Act I

Scene 1: December 22^nd, 1944
“Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle” .... Ensemble
“Buon Natale” Piccino, .... Angelo & Lucia

Scene 2: Outside Morello apartment, several years earlier
“Walking Down Mulberry Street” .... George, Marie, Tony, Carmella, Nina, Giovanna
“Pasta Pushin’ Mamma” .... Lucia with Fillipo and Marie

Scene 3: December 22^nd, 1944
“The Right Kind of Love” .... Carmella and Giovanna

Scene 4: Late spring, 1929–Mi Pasta Fasoli: An opera in ten minutes
Il Mio Amato Alberto .... Concetta
Recitative #1 .... Piccino and Concetta
Out a Da House .... Lucia and Piccino
Recitative #2 .... Lucia, Concetta and Piccino
Ma! Mi Pasta Fasoli .... Lucia, Concetta and Piccino

Scene 5: December 22^nd, 1944
“I’ll be home for Christmas” .... Fillipo and Nina

Scene 6: December 24^th, 1944
“Tu Sscendi Dalle Stelle” Reprise .... Ensemble
“I Came Home for Christmas” .... George and Marie
“Nonchu Worry” .... Piccino and Ensemble

There will be a 15-minute intermission.