Give Us This Night

Singing fisherman Kiepura replaces over-the-hill tenor Mowbray just as the man is to sing to Swarthout, leading diva for operatic impresario Merivale. It all turns out to be merely an opportunity to bill Swarthout and the Polish immigrant, and the plot falls to pieces before it's over. The action takes place in Sorrento and Naples and quickly becomes stilted as the pair raise their voices, mostly Kiepura's, throughout. Songs: "Sweet Melody of Night," "I Mean to Say I Love You," "My Love and I," "Music in the Night," "Give Us This Night," "Was There Ever a Voice" (Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Oscar Hammerstein II). After single-handedly sinking the show, Kiepura never m...