OA 1011
THE OHIO LIGHT OPERA
2004 Festival Season

presents

The Violet of Montmartre
(Das Veilchen vom Montmartre)

Music by Emmerich Kálmán
New Performance Edition and Translation by Steven Daigle
Original German Book and Lyrics by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald
Conductor:  Steven Byess
Stage Director:  Steven Daigle

Cast

Violetta Cavallini, a street singer, “The Violet of Montmartre”		Nancy María Balach	Sound Samples:
Raoul Delacroix, a painter		Brian Woods
Florimond Hervé, a musician		Grant Knox
Henri Murger, a poet		Ted Christopher
Ninon, a grisette		Robin De Leon
General Pipo de Frascatti, Minister of Fine Arts		James Harr
François Pisquatschec, town bailiff		Gregory Brookes
Parigi, Violetta’s  guardian, a street musician		Kevin Blickfeldt
Baron Jacob Rothschild		Oliver Henderson
Camille Blumé, art dealer and theater fan		Joshua Kohl
The Directorof the Vaudeville Theater in Paris		Justin Legris
Secretary Leblancof the Ministry of Fine Arts		Oliver Henderson
Maurice, theater usher		Lee Matsos
Frapeau, stage manager		Nathan Brian
Armand, an elderly bohemian		Spiro Matsos
Lolette, cast member of “A Kiss in Springtime”		Shannon Langman
Chochette, cast member of “A Kiss in Springtime”		Betha Christopher
Fleurette, cast member of “A Kiss in Springtime”		Penny Hansen
Bébé, a messenger of the dress shop “The Two Monkeys”		Julianna Byess
Margot, Ninon’s maid		Rachel Rowe
Kitchen Boy		David Haslam
Chorus:  Sara Gartland, Sahara Glasener, Jessica Hornsten, Danielle McCormick,
Dominique, McCormick, Sarah Minckler, Elizabeth Mitchell, Sandra Ross,
Rosanna Yoder, Carl Bara, Drake Dantzler

Live recording with complete dialogue.

Bonus tracks include songs (“Warum weiß mein Herz nichts von dir“, Nancy María Balach, soprano,
and “Heut’ nacht hab’ ich geträumt von dir”, Joshua Kohl, tenor) that Kálmán inserted in the
Berlin production.

3-CD set       40-page color booklet with complete libretto         Total playing time:  2 hr 44 min