- 12 Charming
HÉLÈNE:
Oh my enchantress
Oh you beautiful thing Charming, charming No, this is really beyond anything
These dresses suit you
This one, “metallic gauze” Straight from Paris Anything suits you, my charmer
Oh how she blushes, how she blushes, my pretty!
Oh how she blushes, how she blushes, my pretty!
- 14 Letters
ALL
In nineteenth century Russia we write letters
We write letters
We put down in writing
What is happening in our minds
Once it's on the paper we feel better
We feel better
- 16 Sonya Alone
SONYA:
Hard as it is In the coming days I watch my friend in her strange unnatural state
Don’t let her out of my sight
She trails off Stares at nothing Laughs at random and the letters come
She waits at the window And I listen at the door
Until one day I see by the sad look on her face
- A Call to Pierre
[SERVANT]
A letter from Marya Dmitryevna
Asking you to come and visit her
On a matter of great importance
Relating to Andrey Bolkonsky
And his betrothed
[PIERRE]
- Balaga
[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Hey, Balaga,
- Find Anatole
[PIERRE]
Anatole, find Anatole
Anatole, find Anatole
The blood rushes to my heart
It's difficult to breathe
Anatole, find Anatole
Anatole, find Anatole
- In My House
[MARYA]
You shameless good-for-nothing!
You vile, shameless girl!
In my house!
In my house!
A nice girl,
Very nice!
- Natasha Lost
[NATASHA]
I smile, I shake
And the opera continues
And I'm quite submissive to the world I am in
My previous life is slipping away from me
My distant past is gone, is gone
And the rest of the night
- No One Else
[NATASHA]
The moon—
First time I heard your voice
Moonlight burst into the room
And I saw your eyes
And I saw your smile
And the world opened wide
And the world was inside of me
- Pierre
PIERRE
It's dawned on me suddenly
And for no obvious reason
That I can't go on
Living as I am
The zest of life has vanished
Only the skeleton remains
- Sunday Morning
[NATASHA]
Has Andrey arrived?
Has Andrey arrived?
He has not arrived
He will never come
Or something will happen to me
Before he does
- The Ball
[ANATOLE]
Waiting at the door,
Waiting at the door,
Waiting
Waiting at the door,
Waiting at the door,
Waiting
- The Duel
[ANATOLE]
Good evening, Pierre
Studying?
[PIERRE]
Yes.
How was the opera?
- The Great Comet of 1812
[PIERRE]
Where to now?
Where can I go now?
Not to the Club,
Not to pay calls
Mankind seems so pitiful,
So poor,
- The Opera
[MARYA]
The opera, the opera!
Hold up your dresses and jump out quickly
[SERVANT]
Ladies,
Welcome to the opera
- The Private and Intimate Life of the House
[BOLKONSKY]
I've aged
I've aged so very much
I fall asleep at the table
My napkin drops to the floor
I'm full of childish vanities
I forget things