The show featured a special entr'acte performance by
MADDY CURTIS
Winner of a trip to Hollywood in a national singing contest this year, the then 16-year old Maddy had last appeared with Loudoun Lyric Opera as "Cousin Hebe" in the fall 2009 production of HMS Pinafore.
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The Music of "Romance"
Quando men vo (from La Boheme / G. Puccini)
How’d You Like to Spoon With Me? (J. Kern)
Habanera (from Carmen / G. Bizet)
I’m Falling In Love With Someone (from Naughty Marietta / V. Herbert)
La Ci Darem (from Don Giovanni / W.A. Mozart)
For Me and My Gal (from For Me and My Gal, G. W. Meyer)
The Jewel Song (from Faust / C. Gounod)
Ain’t We Got Fun (R.A. Whiting)
A Magnet Hung in a Hardware Shop (from Patience / A. Sullivan)
Quanto e Bella (from L’Elisir d’Amore / G. Donizetti
Where Has My Hubby Gone Blues (V. Youmans)
Dove Sono (from Le Nozze di Figaro / W.A. Mozart)
You Made Me Love You (J.V. Monaco)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (from Naughty Marietta / V. Herbert)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (L. Friedman) |
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Opera Expert Nelson Eddington and Broadway Expert Jeanette McAvoy share marriage and a love of music but not much else at the moment. It's the summer of 1966, and the couple are set to present an evening of romantic songs as a tribute to the soon-to-open Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. But, try as they may to rehearse the presentation with the performers, it's clear Jeanette and Nelson aren't going to be able to stay on topic. Or are they?
From Vaudeville to Operetta, Broadway music to "serious" Opera songs, the music leads you down Lovers' Lane, and the plight of the married music experts and their hapless Producer will have you laughing all the way. The Loudoun Lyric Opera 2010 production of Romance from Broadway to Lincoln Center was sponsored in part by a gift from The Friends of Franklin Park Arts Center given in memory of Christopher Maré.
The Cast of Romance (by order of appearance)
Cuong Van Hung - Music Director
Nancy Purcell - Jackie
Penny Hauffe - Jeanette McAvoy
Phil Erickson - Nelson Eddington
Melody Prochazka - Susie
Jennifer Weingartner - Doris
Anthony Vargas - Frank
Kim Shahbazian - Mary
Felice Fava - Ernie
Sean Pflueger - Richard
Entr'acte Performer - Maddy Curtis
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