
Steve Janitor; Colonel Hutt baritone Kevin Naeve
Dora The future great prima donna soprano Leslie Naeve
Laura The future great pianist mezzo-soprano Jenny Ribeiro
Chorus supplied by the above and Fred Estabrook, David Moan, Thomas Petiet, Jeffrey Straley
Music Director and Score Restorer........Adam Aceto
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson at the Two Pianos
Recording Engineer..... Catherine Lee Assistant ..... Aaron Plegue
Audio editing/mastering: Jen Shangraw Jacket graphics: Concept Studio
Recorded at Fairchild Theatre, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI July 29, 30, 2022