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Act II: Rataplan excerpt : "En avant" ... to end of number
Marcella Sembrich (s), Marie
Marie Van Cauteren (ms), Marquise
Charles Gilibert (b), Sulpice
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Phillippe Flon
January 30, 1903
[Glackens 38.]
Marie has been discovered and claimed by her aunt, the Marquise of Birkenfeld, at whose castle she is taught aristocratic manners. In the midst of a singing lesson, she and Sergeant Sulpice break out into the regimental song, to the dismay of the Marquise.
[original]
SULPICE and MARIE
En avant, en avant, en avant!
En avant! rataplan plan plan!
En avant, en avant, en avant!
C'est le refrain du regiment!
MARQUISE
Ah! quelle horreur!
SULPICE and MARIE
En avant, en avant, en avant!
MARQUISE
Est-il possible?
SULPICE and MARIE
En avant! rataplan plan plan!
En avant, en avant, en avant!
C'est ie refrain du regiment! ( They continue in
this vein, with the Marquise further expressing--in an inner
part--her revulsion at the military song, though she does seem to be
carried along by its infectious rhythm. )
[translation]
SULPICE and MARIE
Forward, march! Forward, march! Forward, march!
Forward, march! Rataplan plan plan!
Forward, march! Forward, march! Forward, march!
That's the regimental refrain!
MARQUISE
How horrible!
SULPICE and MARIE
Forward, march! Forward, march! Forward, march!
MARQUISE
Can this really be happening?
SULPICE and MARIE
Forward, march! Rataplan plan plan!
Forward, march! Forward, march! Forward, march!
That's the regimental refrain! ( They continue in
this vein, with the Marquise further expressing--in an inner
part--her revulsion at the military song, though she does seem to be
carried along by its infectious rhythm. )
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