[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 March 2016
Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this operetta, first performed in Vienna in 1905 and here given by a cast lead by Joan Sutherland and also featuring John Brecknock, Valerie Masterson and Werner Krenn.
Overture
March from No.1: Introduction..No.2 Duet
Anna's Entrance: Gentlemen, no more
Solo: I'm off to Chez Maxime...My very heavy Fatherland
Duet: Proceed. One girl has almond eyes
Finale I: Ladies' choice!
Vilia Song from No.7: Let's all now waken memories
Duet: Such a silly soldier boy...Heija!
Romanza from No.11: Love in my heart was dying
No.12 (excerpt) - Finale II: This match should last
The Cake Walk
Njegus's aria: I was born by cruel fate
Cancan: We're the famous Maxime playgirls
Duet: Love unspoken, love unbroken