Act I
Scene 1
1 'Anna, Anna! Where can the silly creature be?'
The Wife, the Husband, Anna
2 'Have you got all the master's things?'
The Wife, Anna, the Husband
3 'And now I'll have my hair done!'
The Wife, Anna, the Son, Housemaid, Cook
4 'Oh! Frau Huß! Good morning'
The Wife, Anna

Scene 2
5 'You blockhead! Can't you see, this is a toboggan run?'
The Wife, Baron Lummer
6 Waltz

Scene 3
7 Ball
8 'I can't go on!'
The Wife, Baron Lummer

Scene 4
9 'As you know my husband'
The Wife, Notary's Wife
10 Orchestral Interlude

Scene 5
11 ''He really is a very nice person'' 5:39
The Wife, the Cook, Marie, Baron Lummer
12 'Would you mind if just for a moment I read the paper'
The Wife, Baron Lummer, Marie
13 'Ha, Captain Sturz has resigned his commission'
The Wife, Baron Lummer
14 'I'd rather… Gnädige Frau, it is so hard for me'
Baron Lummer, the Wife
15 'A charming boy. Both charming and young'
The Wife

Scene 6
16 'Frau Notar!'
Baron Lummer, Notary's Wife, Resi

COMPACT DISC TWO

Scene 7
1 'A thousand marks he is asking!'
The Wife, Baron Lummer, Anna

Scene 8
2 'My darling, darling Bubi!'
The Wife, the Son

Act II
Scene 1
3 [Prelude]
4 'Ah! You don't know his wife, Herr Legal Counsellor'
Commercial Counsellor, Singer, Legal Counsellor, Stroh
5 'Gentlemen I'm here at last'
Robert, Singer, Stroh, Legal Counsellor, Commercial Counsellor
6 'A wretched business!'
Commercial Counsellor, Singer, Legal Counsellor, Stroh

Scene 2
7 'Good Day, Herr Notar'
The Wife, the Notary
8 Orchestral Interlude

Scene 3
9 'This whole business is driving me mad!'
Robert, Stroh
10 Orchestral Postlude

Scene 4
11 [Introduction]
12 'Anna! I shouldn't have sent the Baron off there'
The Wife, Anna, Therese

Scene 5
13 [Introduction]
14 'He's back. Good lord, I'm so excited'
The Wife, Therese, Robert

Scene 6
15 'I'm back now, gnädige Frau!'
Baron Lummer, the Wife
16 'Who on earth was that?'
Robert, the Wife
17 'Yet I'm certain that he's no criminal'
The Wife, Robert


A bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes in two acts - Libretto by the composer - English translation by Andrew Porter.