Madame Puccini

Music & Libretto by Michael Pratt

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Act 1 (40 minutes):

• Have You Heard? (Doria & Tello)
• Puccini is Notorious (Tello)
• At Home or Somewhere Else (Doria)
• And What of the Things? (Doria & Tello)
• Who Was Just Here? (Elvira & Doria)
• I Love You, Giacomo (Elvira)
• Elvira My Dear (Elvira, Puccini, Doria & Tello)
• I Love You, Elvira (Puccini)
• Interlude (Puccini)
• Doria, I Did Not See You There (Puccini & Doria)
• As I Thought (Elvira, Puccini & Doria)
• Doria, Are You Hurt? (Elvira, Puccini, Doria, Tello)

Act 2 (35 minutes):

• The Sky Is Overcast Today (Father & Doria)
• Father, a Moment Please (Father & Elvira)
• It Is More Than I Can Bear (Doria & Puccini)
• There He Is, The Great Man (Tello, Puccini & Mama Manfredi)
• You Dare Show Yourself? (Elvira, Doria & Mama Manfredi)
• I Believe Everything You Say (Mama Manfredi)
• How Dare You Show Yourself (Elvira, Doria& Puccini)
• Perhaps Now That She Is Leaving (Elvira & Puccini)
• My God In Heaven (Elvira, Puccini, Mama Manfredi, Tello & Father Michelucci)

Act 3, Scene 1 (25 minutes):

• My Dearest Sybil (Puccini)
• Maestro, Please (Tello & Puccini)
• The Court at Pisa (Judge)
• Charged with Defamation (Elvira)
• Tello Manfredi (Judge, Tello & Doria)
• Signora Manfredi (Judge, Mama Manfredi & Elvira)
• Maestro Puccini (Judge & Puccini)
• You Could Have Given Testimony (Puccini, Elvira, Tello & Mama Manfredi)
• Madame Elvira Puccini (Judge & Tello)

Act 3, Scene 2 (20 minutes):

• You Asked Me To Come (Puccini & Tello)
• You Are Deserting Me (Puccini & Elvira)
• He Brought Me This (Elvira)