The Charlatan (1898) AN OPERETTA IN THREE ACTS
Music by John Phillip Sousa
Book and Lyrics by Charles Klein
Edited and revised by Tom Petiet
CTC09P-2C THE CHARLATAN- dialog…….......$23
CTC09P-1M THE CHARLATAN- music only.....$18
Act 1 Town Square, Bokhara, Russia
1. a) “Mountebanks, come waken”............ Ensemble
b) “Good morning”.............. Jelikoff and ensemble
c) “She was a maid of sweet simplicitee”........... Boris and ensemble
d) “The philosophic tale is told”...........Boris and ensemble
2. a) “As the agent”............ Katrinka and ensemble
b) “Pluto’s Partner” ...........Demidoff and ensemble
3. Quartette: “Social Laws”........ Anna, Katrinka, Demidoff and Jelikoff
4. “Venus,Goddess of Love” ......... Anna, Boris, Katrinka, Demidoff and ensemble
5. “When the wintry moon is bright”...........Anna and ensemble
6. FINALE I.“Love’s the pleasure” ...........Entire Company
Act II The Great Hall, Home of Deputy Governor Gogol
7. a) Entr’ acte.......... The Pianos
b) “I am the seventh son of a seventh son”............Demidoff and ensemble
c) “Before the twilight shadows change”.............. Anna, Boris and ensemble
9. Duet: “The Matrimonial Guards” ........... Katrinka and Demidoff
10. a) “Day of Joy” ......... Ensemble
b) ”The lilies of your love may die” ...........Anna and ensem
c) “Friends, dear friends”.......... Ensemble
d) “It is a well established fact”........ Demidoff, Grand Duke and ensemble
11. FINALE II. “After due consideration” .......... Entire Cast
Act III Courtyard, Palace of the Grand Duke
12. Entr’ acte and Mazurka............. The Pianos
13. Meditation: “Oh, sunlit sea!”............... Anna
13 bis. “I am the seventh son of a seventh son!”......... Demidoff and ensemble
14. “The legend of the frogs .......... Demidoff and ensemble
15. FINALE III......... Entire Company
Cast
ANNA— daughter of Demidoff, passed off as a princess........... Karin White
KATRINKA— promoter of Demidoff..........Heidi Madagame
SOPHIA— daughter of Gogol..........Elizabeth Mitchell
GRAND DUCHESS— heir of Princess Stephanie........... Patricia Petiet
DEMIDOFF— a magician/con man...........Edward Pember
PRINCE BORIS— who must marry a princess..........David Troiano
GOGOL— his uncle, in line for the throne.........Samuel Roelofs
JELIKOFF— a not-so-eminent actor........ Stephen Kitts
CAPTAIN PESHOFSKI— a love-starved soldier.........Lynn Herche
GRAND DUKE— a tough stuffed shirt...........Thomas Petiet
KOREFF— an Actor.........Thomas Skylis
NARRATED by George Valenta
CHORUS
Sarah Flammer, Sonja Srinivasan, Cynthian Brundage, Claire DiVisio, Sarah Faix,
Tanya Roberts, Jim Cavalcoli, Gary Lindell, Ko Kaiden
DANA SADAVA, Music Director
At the Two Pianos
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson