Rosalinda

The Railroad Hour! And here comes our star-studded show train! Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents the charming Johann Strauss-Aparetta Rotolinda, starring Gordon MacRae and his guest, lovely Annamarie Dickie.

Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight, another great musical success is brought to you by the American Railroads, the same railroads that bring you most of the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you burn, and all the other things you use in your daily life.

Now, here is our star, Gordon MacRae. Oh! Thank you and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to travel to Vienna for one of the most delightful operators of all time. Under its original title, Deflate a Mouse, this work is packing them in at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Lovely Anna Mary Dickie is Rosalinda, and I am her husband with the roving eye Henry Eisenstein, as we bring you the great Johann Strauss music for Rosalinda. I'm lovely and gentle and open. Imagine a song just for me.

Rosalinda who's that singing? Oh it's Alfredo Alevanto, the most romantic singer in Vienna. I won't have my wife serenaded by a soupy troubadour. Now Henry, you're not going to hit him again. Well, there shouldn't be a law against hitting tenors.

Why, everybody wants to hit tenors. Well, I just hope you enjoy your week in jail for hitting him the other night. Listen to him. His mother must have been frightened by an operator. But don't you like the song?

I'd like to tear him apart, note by note. Did you have to slam the window? Sweetheart, if you want somebody to serenade you, why not listen to a man sing? A baritone? Rosalindo of mine, hear my heart.