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Appendices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

Derek B. Scott
Derek B. Scott
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German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940 , pp. 284 - 316
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Appendix 1 Productions of Operetta from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940

This appendix lists only operettas that appeared on both German-language and English-language stages. Whenever possible the number of performances of the first production in Vienna, Berlin, London, or New York has been checked from several sources. These include: J. P. Wearing, The London Stage, 8 vols., covering the period 1900–39 (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 2nd edn 2013–14); Burns Mantle, The Best Plays of 1909–19, and annual vols. 1920–25 (Boston: Small, Maynard) and 1926–40 (New York: Dodd, Mead); Kurt Gänzl and Andrew Lamb, Gänzl’s Book of the Musical Theatre (London: The Bodley Head, 1988); Anton Bauer, 150 Jahre Theater an der Wien (Vienna: Amalthea-Verlag, 1952); Richard C. Norton, A Chronology of American Musical Theater, 3 vols. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002); Gerald Bordman, American Operetta: From H.M.S. Pinafore to Sweeney Todd (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981), Appendix, 185–94; Stanley Green, Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1976); Robert Ignatius Letellier, Operetta: A Sourcebook (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2015); the Internet Broadway Database www.ibdb.com/index.php; The Guide to Light Opera & Operetta www.musicaltheatreguide.com/menu/introduction.htm; the Operone database www.operone.de/ and the Ovrtur database of musicals www.ovrtur.com/. Note that performance statistics in Table II, 427–35 of Otto Keller, Die Operette in ihrer Geschichtlichen Entwicklung: Musik, Libretto, Darstellung (Leipzig: Stein Verlag, 1926) give the total number of performances on the German stage up to 1921 of operettas dating from 1900 and later. Anton Bauer also includes revivals (up to 30 May 1939) in his performance data in 150 Jahre Theater an der Wien (Zürich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1952).

Abbreviations

Bk

Book

DD

Dance Director (Choreographer)

Lyrs

Lyrics

MD

Musical Director

P

Producer

SD

Stage Director

Abraham, Paul (Pál Ábrahám), b. Apatin, Hungary (now Serbia), 2 Nov. 1892, d. Hamburg, 9 May 1960

  • Viktória, Stadttheater (Operettentheater), Budapest, 21 Feb. 1930. Bk & lyrs: Imre Földes & Imre Harmath; Viktoria und ihr Husar, Leipzig, 7 Jul. 1930; Bk & lyrs: Alfred Grünwald & Fritz Löhner-Beda. Metropol-Theater, Berlin, 15 Aug. 1930, Rosy Barsony (Viktoria), Oskar Dénes (Ferry), & Lizzi Waldmüller (Lia San).

  • Viktoria and her Hussar, Palace Theatre, London, 17 Sep. 1931, 100 perfs. Harry Welchman (John Carling), Margaret Carlisle, & Oskar Dénes. Bk & lyrs: Harry Graham; Presenter: Alfred Butt; P: Ralph Reader; SD: Maurice Edmonds; MD: Frank Steininger; Costumes: Norman Hartnell & others.

  • Ball im Savoy, Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 23 Dec. 1932 (Gitta Alpár). Bk & lyrs: Alfred Grünwald & Fritz Löhner-Beda.

  • Ball at the Savoy, Drury Lane, London, 8 Sep. 1933, 146 perfs. Maurice Evans (Aristide), Natalie Hall (Madeleine), Oskar Dénes (Mustapha Bei), & Rosy Barsony (Kathi Mihazy). Bk & lyrs: Oscar Hammerstein II; P: Oscar Hammerstein; SD: William Abingdon; MD: Charles Prentice; DD: Jack Donohoe.

Albini, Srećko (Felix), b. Županja, Croatia, 10 Dec. 1869, d. Zagreb, 18 Apr. 1933

  • Baron Trenck, Leipzig, 1908. Bk & lyrs: Alfred Maria Willner & Robert Bodanzky.

  • Casino Theatre, New York, 11 Mar. 1912, 40 perfs. Fritz Sturmfels (Baron Trenck). Bk & lyrs by Henry Blossom; Add. music by Alfred G. Robyn.

Ascher, Leo, b. Vienna, 17 Aug. 1880, d. New York, 25 Feb. 1942

  • Was tut man nicht alles Liebe, Ronacher Etablissement, Vienna 17 Dec. 1914. Bk & lyrs: Felix Dörmann.

  • Follow Me, Casino Theatre, New York, 29 Nov. 1916, 78 perfs. Music: Romberg; Lyrs: Robert B. Smith; Add. numbers by others; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. H. Benrimo; MD: Frank Tours; DD: Jack Mason & Allan K. Foster.

Benatzky, Ralph (Rudolf Josef František Benatzki), b. Mährisch-Budwitz, Moravia (now Moravské Budějovice, Czech Republic), 5 Jun. 1884, d. Zürich, 17 Oct. 1957

  • Apachen! Apollotheater, Vienna, 20 Dec. 1920. Bk & lyrs: Ignaz Michael Welleminsky.

  • The Apache, London Palladium, 15 Feb. 1927, 166 perfs. Carl Brisson & Dorothy Ward. Bk: Edward A. Horan; Lyrs: Dion Titheradge & Clifford Harris; P: Julian Wylie; MD: Horace Sheldon; DD: Edward Dolly.

  • Im weißen Rössl, Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 8 Nov. 1930, 416 perfs. Camilla Spira (Josepha) & Max Hansen (Leopold). Bk: Hans Müller & Erik Charell (after the comedy of 1897 by Oskar Blumenthal & Gustav Kadelburg); Lyrs: Robert Gilbert; Add. songs: Robert Stolz, Bruno Granichstädten & Robert Gilbert.

