Mansfield Park

Opera

Writers: Jonathon Dove Alasdair Middleton Jane Austen

Songs

Author’s Note: The titles of each chapter are sung by the characters at the beginning of each scene.

Act One

Scene 1: Chapter One. The Bertrams Observed

Scene 2: Chapter Two. First Impressions

Scene 3. Chapter Three. Sir Thomas Bertram’s Farewell

Scene 4. Chapter Four. Landscape Gardening

Scene 5. Chapter Five. In the Wilderness

Scene 6. Chapter Six. Music and Astronomy

Scene 7. Chapter Seven. Lovers’ Vows

Scene 8. Chapter Eight. Persuasion

Scene 9. Chapter Nine. The Rehearsal Interrupted

Scene 10. Chapter Ten. Independence and Splendour, or Twelve Thousand a Year

Scene 11. Chapter Eleven. A View of a Wedding, seen from the Shrubbery at Mansfield Park

Act Two

Scene 1. Volume Two. Chapter One. Preparations for a Ball

Scene 2. Chapter Two. A Ball

Scene 3. Chapter Three. A Proposal

Scene 4. Chapter Four. Some Correspondence

Scene 5. Chapter Five. Follies and Grottoes

Scene 6. Chapter Six. A Newspaper Paragraph

Scene 7. Chapter the Last

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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