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The Viceroy is a comic opera in three acts with book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Victor Herbert. It was produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, on 30 April 1900.
Dramatis Personæ
| THE VICEROY OF SICILY | Henry Clay Barnabee | ||
| CORLEONE, Captain of Militia | William H. Macdonald | ||
| BASTROCO, Sergeant of Militia | George B. Frothingham | ||
| BARABINO, Minister of Police | W. H. Fitzgerald | ||
| LUIGI, a fisherman | Frederick Knights | ||
| RUFFINO, a jailor | John Dunsmure | ||
| TIVOLINI, a pirate chieftain | Helen Bertram | ||
| FIORETTA, the Viceroy's daughter | Marcia Van Dresser | ||
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| ORTENSIA, wife of Bastroco | Josephine Bartlett | ||
| STILETTO VERMICELLI SPAGHETTI MACARONI |
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Tivolini's men | { { { { |
Harry Dale Adam Warmuth David White James E. Miller |
| WAITRESS | Edith Hendee |
| 1st. CITIZEN | Arthur Ernest |
| 2nd. CITIZEN | Henry Miller |
ACT I - The Lido, the public promenade on the sea wall, Palermo.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "We come to the lively market square, for citizens always gather there..."
- No. 2 - Song - Corleone and Chorus - "From his lair in the mountains at night... when the moon's behind a cloud..."
- No. 3 - Serenade - Tivolini and Chorus - "In thy garden fair, with blossoms blooming, roses fill the air with their perfuming..."
- No. 4 - Song - Viceroy and Chorus - "I have a reputation great, as leader of the fashion, to be in all things up to date..."
- No. 5 - Song - Luigi - "I know love's reign is not for long, perchance an hour..."
- No. 6 - Quartet - Viceroy, Beatrice, Ortensia & Fioretta - "Though Roman firmness dwelleth on that brow..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "What's that? The guard. What's that? 'Tis the guard. Salute the guard..."
ACT II - A Public Square in Palermo.
- No. 8 - Opening Chorus - "Thy subjects are we, King Carnival, King Carnival, a health then to thee..."
- No. 9 - Song - Beatrice - "A Robin loved the reddest rose that grew..."
- No. 10 - Song - Corleone and Chorus - "One day I may swear by the eyes of black, the next by the eyes of blue..."
- No. 11 - Quartet - Viceroy, Corleone, Bastroco & Barabino - "A sailor's life is a jolly, jolly life, and a merry, merry lad is he..."
- No. 12 - Song - Tivolini and Chorus - "'Neath the blue Neapolitan skies, the tambourines are ringing..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Viceroy and Fioretta - "It is said that woman's age is here ... May be so. I don't know..."
- No. 14 - Duet - Fioretta and Jailer - "I've often dreamed of such a handsome face, thou paragon of grace..."
- No. 15 - Song - Fioretta and Chorus - "If I am Queen, as you say I am, some novel laws I'll make..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "I'm a leader of Society, Society, Society, the pink of all propriety, a human fashion plate..."
ACT III - The Pirate's Cave.
- No. 17 - Entr'acte and Opening Solo - A Smuggler and Chorus - "In the smuggler's cave by the ocean wave..."
- No. 18 - Song - Corleone and Chorus - "From very early childhood days I've longed to go to jail..."
- No. 19 - Quintette - Fioretta, Ortensia, Luigi, Barabino and Corleone - "One fellow's joy is another fellow's woe..."
- No. 20 - Duet - Tivolini and Fioretta - "I met a sad and stately Nun, a pious soul that could not err..."
- No. 21 - Sextette - Beatrice, Fioretta, Ortensia, Luigi, Corleone & Barabino - "Know ye the sound that is sweetest to hear?"
- No. 22 - Finale Act III - "She's got you at last, Tivolini; You'll be married fast, Tivolini..."
MIDI Files
- External Link
- Vocal Score at IMSLP
Page modified 24 May 2017