  • White Horse Inn, Coliseum, London, 8 Apr. 1931, 651 perfs. Lea Seidl (Josepha) & Clifford Mollison. Bk & lyrs: Harry Graham; Add. numbers: Robert Stolz; P: Erik Charell; SD: Henry Cocker; MD: Charles Prentice; DD: Max Rivers. Revival Coliseum, 20 Mar. 1940 (270 perfs).

  • White Horse Inn, Center Theatre, New York, 1 Oct. 1936, 223 perfs. Kitty Carlisle & William Gaxton. Bk: David Freedman; Lyrs: Irving Caesar; P: Laurence Rivers, Inc.; SD: Erik Charell; MD: Richard Baravalle; DD: Max Rivers; Settings & costumes: Ernst Stein; Modern dresses: Irene Sharaff; Lighting: Eugene Braun.

  • Casanova, Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1 Sep. 1928. Michael Bohnen (Casanova), Anni Frind (Laura), & Anny Ahlers (Barberina). Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Schanzer & Ernst Welisch; Music arranged & adapted from Johann Strauss Jr: Ralph Benatzky; P: Erik Charell.

  • Coliseum, London, 24 May 1932, 429 perfs. Arthur Fear alternating with Charles Mayhew as Casanova, Marie Löhr (Empress Maria Theresa of Austria), & Soffi Schonning (Laura). Bk & lyrs: Hans Muller & Harry Graham (the latter writing a new second act); Presenter: Oswald Stoll; P: Erik Charell; SD: Sidney C. Sinclair; MD: Ernst Hanke & Arthur Wood; DD: Max Rivers.

  • Meine Schwester und ich, Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 29 Mar. 1930. Bk & lyrs: Robert Blum, after Ma Soeur et moi by Georges Berr & Louis Verneuil.

  • Meet My Sister, Shubert Theatre, Broadway, 30 Dec. 1930. moved to Imperial Theatre, 6 Apr. 1931, Walter Slezak & Bettina Hall, total perfs 167. Bk: Harry Wagstaff Gribble; Lyrs: Ralph Benatzky & Irving Schloss; P: the Shuberts; SD: William Mollison; MD: anon.; DD: John Pierce.

  • My Sister and I, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 23 Feb. 1931, 8 perfs. Francis Lederer, Alexa Engstroem, & Joe Coyne. Bk: Laurie Wylie, Brandon Fleming & H. W. Gribble; Lyrs: Desmond Carter & Frank Eyton; Add. music: Billy Mayerl; Presenter: Edward Laurillard; P: George Grossmith; SD: Charles Maynard; MD: Ernest Irving; DD: Max Rivers.

  • Zirkus aimé, Stadttheater, Basel, 5 Mar. 1932. Melanie Hoffman. Bk & lyrs: Curt Goetz.

  • The Flying Trapeze, Alhambra Theatre, London, 4 May 1935, 73 perfs. Jack Buchanan & Pearly Argyle. Bk & lyrs: Douglas Furber (adapted from Hans Müller, Zirkus aimé, 1928); Add. lyrs: Desmond Carter & Frank Eyton; Add. music: Mabel Wynne; Managing Director: Oswald Stoll; Presenter: Jack Buchanan; P: Erik Charell; SD: Stanley Bell & Frank Smythe; MD: Harry Perritt; DD: Frederick Ashton; Costume design: Ernst Stern; Costumes: Hawes & Curtis, & others.

Berény, Henri, b. 1871, d. 23 Mar. 1932

  • Lord Piccolo, Johann-Strauß-Theater, 9 Jan. Vienna, 1910. Bk & lyrs: Rudolph Schanzer & Carl Lindau.

  • Little Boy Blue, Lyric Theatre, New York, 27 Nov. 1911 to 27 Apr. 1912, then Grand Opera House, 21 Apr. 1913, 184 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: A. E. Thomas & Edward A. Paulton; Add. lyrs: Carolyn Wells, Grant Stewart & others; Add. songs: Paul Rubens & others; P: Henry W. Savage; SD: Frank Smithson; MD: Arthur Weld.

  • Das Mädel von Montmartre, Neues Operetten-Theater, Berlin, 1911. Bk & lyrs: Rodolph Schanzer, after Georges Feydeau’s farce La Dame de chez Maxim.

  • The Girl from Montmartre, Criterion Theatre, New York, 5 Aug. 1912, then Grand Opera House, 4 Jul. 1913, 72 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith; Add. music: Jerome Kern & others; P: Charles Frohman; SD: Thomas Reynolds; MD: Harold Vicars.

Heinrich Berté (Bettelheim), b. Galgócz (now Hlohovec), Hungary, 8 May 1858, d. Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, 23 Aug. 1924

  • Kreolenblut, Operetten-Theater, Hamburg, 1910. Bk & lyrs: Ignaz Schneitzer & Emerich von Gatti.

  • The Rose of Panama, Daly’s Theatre, New York, 22 Jan. 1912, 24 perfs. Bk & lyrs: John L. Shine & Sydney Rosenfeld; P: John Cort; SD: Frank Smithson; MD: Theodore Bendix.

  • Das Dreimäderlhaus, Raimundtheater, Vienna, 15 Jan. 1916. Fritz Schrödter (Schubert) & Anny Rainer (Hannerl), over 650 perfs, remained in the repertoire & had its 1100 performance at the Raimondtheater on 9 Apr. 1927. Bk & lyrs: A. M. Willner & Heinz Reichert, after Rudolph Hans Bartsch’s novel Schwammerl (1912); Music adapted & arranged from Schubert. At Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater, Berlin, 1916 until 11 Sep. 1918.

