Madame Pompadour (operetta) Totally Explained

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Madame Pompadour is an operetta in three acts, composed by Leo Fall with a libretto by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch. It opened at the Berliner Theater in Berlin on September 9 1922 and the Carltheater in Vienna on March 2 1923.

English adaptations

An English adaptation, by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham (lyrics), opened at Daly's Theatre in London on December 20 1923 and ran for a very successful 469 performances. It starred Bertram Wallis, Derek Oldham, Huntley Wright and Evelyn Laye.
A second English adaptation, in two acts, with an adaptation by Clare Kummer and lyrics by Schanzer and Welisch, was produced on Broadway in 1924-25, starring Wilda Bennett. Film and other versions were made.

Roles

King Louis XV
René, Comte D'estrades (tenor)
Maurepas, Minister of Police
Poulard, his assistant
Prunier, landlord of the "Nine Muses"
Collin, Pompadour's chamberlain
Austrian Ambassador
Lieut. Corneille, in command of the guard
Boucher, court painter
Tourelle, porcelain manufacturer
Jacques
Joseph Calicot (tenor)
Madeleine, Comtesse D'estrades
Mariette, maid to Madame Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour (soprano)

Musical numbers (English adaptation)

Act I

Introduction & ensemble (Calicot and Chorus)

Quintet - (René and Girls) - "Carnival Time" - (Laridi, laridon! At carnivals the world must have a gay time)

Duet - (Pompadour & Mariette) - "Love me Now" - (I feel so excited, I won't deny)

Duet - (Pompadour and René) - "By the Light of the Moon" - (Grant favour, In that arbour your heart will grow braver)

Duet - (Calicot and Mariette) - "If I were King" - (Though I'd feel a trifle strange)

Finale Act I Act II

Introduction & ensemble

Duet- (Pompadour and René) - "Love's Sentry" - (Sentry 'shun, you're on parade now)

Sextet - (Pompadour, Mariette, Madeleine & Three Maids) - "Tell me what your eyes were made for"

Serenade - (René and Chorus of Soldiers) - "Madame Pompadour"

Duet - (Pompadour & Calicot) - "Joseph!" - (Mine's a mad infatuation)

Reminiscence ... "Madame Pompadour"

Finale Act II Act III

Introduction

Duet - (Calicot & Mariette) - "Two Little Birds" - (Though you're a girl I've gone simply mad about)

Finale Act IIIFurther Information

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