Der Graf von Luxemburg (The Count of Luxembourg):

Duet: Ein Stübchen so klein (A nice little room)

First performed in 1909 at the Theater an der Wien, where The Merry Widow had enjoyed such a great success four years earlier, The Count of Luxembourg was clearly intended to appeal to the same audience - which it did in a big way. It too is set in Paris and features an idle young Count who has the luck, rather than the guile, to end up with the woman he loves. Parallel with the story of Count René and Angèle Didier is that of his friend Armand Brissard, the painter with whom he shares a studio in Montmartre, and Juliette Vermont, who would rather be Armand’s wife than his model. Ein Stübchen so klein is a duet for Armand and Juliette in cheerful anticipation of their domestic bliss.