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 The Baker's Wife 1940 Film Version on Video
 The Baker's Wife 1990 Original London Cast Rec.
The Baker's Wife 1976 Original Broadway Cast Rec.
 The Baker's Wife Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)
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1930s, France. Older man has young wife. His cat runs away, then his wife runs away with a younger man. Wife finds her new lover isn't as great as she thought, and comes home again. The cat comes back too.
Audition Preparation Suggestions for
The Baker's Wife
The music in The Baker's Wife is relatively easy to learn and sing. |
- Aimable Castagnet (40s, Tenor)
- the new baker - a jolly middle-aged man
- Genevieve (20s, Mezzo)
- Aimable's very young and beautiful wife - often mistaken for his daughter
- Denise (Soprano)
- the cafe proprietor
- The Marquis
- the mayor, has several "neices"
- Antoine
- one of the villagers - brazen
- Dominique (Baritone)
- the Marquis' driver - charming, a flirt, Don Juan type
- Philippe (19)
- Dominique's friend
- Barnaby
- the butcher
- Claude
- married to Denise, chummy
- Hortense
- the butcher's wife
- The Priest, The Teacher, Therese (a spinster), Casimir, Doumergue, Inez, "nieces", Nicole, Pierre, Simone,
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The Baker's Wife Song Lyrics |
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- Chanson (Denise)
- If It Wasn't For You (Villagers)
- Merci, Madame (Aimable)
- Bread (Villagers)
- Gifts Of Love (Genevieve)
- Proud Lady (Dominique)
- Look For The Woman (Male Villagers)
- Serenade (Aimable, Genevieve, Dominique, Philippe, Denise, cafe owner)
- Meadowlark (Genevieve)
- Buzz-A-Buzz (Villagers)
- Any-Day-Now-Day (Aimable)
- Endless Delights
- The World's Luckiest Man (Villagers)
- Feminine Companionship (Marquis)
- If I Have To Live Alone (Aimable)
- Romance (Female Villagers)
- Where Is The Warmth? (Genevieve)
- Final Scene / Gifts of Love / Finale
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