  • Blossom Time, Ambassador Theatre, New York, 29 Sep. 1921, moving to Jolson’s 58th St, then Century. Bertram Peacock (Schubert), Olga Cook (Mitzi) & Howard Marsh (Schober), 576 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Dorothy Donnelly; Musical arrangements: Sigmund Romberg; SD: J. C. Huffman; MD: Oscar Radin. Revivals: Jolson Theatre, 19 May 1924 (Greek Evans as Schubert, Margaret Merle as Mitzi, 24 perfs), P: the Shuberts; 1926 (Knight MacGregor as Schubert, Beulah Berson as Mitzi, 16 perfs), 1931 (29 perfs), P: the Shuberts; 1938 (19 perfs), P: the Shuberts (Pub. Leo Feist, 1921)

  • Lilac Time, Lyric Theatre, London, 22 Dec. 1922, 628 perfs. Courtice Pounds (Schubert) & Clara Butterworth (Lili). Bk & lyrs: Adrian Ross, musical arrangements: G. H. Clutsam; Presented by William Boosey & Alfred Butt; P: Dion Boucicault; MD: Clarence Raybould; DD: Carlotta Mossetti; Costume design: Comelli. Revived Lyric, 26 Dec. 1925 (Frederick Blamey as Schubert, 90 perfs); Daly’s, 23 Dec. 1927 (68 perfs); Daly’s, 24 Dec. 1928 (73 perfs), Lyric, 25 May 1930 (56 perfs), Globe, 26 Dec. 1932 (35 perfs), Alhambra, 23 Dec. 1933 (37 perfs), Coliseum, 29 Jul. 1936 (70 perfs), Stoll, 13 Oct. 1942 (80 perfs). At Aldwych with Richard Tauber on 22 Sep. 1933 (35 perfs), given in German by Viennese Opera Company; Director: L. Léonidoff; MD: Ernest Irving.

Berté, Emil (1898–1968) (Nephew of Heinrich Berté)

  • Musik im Mai, Raimundtheater, Vienna, 13 May 1927. Bk & lyrs: Heinz Merley & Kurt Breuer.

  • Music in May, Casino Theatre, New York, 1 Apr. 1929, 80 perfs. Bk: Fanny Todd Mitchel; Lyrs: J. Keirn Brennan; Add. music: Maury Rubens & others; P: the Shuberts; SD: Lou Morton & Stanley Logan; MD: Ivan Rudisill; DD: Chester Hale; Orchestration: Emil Gerstenberger.

Cuvillier, Charles, b. Paris, 24 Apr. 1877, d. Paris, 14 Feb. 1955

  • Flora Bella, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich, 1913. Bk & lyrs: Felix Dörmann.

  • Casino Theatre, New York, 11 Sep. 1916, 112 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Cosmo Hamilton & Dorothy Donnelly; Add. music: Milton Schwarzwald; P: John Cort; SD: Richard Ordynski; MD: Gus Salzer; DD: Carl Randall; Scene design: Joseph Urban.

  • Der lila Domino, Stadttheater, Leipzig, 3 Feb. 1912. Bk & lyrs: Emmerich von Gatti & Béla Jenbach. First production in Vienna also 1912.

  • The Lilac Domino, 44th Street Theatre, New York, 28 Oct. 1914, 109 perfs. Eleanor Painter (Georgine) & Wilfrid Douthitt (Count André). Bk: Harry B. Smith; Lyrs: Robert B. Smith; P: Andreas Dippel (Dippell Opéra Comique); SD: Maxwell Olney; MD: Anselm Goetzl.

  • The Lilac Domino, Empire Theatre of Varieties, Leicester Square, London, 21 Feb. 1918, transferring to Palace Theatre, Oct. 1919, 747 perfs in all. Clara Butterworth (Georgine) & Vincent Sullivan (Elliston Deyn). Add. dialogue by S. J. Adair Fitzgerald & interpolated numbers by Howard Carr; P: Joseph Sacks; MD: Howard Carr. Revived His Majesty’s, 5 Apr. 1944.

Eysler, Edmund, b. Vienna, 12 Mar. 1874, d. Vienna, 4 Oct. 1949

  • Künstlerblut, Carltheater, Vienna, 20 Oct. 1906. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Carl Lindau.

  • The Love Cure, New Amsterdam, New York, 1 Sep. 1909, moved to Grand Opera House, 3 Jan. 1910, 78 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Oliver Herford; P: Henry W. Savage; SD: George Marion; MD: Augustus Barratt.

  • Vera Violetta, Apollo-Theater, Vienna, 30 Nov. 1907. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein.

  • Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 20 Nov. 1911, 112 perfs. José Collins. Bk: Leonard Liebling & Harold Atteridge; Lyrs: Harold Atteridge; P: the Winter Garden Company; SD: Lewis Morton; MD: Samuel Lehman; DD: William J. Wilson & Joseph C. Smith.

  • Die Frauenfresser, Bürgertheater, Vienna, 23 Dec. 1911. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Karl Lindau; Add. music: Walter Kollo.

  • The Woman Haters, Astor Theatre, New York, 7 Oct. 1912, 32 perfs. Bk & lyrs: George V. Hobart; P: A. H. Woods; SD: George Marion; MD: John Lund.

  • Der lachende Ehemann, Bürgertheater, Vienna, 19 Mar. 1913. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • The Laughing Husband, New Theatre, London, 2 Oct. 1913, 78 perfs. Courtice Pounds (Ottakar Bruckner) & Daisy Irving (Belle Bruckner). Bk & lyrs: Arthur Wimperis; P: Philip Michael Faraday; MD: Jacques Heuvel. Revd as The Girl Who Didn’t, Lyric, London, 18 Dec. 1913 (C. H. Workman as Ottakar Bruckner, Yvonne Arnaud as Etelka von Basewitz, 68 perfs); Grace La Rue (American) as Hella Bruckner sang interpolated number, ‘A Tango Dream’ (words & music: Elsa Maxwell).

