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Der Sterngucker

(The Star Gazer)

(1916) - (Later revised as 'Libellentanz' (1922) and 'Gigolette'(1926))

(Music by Franz Lehár: Book and lyrics by Fritz Löhner and A. M. Willner)

Theater in der Josefstadt - 14 January, 1916

Synopsis

Franz, a young astronomer, has brought up his sister Kitty after their parents' death. His visit to her finishing school is eagerly awaited by Kitty and her three closest friends. They all flirt with him, until he appears to be engaged to all three, one of whom is ready enough to renounce her previous admirer, Paul, who anyway has fallen for Kitty. Complications set in when Franz' financial state is queried by a detective acting on behalf of three sets of parents simultaneously, and it takes a generous helping of "feminine wiles" to bring the stargazer down to earth - and to the altar.

Cast:

2 Female, 3 Male.

Franz Höfer, Astronomer - (Tenor)
Kitty Höfer, his sister (Soprano)
Lilly Moos, Boarding School pupil (Soprano)
Paul von Ratner, Baron (Tenor)
Nepomuk, the Höfer's Butler (Baritone)
Herr Popper
Herr Moos
Herr Rahmberger
Mizzi - (Soprano)
Frau Popper - (Soprano)
Isolde - (contralto)
Frau Rahmberger (contalto)
Frau Moos (contralto)

Scenes and Settings:

• Act 1 - Entrance Hall of a Viennese Boarding School
• Act 2 - A room in the Höfer Home
• Act 3 - The Höfer's Private conservatory

Musical Numbers

1. Introduction (Kitty's Romance)
2. Damsel Dance (Kitty, Lilly, Mizzi, Isolde)
3. Greetings to You - Good Health - (Lily, Paul)
4. Waltz
5. A Summer's Day on the Shining Sea (Franz)
6. My Young lady, I can't say it (Kitty, Paul)
7. You, You, You (Kitty, Lilly, Paul)
8. So my dearest would have to be (Lilly, Franz)
9. Exit music (Waltz)
10. Finale Act 1 - Company
11. March-Intermezzo
12. Dearest, Come (Kitty's reminiscence)
13. I want to be your everything, yours alone (Kitty, Paul)
14. Does every man have to be a husband immediately? - Kitty, Franz, Nepomuk
15. Dear good teddy bear - Lilly, Franz
16. Please, just help yourselves - Lilly, Mizzi, Isolde, Franz
17. Stargazer, Stargazer, watch your step - Lilly, Franz
18. My heart is like the young May - Reminiscence - Kitty, Paul
19. Finale Act 2 - Kitty, Lilly, Mrs Moos, Paul, Franz, Mr Moos, Nepomuk
20. Josefin' Josefin' - Nepomuk
21. The bridegroom is usually in another world - Lilly, Franz, Nepomuk
22. As butterflies caress the roses - Kitty, Lilly, Franz, Paul
23. Reminiscence - Lilly, Paul
24. Finale Act 3 - Kitty, Lilly, Mrs Moos, Paul, Franz, Mr Moos, Nepomuk

Orchestra: 2222/423/Perc/Cel/Hp/Strings

Language Version: G