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OUI, MADAME CD cvr

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