  • The Laughing Husband, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 2 Feb. 1914, 48 perfs. Courtice Pounds (Ottakar Bruckner) & Betty Callish (Hella Bruckner). Bk & lyrs: Arthur Wimperis, as for London; P: Charles Frohman; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Gustave Selzer.

  • Ein Tag im Paradies, Bürgertheater, Vienna, 23 Dec. 1913. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Béla Jenbach.

  • The Blue Paradise, Casino Theatre, New York, 5 Aug. 1915, moved to 44th Street Theatre, 29 May 1016, 356 perfs in all. Frances Demarest (Gladys), Vivienne Segal (Mizzi), & Cecil Lean (Stoeger). Bk: Edgar Smith; Lyrs: Herbert Reynolds; Add. music: Sigmund Romberg (8 songs) & Leo Edwards; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. H. Benrimo; MD: Herbert Kerr; DD: Ed Hutchinson.

Fall, Leo, b. Olmütz, Moravia (now Olomouc, Czech Republic) 2 Feb. 1873, d. Vienna, 16 Sep. 1925

  • Die Dollarprinzessin, Carltheater, Vienna, 2 Nov. 1907. Mizzi Günther (Alice Couder) & Louis Treumann (Fredy Wehrburg), 80 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Alfred Maria Willner & Fritz Grünbaum. Neue Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 6 Jun. 1908.

  • The Dollar Princess, Daly’s Theatre, London, 25 Sep. 1909, 430 perfs. Lily Elsie (Alice Conder), Robert Michaelis (Freddy), Joseph Coyne (Harry Q. Conder), & Emmy Wehlen (Olga). Bk & lyrs: Basil Hood & Adrian Ross; Add. numbers: Richard Fall; P: George Edwardes; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Harold Vicars; Costume design: Comelli; Costume providers inc. Margaine Lacroix, Lucile Ltd, & eight others. Try-out: the Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, 24 Dec. 1908. Revival at Daly’s, 4 Feb. 1925 (Evelyn Laye as Alice, Carl Brisson as Harry Q. Conder, 69 perfs).

  • The Dollar Princess, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 6 Sep. 1909, 288 perfs. Valli Valli (Alice Cowder), Donald Brian (Freddy), E. J. Connoly (John W. Cowder), & Louise Pounds (Olga). Bk & lyrs: George Grossmith Jr; Add. numbers in Act 3: Leo Fall (1), Richard Fall (1), W. T. Francis (1), & Jerome D. Kern (3); P: Charles Frohman; SD: J. A. E. Malone; MD: W. T. Francis.

  • Der fidele Bauer, Hoftheater, Mannheim, 27 Jul. 1907. Bk & lyrs: Victor Léon. Theater an der Wien, 1 Jun. 1908. Theater des Westens, Berlin, 23 Oct. 1908.

  • The Merry Peasant, Strand Theatre, London, 23 Oct. 1909, 69 perfs. Courtice Pounds (Mathaeus) & Sybil Arundale (Annamirl). Bk & lyrs: Cosmo Hamilton; Add. songs by Theodore Holland; P: Herbert Cottesmore; MD: Theodore Stier; DD: Fred Farren; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Der fidele Bauer, given in German, Garden Theatre, Madison Ave & 27th Street, New York, 22 Feb. 1911 (12 perfs?).

  • Die geschiedene Frau, Carltheater, Vienna, 23 Dec. 1908. Mizzi Zwerenz (Jana), Anny Dirkens (Gonda), & Hubert Marschka (Karel). Bk & lyrs: Victor Léon, after Victorien Sardou’s play Divorçons! of 1880. 1st perf. in Berlin at the Theater des Westens, 6 Sep. 1910.

  • The Girl in the Train, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 4 Jun. 1910, 339 perfs. Phyllis Dare (Gonda) & Robert Evett (Karel). Bk & lyrs: Adrian Ross; P: George Edwardes; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Theodore Stier.

  • The Girl in the Train, Globe Theatre, New York, 3 Oct. 1910, 40 perfs. Vera Michelena & Melville Stewart. Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: Charles Dillingham; SD: Fred G. Latham; MD: Anton Heindl.

  • Brüderlein fein, Die Hölle (Theater und Kabarett), Vienna, 1 Dec. 1909. Bk & lyrs: Julius Wilhelm. One act.

  • Darby and Joan, London Coliseum, London, Aug. 1912.

  • Joys of Youth, US version by John A. Bassett, but not performed in New York.

  • Die Sirene, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 5 Jan. 1911. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & A. M. Willner.

  • The Siren, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 28 Aug. 1911, 136 perfs. Donald Brian (Marquis de Ravaillac). Bk: Harry B. Smith; Lyrs: Adrian Ross, Herbert Reynolds [M. E. Rourke], et al.; Add. music: Jerome Kern, Worton David [Lawrence Wright], & Egbert van Alstyne; P: Charles Frohman; SD: Thomas Reynolds; MD: Harold Vicars.

  • Das Puppenmädel, Carltheater, Vienna, 4 Nov. 1910. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Alfred Maria Willner (after Robert de Flets & Gaston de Caillavet).

  • The Doll Girl, Globe Theatre, New York, 25 Aug. 1913, 88 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: Charles Frohman; MD: Gustave Salzer; DD: Edward Royce; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Der liebe Augustin, Neues Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, 3 Feb. 1912. Fritzi Massary (Helene); much revd version of Der Rebell (Vienna, 1905). Bk & lyrs for both by Rudolf Bernauer & Ernst Welisch. Fall’s first operetta to be premiered in Berlin.

