Michael William Balfe's
The Bohemian Girl
Original Libretto by Alfred Bunn
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October 8, 2016 at 8pm
October 9, 2016 at 2pm
(semi-staged concert, with live orchestra)

Directed by Deborah Grossman
Music Directed by Joseph Sorge

​The F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
603 Edmonston Drive
Rockville, MD 20851

A Polish fugitive named Thaddeus falls in love with Count Arnheim's daughter Arline whom he kidnapped as a child and brought back to live with his band of gypsies.  But when the Queen of the Gypsies attempts to sabotage the union, identities are revealed and the truth comes out. Will love and forgiveness win out over revenge?

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Cast

Arline, daughter of Count Arnheim - Alexandra Friendly
Thaddeus, a Polish fugitive- Rishabh Bajekal
Count Arnheim - G. Stephen Stokes
Queen of the Gypsies - Denise Young
Devilshoof, chief of the Gypsies- Bennett Umhau
Florestein, nephew of the Count - David Merrill
Buda, Arline's attendant - Blair Eig
Captain of the Guard - Gary Sullivan

Chorus -  Alan Barnett, Penni Barnett, Michael Beder, David Berkenbilt, Alexandra Burris, Rachel Cole, Alexander Dennis, Peggy Dennis, Bob Dennis, Stephanie Desjardins, Alice Drew, Blair Eig, Julia Frank, Tara Hockensmith, Lilli Hoehl, Laura Hubbard, Rand Huntzinger, Erik Kreil, Jane Maryott, Carl Maryott, Stevie Miller, Josh Milton, Ilene Photos, Bill Rogers, Ellen Sherfey, Patricia Smith, Julie Stevens, Rusty Suter, Ed Vilade, Julia Vollmers, Maria Wilson, Kent Woods, Gwen Yetter

Production Staff

Producer - Denise Young
Rehearsal Accompanists - Ross Capon, Judy Gardner
Stage Manager - Brianna Capps
Costumes - Denise Young

Musical Selections

Act I​

• Tis Sad to Leave our Fatherland
• In the Gypsy's Life
• Is No Succour Near at Hand?

• Down with the Daring Slave
• What Sound Break on the Ear?
• Follow, Follow​

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​Act II

• Silence, Silence
• Wine, Wine
• I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
• The Secret of Her Birth
• Happy and Light of Heart Are THose
• Tis Gone, the Past Was All a Dream
• Life Itself Is, at the Best
• To the Hail!
• That Grief May Call Its Own
• Hold! Hold! We Cannot Give the Life We Take
  

Act III

• You'll Remember Me
• Through All the World Thou Wilt Fly, My Love
• Welcome to the Present
• Oh, What Full Delight