A Dinner Engagement · Opera
Songs in A Dinner Engagement
This page features the songs from A Dinner Engagement. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
Author’s Note: This opera is through composed, so there are no strict scene delineations. The breakdown below is given as a guide only, and may differ from other breakdowns.
Scene One
- ‘Salt, pepper, olive oil’ - Lord Dunmow, Lady Dunmow, Boy
- ‘I'm sorry, Milady, I came through the front door’ - Mrs. Kneebone, Lady Dunmow, Lord Dunmow
- ‘In the summer of my time’ - Lord Dunmow, Lady Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone
- ‘At Missis Ellibank's in Wimbledon’ - Mrs. Kneebone, Lady Dunmow, Lord Dunmow
- ‘Mother, please can I help?’ - Susan, Lady Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, Lord Dunmow
- ‘He was a quiet little boy’ - Lady Dunmow, Susan, Mrs. Kneebone, Lord Dunmow
- ‘Prenez 6 belles tomates’ - Lady Dunmow, Lord Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, Susan
- ‘Is this the residence of the Earl and Countess of Dunmow?’ - Prince Philippe, Mrs. Kneebone
Scene Two
- ‘So this, dear Lady Dunmow, is your drawing room’ - Duchess, Lady Dunmow, Prince Philippe, Lord Dunmow
- ‘I never moved a muscle’ - Lord Dunmow, Lady Dunmow, Duchess, Prince Philippe
- ‘Forgive my curiosity, but is your servant that young girl …?’ - Prince Philippe, Lord Dunmow, Lady Dunmow, Duchess
- ‘Come and see our little garden’ - Lady Dunmow, Lord Dunmow, Prince Philippe, Duchess
- ‘This way, Ma'am, through the back door’ - Lord Dunmow, Duchess, Prince Philippe, Susan
- ‘Oh, shall I kneel in shame … ?’ - Susan, Prince Philippe
- ‘I like to imagine how these must have looked' - Susan, Prince Philippe
- ‘Mon aimee attend la lune’ - Prince Philippe
- ‘Kiss her at once!’ - Duchess, Prince Philippe, Susan, Lord Dunmow, Lady Dunmow, Boy
- ‘Let her beauty be her dowry’ - Duchess, Susan, Prince Philippe, Lord Dunmow, Lady Dunmow, Boy, Mrs. Kneebone
- ‘My Lords, Ladies, Duchess and gentlemen!’ - Mrs. Kneebone, Prince Philippe, Susan
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number.