Gilbert & Sullivan - The Grand Duke

The Grand Duke was the last of the Savoy operas by Gilbert and Sullivan. The plot hinges on the mis-interpretation of a 100 year-old law regarding statutory duels, decided by drawing cards. The baffled central character, Ludwig, becomes engaged to four different women before the plot is resolved.

Contents

• Won’t It Be A Pretty Wedding?
• By The Mystic Regulation
• Were I A King In Very Truth
• How Would I Play This Part
• My Goodness Me! What Shall I Do?
• Ten Minutes Since I Met A Chap
• About A Century Since
• Strange The Views Some People Hold
• Now Take A Card And Gaily Sing
• The Good Grand Duke
• A Pattern To Professors
• As O’er Our Penny Roll We Sing
• When You Find You’re A Broken-Down Critter
• Come Hither, All You People
• Oh, A Monarch Who Boasts Intellectual Graces
• Ah, Pity Me, My Comrades True
• Oh, Listen To Me, Dear
• The Die Is Cast
• For This Will Be A Jolly Court
• As Before You We Defile
• Your Loyalty Our Ducal Heart-String Touches
• Yes, Ludwig And His Julia Are Mated
• Take Care Of Him – He’s Much Too Good To Live
• Now Julia, Come, Consider It From
• Your Highness, There’s A Party At The Door
• Now Away To The Wedding We Go
• So Ends My Dream
• If The Light Of Love’s Lingering Ember
• Come, Bumpers–Aye, Ever-So-Many
• Why, Who Is This Approaching?
• The Prince Of Monte Carlo
• His Highness We Know Not
• We’re Rigged Out In Magnificent Array
• Take My Advice–When Deep In Debt
• Hurrah! Now Away To The Wedding
• Well, You’re A Pretty Kind Of Fellow
• Happy Couples, Lightly Treading.

Grand Duke, The (vocal score)