Presented at the Broadway Theatre, New York, on November 16th. 1903.

Cast of Characters

Synopsis of Scenes

MIDI Files

ACT I   -   Garden of Van Tympel's House near Antwerp.

• No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Swing the arm, and toss the sphere swiftly o'er the verdant moss;  little reck' we care or fear, naught we care for gain or loss..."
• No. 2 - Song - Mondragon and Chorus - "Let others waste their time pursuing the fleeting phantoms, wealth and fame.  Such bubbles are not worth the wooing..."
• No. 3 - Duet - Mondragon and Vinetta - "Here is a song to you, fair maid, on the other side of the wall, though I know well you're a fickle jade..."
• No. 4 - Entrance of Babette - "Here's Babette ... Here's Babette, the letter writer, come and set your mind at ease ... Here's Babette;  welcome, Babette..."
• No. 5 - Song - Babette - "In pursuit of my profession many letters strange I write;  sometimes 'tis a love confession,  sometimes challenges to fight..."
• No. 6 - Song - Tympel and Chorus - "Oh, the clockmaker's trade is a right good trade and a thrifty trade as well, for the good old clocks that for you are made..."
• No. 7 - Duet - Marcel and Babette - "My subject is so fair a creature, no artist could her charm portray, nor realize her grace of feature on canvass..."
• No. 8 - Finale Act I - Babette, Marcel, Mondragon and Chorus - "My friends, to arms!   Come, all, to arms, 'tis the Nation calls!   Defend our native land..."

ACT II   -   A Roadside Inn near Brussels.

• No. 9 - Opening Chorus - "Kermess day of all the year is the merriest of all, and so now that Kermess day let us all obey the call..."
• Nos. 10 & 11 - Chorus, Trio and Dance - Baltazar, Vinetta and Van Dyk - "Hey! hey! the coach ... Hey! hey! the coach ... the coach approaches, hurrah! ..."
• No. 12 - Song - Mondragon and Chorus - "What would you buy, merry gentlemen all?  For bargains each man of us strives, I've frippery furbelows, trinkets..."
• No. 13 - Romanza - Marcel - "If I could look into your eyes and see the love-light there, there were no knight in armor bright but might of me beware..."
• No. 14 - Entrance of Babette, Van Tympel and Eva - "To the sound of the pipe and the roll of the drum, the strolling comedians hitherward come..."
• No. 15 - Song - Babette - "Once young Pierrot the gay the free, fell deep in love as deep could be, with Columbine so fair to see, and sighed so sadly: woe is me..."
• No. 16 - Sextette - Marcel, Van Tympel, Eva, Mondragon, Katrina and Theresa - "There once was an owl, an intelligent fowl, so they tell me..."
• No. 17 - Entrance of Guzman and Musketeers - "When troopers ride into a town with chargers urged by the spur, there's never a girl but her head's in a whirl..."
• No. 18 - Finale Act II - "Hail!  Duchess young and fair, of aristocratic air, never may your beauty fail!   Here's hail, Duchess, hail! ..."

ACT III   -   Versailles.

• No. 19 - Opening Chorus - "Stately grace!  Rhythmic tread!  Trip the newest dance of sword and fan.  Proudly posed!  Haughty head ..."
• No. 20 - Entrance of Principals as Spanish Envoys - "We've come from the land of sunny, sunny Spain ... and a hearing by royalty we wish to gain..."
• No. 21 - Madrigal - "My lady of the manor may be fair, may be fair.  Hey nonny O, none shall say her nay.  But Dolly of the milking pail may have as golden hair..."
• No. 22 - Butterfly Waltz Song - Babette - "Ah...  Where the fairest flow'rs are blooming in the summer air 'neath the azure sky, I would dwell 'mid their perfuming..."
• No. 23 - Finale Act III - "Say farewell to all;  one and all must happy be.  I invite you to my wedding;  none shall be as gay as we..."

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