Photo Coverage: A Night At The Operetta II at Town Hall

A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA on July 14th featured the sounds of Broadway music one rarely gets to hear anymore – Operetta - including music by Sigmund Romberg, Rudolph Friml and Victor Herbert. A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA featured Alexander Gemignani, Lisa Howard,William Michals, Jennifer Hope Wills, Christine Andreas, Bill Daugherty, Brian Charles Rooney, Karen Murphy, John Easterlin, Jason Graae and Milla Ilieva. The show featured the dance talents of Eric Sean Fogel, J. Austin Eyer, Billy Harrigan Tighe, and Ben Franklin. The show is under the direction of Dan Foster with musical direction by Fred Barton.

The song list was as follows:

Alexander Gemignani-"The Time, The Place And The Girl" From Mlle. Modiste score by Victor Herbert and book by Henry Blossom

Lisa Howard-"Your Photo" from Katinka by Friml/Harbach

William Michals-"The Gypsy Baron Song" from "The Gypsy Baron" 1885 Johan Stauss II

Jennifer Hope Wills-"To The Land of My Romance"

DUET-Christine Andreas & Bill Daugherty-"When I Grow To Old To Dream"

Brian Charles Rooney-"Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise"-Romberg, from The New Moon

Karen Murphy-"Kiss Me Again"/"If I Were on the Stage"-Victor Herbert from Mlle. Modiste

Bill Daugherty-"Indian Summer"-Originally a 1919 Victor Herbert Piano Solo, lyrics added by Al Dubin in 1939

JOHN ESTERLIN-"Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from "The Land of Smiles" (1923, revised 1929) Music by Franz Lehar, Lyric by Victor Leon, Ludqig Herzer and Fritz Lohner

ENTRE' ACT-Performed by Fred Barton and The Night at The Operetta Orchestra

Jason Graae-"Trest Parisienne"-The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar

Milla Ilieva-"Yesterdays"-Jerome Kern/Otto Harbach from Roberta

DUET-Brian Charles Rooney & Bill Daugherty-"Only A Rose" from "The Vagabond King" (1925) Rudolf Friml, lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post
Brian sang the soprano role

DUET-Karen Murphy & ALEX GAMIGNANI-"Adrift On A Star" from "The Happiest Girl In The World" (1961) Music by Jacques Offenbach, lyric by E.Y. Harburg-music originally from "Tales of Hoffman" (1881)

William Michals-"Thine Alone"-Victor Herbert-Henry Blossom from "Eileen" 1917

Christine Andreas-"I'll Follow My Secret Heart"-from "Conversation Piexe" 1934 Music and Lyric by Noel Coward

Brian Charles Rooney-"Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta-Herbert/Blossom

TRIO-John Easterlin,William Michals,Jennifer Hope Wills-"Hills of Dreams" music by Edvard Grieg

FINALE-"I'll See You Again" from "Bittersweet (1929) Music and Lyrics by Noel Coward

The after party was held at Tony DiNapoli's Family Style Italian Restaurant (www.tonysnyc.com)- located at 43rd street between 6th and 7th.

Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Alexander Gemignani