  • Princess Caprice, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 11 May 1912, 265 perfs. Harry Welchman (Augustin), Clara Evelyn (Helen), Courtice Pounds (Jasomir), George Graves (Bogumil), & Cicely Courtneidge (Clementine). Bk & lyrs: Alexander M. Thompson, Arthur Scott Craven, Harry Beswick, & Percy Greenbank; P & SD: Robert Courtneidge; MD: Arthur Wood; DD: Espinosa.

  • Lieber Augustin, Casino Theatre, New York, 3 Sep. 1913, 37 perfs. George MacFarlane & May de Sousa. Bk & lyrs: Edgar Smith; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. C. Huffman; MD: John Lund. Song ‘Look in Her Eyes’ by Jerome Kern & Michael E. Rourke. Later renamed Miss Caprice.

  • Die Rose von Stambul, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 2 Dec. 1916, 480 perfs. Hubert Marischka (Achmed Bey) & Betty Fischer (Kondja). Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald. Berlin (Fritzi Massary), 1917.

  • The Rose of Stamboul, Century Theatre, New York, 7 Mar. 1922, 111 perfs. Tessa Kosta (Kondja) & Marion Green (Achmed Bey). Bk & lyrs: Harold Atteridge; Add. music by Sigmund Romberg; SD: J. C. Huffman; MD: Alfred Goodman; DD: Allan K. Foster Costume design: Charles LeMaire; scenic design: Watson Barratt; Production supervised by J. J. Schubert.

  • Madame Pompadour, Berliner Theater, Berlin, 9 Sep. 1922. Fritzi Massary (Madame Pompadour). Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Schanzer & Ernst Welisch.

  • Madame Pompadour, Daly’s Theatre, London, 20 Dec. 1923, 461 perfs. Evelyn Laye (Madame Pompadour), Bertram Wallis (Louis XV), & Derek Oldham (René). Bk: Frederick Lonsdale & Harry Graham; Lyrs: Harry Graham; P: Fred J. Blackman; MD: Arthur Wood; Set designers: Alfred Terraine, Joseph & Phil Harker; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Mme. Pompadour, Martin Beck Theatre, New York, 11 Nov. 1924, 80 perfs. Wilda Bennett (Mme. Pompadour) & John Quinlan (René). Bk & lyrs: Clare Kummer; P: Charles Dillingham & Martin Beck; SD: R. H. Burnside; MD: Oscar Radin. Opening production at this theatre.

Felix, Hugo, b. Vienna, 19 Nov. 1866, d. Los Angeles, 24 Aug. 1934

  • Madame Sherry, Central-Theater, Berlin, 1902. Bk & lyrs: Maurice Ordonneau, trans. into German by Benno Jacobson.

  • Madame Sherry, Apollo Theatre, London, 23 Dec. 1903, 102 perfs. Nigel Playfair (Mac Sherry) & Florence St John (Catherine). Bk: Charles E. Hands; Lyrs: Adrian Ross; P: George Edwardes; SD: J. A. E. Malone; MD: Barter Johns; DD: Willie Warde.

  • Madame Sherry, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 30 Aug. 1910, 231 perfs. Jack Gardner (Edward Sherry) & Elizabeth Murray (Catherine). Music mainly Karl Hoschna, new bk & lyrs: Otto Hauerbach; Add. numbers by others; SD: George W. Lederer; MD: Hans S. Linne.

Gilbert, Jean (real name, Max Winterfeld), b. Hamburg 11 Feb. 1879, d. Buenos Aires, 20 Dec. 1942

  • Die keusche Susanne, Wilhelm Theater, Magdeburg, 26 Feb. 1910. Bk & lyrs: Georg Okonkowski; Lyrs: Alfred Schönfeld, after Antony Mars & Maurice Desvallières’s play Le Fils à papa (1906). Carltheater, Vienna, 18 Mar. 1911.

  • Modest Suzanne, Liberty Theatre, 1 Jan. 1912, 24 perfs. Sallie Fisher (Suzanne), Stanley G. Ford (Baron Dauvray), & John L. Kearney (Pomeral). Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith; P: A. H. Woods & H. H. Frazee; SD: George Marion; MD: Louis F. Gottschalk. Stanislaus Stange’s adaptation of the original French play Le Fils à papa (1906) by Antony Mars & Maurice Desvallières had been given at the Astor Theatre, 24 Oct. 1910, with the title The Girl in the Taxi (songs by Benjamin Hapgood Burt), 48 perfs.

  • The Girl in the Taxi, Lyric Theatre, London, 5 Sep. 1912. Yvonne Arnaud (Suzanne), Arthur Playfair (Baron Dauvray) & C. H. Workman (Pomarel), 384 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Frederick Fenn & Arthur Wimperis; P & SD: Philip Michael Faraday; MD: Jacques Heuvel. Revived Lyric, 1 Nov. 1913 (48 perfs), Garrick, 23 Jan. 1915 [wartime] (165 perfs). 597 perfs in all.

  • Die Kino-Königin, Metropol-Theater [now the Komische Oper], Berlin, 8 Mar. 1913. Bk & lyrs: Georg Okonkowski & Julius Freund.

  • The Queen of the Movies, Globe Theatre, New York, 12 Jan. 1914, 104 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Glen MacDonough; Add. music & lyrs: Leslie Stuart & Irving Berlin; P: Thomas W. Ryley; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Hugo Riesenfeld; Scene & costume design: Hugo Baruch.

  • The Cinema Star, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 4 Jun. 1914. Dorothy Ward (Louise), Cicely Courtneidge (Phyllis), Harry Welchman (Victor), & Jack Hulbert (Billy), 108 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Jack Hulbert; Lyrs: Harry Graham; Add. lyrs: Percy Greenbank; P & SD: Robert Courtneidge; MD: Arthur Wood.

