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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)