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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.

1. Opening Chorus and Ballad - Christina - "Set the merry bunting flying, fire the cannon, ring the bells..."
2. Song - Erling - "When I bestow my bosom's store, no room for doubt must I descry..."
3. Duet - Nanna & Thora - "Oh, my goodness, here's the nobility..."
4. Quartette - Nanna, Thora, Erling & Tortenssen - "If all is as you say..."
5. Chorus of Girls - "Here are the warriors all ablaze, sabre and epaulettes, ha ha!..."
6. Duet - Dame Hecla & Griffenfeld - "Now what would I do if you proved untrue..."
7. Trio - Nanna, Thora & Griffenfeld - "Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes!..."
8. Song - Regent - "A King who is pester'd with cares, though no doubt he may often trepan them..."
9. Duet - Regent & Griffenfeld, with Christina - "Now if you would atone for your unmannerly intrusion..."
10. Duet - Dame Hecla & Mats Munck - "Now all that we've agreed upon, O ..."
11. Song - Nanna - "My wedded life must ev'ry pleasure bring..."
12. Finale Act I - "Come hither ev'ry one, come hither all..."

ACT II - Courtyard of the Castle.

13. Opening Chorus and Scene - "With anger stern and fierce determination..." (almost 15 minutes long)
14. Song - Griffenfeld - "Quixotic is his enterprise and hopeless his adventure is..."
15. Duet - Harold & Blanca - "There once was a Corporal bold..."
16. Quartette - Mats Munck, Dame Hecla, Sentry & Griffenfeld - "One day, the Syndic of this town..."
17. Patter Trio - Nanna, Thora & Griffenfeld - "When a gentleman supposes that he comfortably doses..."
18. Dancing Quartett - Thora, Nanna, Erling & Tortenssen - "So this is how you'd have us sue you..."
19. Chorus - "Ring the bells and bang the brasses, cut the cake and fill the glasses..."
20. 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)