  • Das Autoliebchen, Thalia-Theater, Berlin, 16 Mar. 1912. Bk: Jean Kren; Lyrs: Alfred Schönfeld.

  • The Joy-Ride Lady, New Theatre, London, 21 Feb. 1914, transferred to Garrick 9 May 1914, 105 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Arthur Anderson & Hartley Carrick; P: Sydney Ellison; MD: George W. Byng; DD: Renée Verue.

  • Backseat Baby, Yorkville Theatre, New York, 1917–18 season. P: Adolf Philipp.

  • Die moderne Eva, Neues Operetten-Theater, Berlin, 18 Oct. 1911. Bk & lyrs: Georg Okonowski & Arthur Schönfeld.

  • A Modern Eve, Casino Theatre, New York, 3 May 1915, 56 perfs. Bk: William M. Hough; Lyrs: Benjamin Hapgood Burt; Add. music: Victor Hallaender & Jerome Kern; P: John Cort; MD: Ben Jermone; DD: Julian Alfred.

  • Fräulein Trallala, Neues Luisen-Theater, Königsberg, 15 Nov. 1913. Bk: Georg Okonkowski; Lyrs: Leo Leipziger.

  • Mam’selle Tralala, Lyric, 16 Apr. 1914, 107 perfs. Yvonne Arnaud (Noisette). Bk & lyrs: Arthur Wimperis & Hartley Carrick; SD: Philip Michael Faraday; MD: Jacques Heuval. 2nd prod., score much revd, as Oh! Be Careful! at the Garrick, 19 Jun. 1915 (Yvonne Arnaud again as Noisette, 33 perfs). MD: Leonard Hornsey.

  • Die Frau im Hermelin, Thalia-Theater, Berlin, 1919. Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Schanzer & Ernst Welisch.

  • The Lady of the Rose, Daly’s Theatre, London, 21 Feb. 1922, 516 perfs. Harry Welchman (Colonel Belovar) & Phyllis Dare (Mariana). Bk & lyrs: Frederick Lonsdale; Lyrs: Harry Graham; Add. song ‘Catch a Butterfly’: Leslie Stuart (lyrs H. Graham); P & SD: Fred J. Blackman; MD: Merlin Morgan; DD: A. H. Majilton; Costume design: Comelli. Revived Daly’s 26 Apr. 1929 (Welchman as Belovar again, 27 perfs). Try-out: Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, 26 Dec. 1921.

  • The Lady in Ermine, Ambassador Theatre, New York, 2 Oct. 1922, transferred to Century Theatre, New York, 29 Jan. 1923, 238 perfs in all. Wilda Bennett (Mariana) & Walter Woolf (Colonel Belovar). Bk: Frederick Lonsdale & Cyrus Wood; Lyrs: Harry Graham & Cyrus Wood; Add. music: Alfred Goodman; SD: Charles Sinclair; MD: Oscar Bradley; DD: Jack Mason & Allan K. Foster; Prod. supervised by J. J. Shubert.

  • Katja, die Tänzerin, Vienna, 1922. Bk & lyrs: Leopold Jacobson & Rudolph Österreicher.

  • Katja, the Dancer, Gaiety Theatre, London, 21 Feb. 1925, transferred to Daly’s, 7 Sep. 1925, 514 perfs in all. Lilian Davies (Katja) & Gregory Stroud (the Prince). Bk: Harry Graham & Frederick Lonsdale; Lyrs: Harry Graham; P & SD: Fred J. Blackman; MD: Idris Lewis; Costume design: Comelli. Try-out: Prince’s Theatre, Bradford, 4 Aug. 1924.

  • Katja, 44th Street Theatre, New York, 18 Oct. 1926, 112 perfs. Lilian Davies (Katja) & Allan Prior (the Prince). London version with add. music: Maurice Rubens & Ralph Benatzky; SD: J. C. Huffman; MD: Oscar Radin; DD: Max Scheck; Production supervised by J. J. Shubert.

  • Uschi, Hamburg, 1925. Bk & lyrs: Leo Kastner & Alfred Möller.

  • Yvonne, Daly’s, London, 22 May 1926, 281 perfs. Ivy Tresmand & Arthur Pusey. Bk & lyrs: Percy Greenbank; Add. music: Vernon Duke (under his birth name Dukelsky) & Arthur Wood; P & SD: Herbert Mason; MD: Arthur Wood; DD: Fred A. Leslie.

  • Das Weib in Purpur, Vienna, 1923. Bk & lyrs: Leopold Jacobson & Rudolf Oesterreicher.

  • The Red Robe, Shubert Theatre, New York, 25 Dec. 1928 transferred to Jolson’s Theatre 13 May 1929, 167 perfs in all. Bk: Harry B. Smith & Edward Delaney Dunn (after Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman); Lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: the Shuberts; SD: Stanley Logan; MD: unknown.

  • Hotel Stadt Lemberg, Hamburg, 1929. Bk & lyrs: Ernst Neubach, after the novel by Lajos Biró.

  • Marching By, Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre, New York, 3 Mar. 1932, 12 perfs. Bk: Harry B. Smith & Harry Clarke; Lyrs: Harry B. Smith; Add. music: Harry Revel, Gus Edwards, et al.; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. C. Huffman; MD: George Hirst; DD: Allan K. Foster.

  • Die kleine Sünderin, Berlin 1922. Bk: Hans Hellmut Zerlett; Lyrs: Willy Prager & Robert Gilbert.

