Desert Song
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Music By Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics By Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
Book/Libretto by: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II & Frank Mandel
Produced by: Laurence Schwab & Frank Mandel
Choreography by: Bobby Connolly
Directed by: Arthur Hurley
Opened: November 30, 1926
Theatre: Casino Theatre, New York
# of Performances: 471
Licensing Agent: Tams-Witmark
Synopsis
Pierre Birabeau, son of the general of all French troops in Morocco, is secretly sympathetic to the local Riffs. Disguising himself in a red costume, he leads the Moroccans against his own countrymen, but at the garrison he pretends to be a weakly simpleton. His behavior with his fellow Frenchmen does not help further his desire for romance with the beautiful Margot. She prefers dashing, but fickle, Captain Paul Fontaine.
Pierre has no choice but to go to Margot in his other identity, the notorious Red Shadow, and carry her off to his desert camp. Complications arise when Azuri, a dancing girl, reveals the camp’s location to the French.
Song List
- Prelude and Opening Chorus
- The Riff Song
- Reprise
- Finaletto
- Entrance of Azuri
- Trumpet Solo
- Song and Soldiers
- Finale Scene 1
- Opening Scene II and Song
- French Military Marching Song
- Romance
- Incidental Music
- Then You Will Know
- I Want A Kiss
- It
- The Desert Song
- Finale - Act I
- Entr'acte
- Opening Chorus
- Song of the Brass Key
- Spanish Dance
- Reprise
- Duet - One Good Boy Gone
- Eastern and Western Love
- Incidental Finaletto
- Opening Scene III
- Scene - The Sabre Song
- Finaletto Scene III
- Scene IV
- Opening Scene V
- It Reprise
- Dance of Triumph (Azuri)
- Finale Act II
Cast List
Vivienne Segal, Robert Halliday, Eddie Buzzell, Pearl Regay & William O'Neal
Misc. Show Information
Film Versions: 1929, 1943 & 1953
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