MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Coward: Bitter Sweet (complete operetta)
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NOEL COWARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Coward: Bitter Sweet (complete operetta)
Valerie Masterson, Martin Smith & Donald Maxwell / Sadler's Wells opera, Michael Reed
[ Jay Productions / 2 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 16 August 1999
Bitter Sweet is an operetta in three acts, with book, music and lyrics by Noël Coward. The story, set in 19th-century and early 20th-century England and Austria-Hungary, centres on a young woman's elopement with her music teacher. The songs from the score include "The Call of Life", "If You Could Only Come with Me", "I'll See You Again", "Dear Little Café", "If Love Were All", "Ladies of the Town", "Tokay", "Zigeuner" and "Green Carnation".
The show had a long run in the West End from 1929 to 1931, and a more modest one on Broadway in 1929-1930. The work has twice been adapted for the cinema, and the complete score has been recorded for CD.
This recent recording features Valerie Masterson as The Marchioness, Martin Smith as Carl Linden, Rosemary Ashe as Manon, and, Donald Maxwell as Captain August Lutt.
Tracks:
Act I
That Wonderful Melody - Singer and Dancing Chorus
The Call of Life - The Marchioness of Shayne and Chorus
If You Could Only Come with Me - Carl Linden
I'll See You Again - Sarah Millick and Carl
Polka
Tell Me What is Love? - Sarah and Chorus
The Last Dance - The Marquis of Steere, Lord Edgar James, Lord Sorrel, Mr. Vale, Mr. Bethel, Mr. Proutie, Victoria, Harriet, Gloria, Honor, Jane and Effie
Finale
Act II
Life in the Morning - Waiters and Cleaners
Ladies of the Town - Lotte, Freda, Hansi and Gussie
If Love Were All - Manon
Evermore and a Day - Sari Linden
Dear Little Café - Sari and Carl
Bitter Sweet Waltz
We Wish to Order Wine -
Tokay - Carl, Officers and Chorus
Bonne Nuit, Merci - Manon
Kiss me - Manon and Chorus
Act III
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (by Henry J. Sayers) - Wealthy and noble couples of London
Alas! The Time is Past - The Duchess of Tenterton, Lady James, Mrs. Proutie, Lady Sorrel, Mrs. Vale and Mrs. Bethel
We All Wear a Green Carnation - Bertram Sellick, Lord Henry Jade, Vernon Craft and Cedrick Ballantyne
Zigeuner - Sari
I'll See You Again (reprise) - Sari