  • Lovely Lady, Phoenix, London, 25 Feb. 1932, 4 perfs. Polly Walker (Peggy). Bk & lyrs: Arthur Wimperis; P: Edward Laurillard; SD: Ben Taylor; MD: Philip Braham? Try-out: Opera House, Manchester, 1 Feb. 1932.

Granichstaedten, Bruno, b. Vienna, 1 Sep. 1879, d. New York, 30 May 1944

  • Bub oder Mädel?, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 13 Nov. 1908. Bk & lyrs: Felix Dörmann & Adolf Altmann.

  • The Rose Maid, Globe, New York, 22 Apr. 1912, 181 perfs. Bk: Harry B. Smith & Raymond Peck; Lyrs: Robert B. Smith; SD: George Marion; MD: Robert Hood Bowers; DD: William Rock; Produced by Louis F. Werber & Mark A. Luescher.

  • Der Orlow, Theater an der Wien, 1925. Bk & lyrs: Ernst Marischka.

  • Hearts and Diamonds, Strand, 1 Jun. 1926, 43 perfs. George Metaxa (Alex Dorotchinsky) & Darly Aitken (Mildred Harris). Bk: P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrs: Graham John; Add. numbers: Max Darewski; SD, set & costume design: Theodore Komisarjevsky; MD: Max Darewski.

Heuberger, Richard, b. Graz, 18 Jun. 1850, d. Vienna, 28 Oct. 1914

  • Der Opernball, Theater an der Wien, 5 Jan. 1898. Bk & lyrs: Viktor Léon & Heinrich von Waldberg, after a comedy by Alfred Hennequin & Alfred Delacour.

  • The Opera Ball, Liberty Theatre, New York, 12 Feb. 1912, 32 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Sydney Rosenfeld & Clare Kummer; Add. songs: Jerome Kern & Chris Smith; MD: Josiah Zuro.

Hirsch, Hugo, b. Birnbaum (now Międzychód), Provinz Posen (now Poznań), 12 Mar. 1884, d. Berlin, 16 Aug. 1961

  • Der Fürst von Pappenheim, Deutsches Künstlertheater, Berlin, 6 Feb. 1923. Bk & lyrs: Franz Arnold & Ernst Bach.

  • Toni, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 12 May 1924, 248 perfs. Jack Buchanan (Toni). Bk & lyrs: Douglas Furber & Harry Graham; Add. music: Stephen Jones; P: Herbert Bryan; SD: Frank Smythe; MD: Thomas Tunbridge; DD: Jack Buchanan.

Jacobi, Viktor, b. Budapest, 22 Oct. 1883, d. New York, 19 Dec. 1921

  • Leányvásár, Király Színház (King’s Theatre), Budapest, 14 Nov. 1911, Sári Petráss, Sári Fedák, Ernö Király, & Árpád Latabár. Bk & lyrs: Max Brody & Ferenc Martos.

  • Mädchenmarkt, Carltheater, Vienna, 5 Jul. 1912. German version by E. Motz & Eugen Spero.

  • The Marriage Market, Daly’s, 17 May 1913, 423 perfs. Robert Michaelis (Jack), Sári Petráss (Mariposa), Gertie Millar (Kitty), W. H. Berry, & G. P. Huntley. Bk: Gladys Unger; Lyrs: Arthur Anderson & Adrian Ross; P & SD: Edward Royce; MD: Franz Ziegler; Costume design: Comelli.

  • The Marriage Market, Knickerbocker, New York, 22 Sep. 1913, 88 perfs. Donald Brian (Edward Fleetwood) & Venita Fitzhugh (Mariposa Gilroy). Same as London, but interpolated songs by Jerome Kern & others. P: Charles Frohman; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Harold Vicars; Costume design: Comelli; Costumes by Mme Zimmerman, Lucile, & others.

  • Szibill, Király Színház (King’s Theatre), Budapest, 27 Feb. 1914. Bk & lyrs: Max Brody & Ferenc Martos.

  • Sybill, Stadttheater, Vienna, 2 Dec. 1919. Bk & lyrs: Robert Bodanzky.

  • Sybil, Liberty Theatre, New York, 10 Jan. 1916, 168 perfs. Julia Sanderson (Sybil) & Donald Brian (Grand Duke). Bk & lyrs: Harry Graham; Add. lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: Charles Frohman; SD: Fred G. Latham; MD: Harold Vicars. Try-out National, Washington DC, 27 Dec. 1915.

  • Sybil, Daly’s, London, 19 Feb. 1921, 374 perfs. José Collins (Sybil) & Harry Welchman (Grand Duke). Same version as New York. P: Seymour Hicks; SD: Fred J. Blackman; MD: Merlin Morgan; Costumes Reville & Comelli. Try-out: Palace Theatre, Manchester, 27 Dec. 1920.

Jarno, Georg, b. Buda (now Budapest), 3 Jun. 1868, d. Breslau (now Wrocław), 25 May 1920

  • Die Försterchristl, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, 17 Dec. 1907. Bk & lyrs: Bernhard Buchbinder.

  • The Girl and the Kaiser, Herald Square Theatre (Broadway), 22 Nov. 1910, 64 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Leonard Liebling; P: Sam S. & Lee Shubert; MD: Oscar Radin.

Kálmán, Emmerich (Imre Koppstein), b. Siófok, Hungary, 24 Oct. 1882, d. Paris, 30 Oct. 1953

  • Tatárjárás, Vigszínház Theatre, Budapest, 22 Feb. 1908. Bk: Károly von Bakyonyi; Lyrs by Andor Gabor.

  • Ein Herbstmanöver, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 21 Jan. 1909, Louise Kartousch (Marosi), Otto Storm (Lörenthy), & Max Pallenberg (Wallerstein). Bk & lyrs: Robert Bodanzky; Conducted by Robert Stolz.

