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Enjoy Yvonne Kenny's rendition of "Love Unspoken" from Act III.
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MUSICAL SELECTIONS

Act I

"Introduction, Pontevedro in Paree"
Cascada, Baron Zeta, Valencienne, Chorus

"A Highly Respectable Wife"
Valencienne, Camille

"Gentlemen, No More!"
Anna, Cascada, St. Brioche, Men's Chorus

"I'm Off to Chez Maxime"
Danilo

"All's One to All Men Where There's Gold"
Anna, Danilo

"Finale Act One"
Anna, Danilo, Valencienne, Camille, Cascada, St. Brioche, Chorus


Act II

"Introduction and Dance"
Anna, Chorus

"Vilia"
Anna

"Jogging in a One-Horse Gig"
Anna, Danilo

"Girls, Girls, Girls"
Danilo, Cascada, St. Brioche, Baron Zeta, Njegus, Kromow, Pritschitch, Bogdanovitch

"Love in My Heart Was Dying"
Valencienne, Camille

"Finale Act Two"
Anna, Danilo, Valencienne, Camille, Baron Zeta, Company, Chorus


Act III

"The Cake Walk"

"Njegus's Song -- Quite Parisian"
Njegus, Chorus

"Eh, Voila les Belles Grisettes"
Zozo, Lolo, Dodo, Jou-Jou, Frou-Frou, Clo-Clo, Margot, Chorus

"Love Unspoken"
Anna, Danilo

"Love, Live Forever"
Anna, Company, Chorus

"Girls, Girls, Girls -- Reprise"
Chorus


Top banner photos: Anna Glawari (Yvonne Kenny), the Merry Widow, with Camille de Rosillon (Gregory Turay) from Act I; and Anna Glawari (Kenny) from Act II and III.

From Act II, the garden of Anna Glawari's house.

The setting for Act II of the operetta, the garden of Anna Glawari's house in Paris.

Camille de Rosillon (Gregory Turay).

In the role of Camille de Rosillon, one of the Merry Widow's would-be suitors, is American tenor Gregory Turay.

Celebrating 30 Years: Opera programs became a regular feature on the series starting in 1975 with the broadcast of "Pagliacci."
 
 
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