His Excellency
A comic opera in 2 acts by W. S. Gilbert. Music by F. Osmond Carr.
Lyric Theatre, London - 27 October, 1894 - 6 April, 1895 (161 perfs)
Broadway Theatre, New York - 14 October, 1895 (88 perfs).
Musical Numbers
ACT I - Market Place of Elsinore.
- Opening Chorus and Ballad - Christina - "Set the merry bunting flying, fire the cannon, ring the bells..."
- Song - Erling - "When I bestow my bosom's store, no room for doubt must I descry..."
- Duet - Nanna & Thora - "Oh, my goodness, here's the nobility..."
- Quartette - Nanna, Thora, Erling & Tortenssen - "If all is as you say..."
- Chorus of Girls - "Here are the warriors all ablaze, sabre and epaulettes, ha ha!..."
- Duet - Dame Hecla & Griffenfeld - "Now what would I do if you proved untrue..."
- Trio - Nanna, Thora & Griffenfeld - "Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes!..."
- Song - Regent - "A King who is pester'd with cares, though no doubt he may often trepan them..."
- Duet - Regent & Griffenfeld, with Christina - "Now if you would atone for your unmannerly intrusion..."
- Duet - Dame Hecla & Mats Munck - "Now all that we've agreed upon, O ..."
- Song - Nanna - "My wedded life must ev'ry pleasure bring..."
- Finale Act I - "Come hither ev'ry one, come hither all..."
ACT II - Courtyard of the Castle.
- Opening Chorus and Scene - "With anger stern and fierce determination..." (almost 15 minutes long)
- Song - Griffenfeld - "Quixotic is his enterprise and hopeless his adventure is..."
- Duet - Harold & Blanca - "There once was a Corporal bold..."
- Quartette - Mats Munck, Dame Hecla, Sentry & Griffenfeld - "One day, the Syndic of this town..."
- Patter Trio - Nanna, Thora & Griffenfeld - "When a gentleman supposes that he comfortably doses..."
- Dancing Quartett - Thora, Nanna, Erling & Tortenssen - "So this is how you'd have us sue you..."
- Chorus - "Ring the bells and bang the brasses, cut the cake and fill the glasses..."
- Finale Act II - "Now all that we've agreed upon..."
Cast
- The Prince Regent (disguised as Nils Egilsson, a Strolling Player)
- George Griffenfeld (Governor of Elsinore)
- Erling Sykke (a young sculptor)
- Dr. Tortenssen (a Young Physician)
- Mats Munck (Syndic of Elsinore)
- Corporal Harold (of the King's Hussars)
- A Sentry
- First Officer
- Second Officer
- Christina (a Ballad Singer)
- Nanna (Griffenfeld's Daughter)
- Thora (Griffenfeld's Daughter)
- Dame Hecla Cortlandt (a Lady of Property)
- Blanca (a Vivandière)
- Elsa (a Peasant Girl)