La Pericole

Musical Numbers:

Act I

Overture
Chorus of Merrymakers - "Lift up your voices"
Song of the Three Cousins - "We are three cousins"
Reprise - "Ah, to take a drop or two"
Chorus - "It's he! It's he! Our Viceroy!"
Song of the Incognito - Don Andres: "Without a word to anybody"
Entrance of La Perichole and Paquillo
The Soldier and the Indian Maid (Duet) - La Perichole and Paquillo: "The soldier wooed the maiden"
Circus Scene
The Muleteer and the Peasant Maid (Duet) - La Perichole and Paquillo: "He was a muleteer"
The Letter Song - La Perichole: "Oh my dearest, from my heart I swear it"
Reprise
Finale
The "Tipsy" Waltz - La Perichole: "I've dined so well"
Wedding Duet - Paquillo and La Perichole: "I have to tell you, pretty lady"
Finale

Act II

Entr'acte
Court Ladies' Chorus - "Dear Marquis, get up we pray"
Ninetta: "Her face, her carriage, her demeanour."
Chorus of the Courtiers - "Oh how noble, how handsome"
Trio - Paquillo, the Count and Don Pedro: "This truth is great and we should share it"
Finale
La Perichole: "My Lords and Ladies, I salute you"
Court Ballet

i) Entrance of the Corps de Ballet
ii) Valse
iii) Variations of the Prima Ballerina
iv) Can-Can
v) Exit

Battle Song
Don Andres: "Ah, when the trumpets call to battle"
The Count: "Will you remember all the things to say?"
La Perichole: "What does it mean, this show of passion?"
Paquillo: "And now, O ruler of our nation"
Don Andres: "Take him away! Take him away"
Don Andres: "Take him away where be can rant"

Act III

Scene One
Melodrama
Bolero (Trio) - The Count, Paquillo, and Don Pedro: "We husbands bowed our heads in silence!"
Paquillo's Song - "Were I a rogue"
Melodrama
Love Duet - La Perichole and Paquillo: "In these unholy caverns"
The Jolly Jailer (Trio) - Don Andres, La Perichole and Paquillo: "A jolly jailer!"
Entrance of the Guards
Melodrama
Finale of Scene One
Entr'acte into Scene Two
Soldiers' Chorus
Reprise
Good Appetite
Chorus: "Once again the sacred hour approaches"
Melodrama
Duet La Perichole and Paquillo: "Of all the good and all the treasure"
Finale

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