Cincinnati Conservatory of Music - Pans Pipers Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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SATIRE BOOK VII

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e179! CONSERVATORY BILLS OR THE NORDIC CARMEN OPERA EXTRAORDINAIRE IN FOUR ACTS ACT I Scene-The room of Betty de Golier, heroine. A11 is in orchid even to the bouquet of orchids grafted from the inexhaustible treasury of Ricardo Soteldo, the handsome Spanish picador, matador and pischnador. Betty is seated surreptitiously rolling her cigarettes for Ricardo. She sings to herself a Castilian air in the true Stravinsky style entitled Riotous Ricardo . Enter Miss Norris, superintendent of the cigarette factory. Betty substitutes tirighteous for riotous . Miss Norris informs Betty in hurried tones that the villian, Marcian approaches in a high-pOWered Eggling, he having heard that Betty was untrue to him, giving his cigarettes to Ricardo. There follovvs a passionate duet, iiFly, Betty, Fly! Where, Sarah, Whereiw They are too late, for the villian arrives, brandishing his gold-headed cane. He intones a rollicking ditty: With my unprepared system. I catch iem, I catch tem, Not one can resist my clutches. It isn't a method of touch I have Its really a system of touches. Betty is charmed. She hands over all the cigarettes to the villian. A groan of horror from the superintend- ent. Enter Ricardo. On seeing this treachery, he sings angrily, HBetty, I'll bet he has broken your heartii. There is much crossing of notes While Mr. Spach enters With his ballet of absolute pitchers. They do the immovable Hdo dance, each singing ha, la, la to his own taste. Betty finally notices the ballet, sWoons correctly in Mr. Spachis arm. Mr. Spach likes her as she has swooned in perfect rhythm. They go off singing, uleave it to the tdoi clef, first line. The two forsaken lovers shake hands in true Pischna style. All is well. Womanis caprice is proved. CURTAIN Pttge 1???