"Fair Robin I Loved" from Kirke Mechem's TARTUFFE
"Art is Calling for Me (I want to be a prima donna)" from Victor Herbert's
THE ENCHANTRESS
"The Doleful Prima-Donna" from Karl Milloecker's DER ARME JONATHAN
"I Hate Men" from Cole Porter's KISS ME KATE
"The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Lerner & Loewe's CAMELOT
"Dear pretty youth" from Henry Purcell's THE TEMPEST, Z.631
"Ah! Quel diner" from Jacques Offenbach's LA PERICHOLE - Offenbach's other
operettas are also chock full of funny songs - take a look at THE GRAND
DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN, ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD, and LA BELLE HELENE, to
name the better known ones.
"Una donna a quindici anni" from Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE
"Durch Zaertlichkeit und Schmeicheln" from Mozart's DIE ENTFUEHRUNG AUS
DEM SERAIL
"Wit and jovial spirits" (Mrs. Ford's recit & aria) from Otto Nicolai's
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Lady Billows' arias from Britten's ALBERT HERRING
Karen Mercedes
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Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds
With their highly original sound.
The pianos they played are still working,
But they're both six feet underground.
- Michael Palin
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