THE FREE LANCE (1906) AN OPERETTA IN TWO ACTS
Music by John Philip Sousa
Words by Harry B. Smith
Restored and revised by Tom Petiet
CFL17P-2C THE FREE LANCE - With dialog — $23.00
CFL17P-1C THE FREE LANCE - Music only — $18.0
ACT 1 The Court of the County of Braggadocia
Overture ................................................................................................. Seth King-Gengler
No. 1 Chorus – On Parchment Fair with Gray Goose Quill........................................... Chorus
No. 2 Solo and Chorus – Three Love Stories.............................................................. Yolanda
No. 3a Chorus – Let Us Greet with Joy Pretended ....................................................... Chorus
No. 3b Solo – I Do It All By Proxy .......................................................................... Emperor
No. 4 Solo – Griselda The Goose Girl ..................................................... Griselda and Chorus
No. 5a Solo – I’m the Potentate of a Warlike Realm......................................... Duke and chorus
No. 5b Duet – Friendship’s Sacred Touch ....................................... Emperor, Duke and Chorus
No. 6 Solo – It Depends Upon the Hair ................................................ Siegmund and Chorus
No. 7 Solo – Women All Are Perfect Pearls ............................................................. Florian
No. 8 Duet – A Prince When He’s Born*..................................................... Florian, Yolanda
No. 9 Quartet – Come, My Dear..................................... Siegmund, Griselda, Yolanda, Florian
No. 10 Finale 1 – On To Victory ............................................................................ Ensemble
ACT 2 The Border between the Countries of Braggadocia and Graftiana
No. 11 Ensemble – The Emperor’s War Song ........................................... Emperor and Chorus
No. 12 Duet – The Mystery of History..................................................... Siegmund & Griselda
No. 13a Men of Graftiana – He’s a Spy................................................................ Male Chorus
No. 13b Solo – The Carrier Pigeon............................................................................. Yolanda
No. 14 Concerted Piece – Release the Man .............................................................. Ensemble
No. 15 Melodrama and Refrain ..................................................... Mopsa, Griselda, Siegmund
No. 16 Duet – Youth’s the Time.............................................................. Yolanda and Florian
No. 17 Song of the Free Lance – I Am a Salaried Warrior .......................... Siegmund and Chorus
No. 18 Finale 2 – Drums are Beating ...................................................................... Ensemble
• Lyrics by Thomas Petiet
The Cast
SIEGMUND LUMP, a former brigand, now a goat-herd, baritone.................... DAVID ANDREWS
DUKE OF GRAFTIANA, ruler of a country of warlike carousers, bass.......... CHRIS GRAPENTINE
EMPEROR OF BRAGGADOCIA, ruler of a country of artists, baritone..................... TOM PETIET
PERTINAX. Court Censor of Braggadocia, baritone........................................GEOFFREY KELM
PRINCE FLORIAN, Son of the Duke of Graftiana, tenor........................... CHRISTOPHER WOLF
DAGONET, Minister of the Interior of Graftiana, baritone................................ JAMES WALKER
HERALD, actor................................................................................ROBERT WESTBROOK
PRINCESS YOLANDA, Daughter of the Emperor, soprano..................... SCHYLER SHELTROWN
GRISELDA, A goose girl, soprano.......................................................... AMANDA WILLIAMS
MOPSA, a witch, mezzo..................................................................................... PAT PETIET
LEANDRE, Maid of honor to the Princess.................................................... CLAIRE AGRESTA
JAQUELINE, Maid of honor to the Princess................................. ALICE COLLINS-THOMPSON
DIANE, Maid of honor to the Princess............................................ BARBARA COX-DIAMOND
THE THREE POETS...................... LAWRENCE BRYK, ROBERT DOUGLAS, THOMAS SKYLIS
ARTISTS OF BRAGGADOCIA
Linda Lee Austin, Amy Bulmer, Margaret Counihan, Barbara Cox-Diamond, Heather Hamilton, Marti Larson, Sara Mayman, Jean Rowan, Chris Schwartz, Donna Stempien, Joan Westbrook
KNIGHTS OF GRAFTIANA
Gordon Barnett, Lawrence Bryk, Robert Douglas, Lynne Herche, Paul Holtz, Hans Kemnitz,
Kim Pennington, Lis Sklar, Tom Skylis, Robert Westbrook
MUSIC DIRECTOR.......... David Troiano
PIANIST..............Seth King-Gengler
Recorded live at Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College, April 2, 2017
Recording Engineer: Travis Ross Sound Editing: Concept Studio