  • The Gay Hussars, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 29 Jul. 1909, 44 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Maurice Browne Kirby; Lyrs: Grant Stewart; P: Henry W. Savage; SD: George Marion; MD: Gustave Salzer.

  • Autumn Manoeuvres, Adelphi Theatre, 25 May 1912, 74 perfs. Robert Evett & Gracie Leigh. Bk & lyrs: Henry Hamilton; Add. music: Lionel Monckton, Howard Talbot, Hamish McCunn, Herbert Bunning, & Carl Kiefert. Just three numbers by Kálmán; P: A. E. Malone; MD: Carl Kiefert; DD: Willie Warde; Costumes: Lucile, & others.

  • Der Zigeunerprimás, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 11 Oct. 1912. Bk & lyrs: Fritz Grünbaum & Julius Wilhelm.

  • Sári, Liberty Theatre, NY, 13 Jan. 1914, moving to New Amsterdam, 151 perfs. Mitzi Hajos (Sári). Bk: Catherine Chisholm Cushing & E. P. Heath; Lyrs: Catherine Cushing; P: Henry W. Savage; SD: George Marion; MD: Max Bendix. Revival Liberty Theatre, 29 Jan. 1930 (15 perfs).

  • Zsuzsi kisasszony [Little Miss Susie], Vigszínház Theatre, Budapest, 27 Feb. 1912. Bk & lyrs: Ferenc Martos & Miksa Bródy.

  • Die Faschingsfee, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 21 Sep. 1917. Bk & lyrs: Arthur Willner & Rudolf Österreicher.

  • Miss Springtime, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 25 Sep. 1916, 224 perfs. George MacFarlane (Jo Varady). Bk: Guy Bolton; Lyrs: P. G. Wodehouse & Herbert Reynolds; Add. music: Jerome Kern; P: Klaw & Erlanger; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Charles Previn; DD: Julian Mitchell.

  • Az obsitos, Vigszínház Theatre, Budapest, 16 Mar. 1910. Bk & lyrs: Karl von Bakonyi.

  • Der gute Kamerad, Bürgertheater, Vienna, 27 Oct. 1911. Bk & lyrs: Victor Léon. Revd by Léon as Gold gab ich für Eisen, Theater an der Wien, 17 Oct. 1914.

  • Her Soldier Boy, Astor Theatre, New York, 6 Dec. 1916, moved to Lyric then Shubert, 198 perfs in all. John Charles Thomas (Alain Teniers). Bk & lyrs: Rida Johnson Young; Add. music: Sigmund Romberg; P: the Shuberts (Lee & J. J.); SD: J. J. Shubert; MD: Augustus Barratt; DD: Jack Mason.

  • Soldier Boy!, Apollo Theatre, London, 26 Jun. 1918, 374 perfs. Rida Johnson Young’s version further revd by Edgar Wallace; music adapted by Frederick Chappelle (Kálmán not credited – this was wartime). P: Albert de Courville; SD: J. H. Benrimo; MD: Leonard Hornsey; DD: Frank Smithson. Like the Broadway version, it included George & Felix Powell’s ‘Pack up Tour Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag’.

  • Das Hollandweibchen, Johann Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 30 Jan. 1920. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Bela Jenbach.

  • A Little Dutch Girl, Lyric Theatre, London, 1 Dec. 1920, 215 perfs. Maggie Teyte (Princess Julia). Bk: Harry Graham & Seymour Hicks; Lyrs: Harry Graham; P: Seymour Hicks & J. L. Sacks; MD: Jacques Heuval; DD: Willie Warde.

  • The Dutch Girl, Majestic Theatre, Boston, 22 Jan. 1925; did not reach Broadway.

  • Die Csárdásfürstin, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 17 Nov. 1915, Mizzi Günther (Sylva). Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Béla Jenbach.

  • The Riviera Girl, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 24 Sep. 1917, 78 perfs. Wilda Bennett (Sylva Vareska) & Carl Gantvoort (Victor de Berryl). Bk: Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrs by P. G. Wodehouse. Interpolated number ‘The Bungalow in Quogue’: Jerome Kern (lyrs Wodehouse). Set in Monte Carlo; P: Klaw & Erlanger; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Charles Previn; DD: Julian Mitchell.

  • The Gipsy Princess, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 26 May 1921, transferred to Strand, 3 Oct., 212 perfs. Sará Petráss (Sylva). Bk: Arthur Miller; Lyrs: Arthur Stanley; P: Claude B. Yearsley, De Groot; SD: William J. Wilson; MD: Robert Cox. Revival Saville, 14 Jun 1944.

  • Die Bajadere, Carltheater, Vienna, 23 Dec. 1921. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • The Yankee Princess, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 2 Oct. 1922, 80 perfs. Thorpe Bates (Prince Radjami) & Vivienne Segal (Odette). Bk & lyrs: William Baron & B. G. deSylva; P: A. L. Erlanger; SD: Frederick G. Latham; MD: William Daly; DD: Julian Mitchell.

  • Gräfin Mariza, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 28 Feb. 1924, Betty Fischer (Mariza) & Hubert Marischka (Tassilo). Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • Countess Maritza, Shubert Theatre, New York, 18 Sep. 1926, 321 perfs. Yvonne d’Arle (Maritza) & Walter Woolf (Tassilo). Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith; Add. numbers: Sigmund Romberg & Al Goodman; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. J. Shubert; MD: anon. Revived Century Theatre, 9 Apr. 1928 (16 perfs).

  • Maritza, Palace Theatre, London, 6 Jul. 1938, 68 perfs. Mara Lossef (Maritza) & John Garrick (Torok). Bk & lyrs: Robert Layer-Parker, Eddie Garr, & Arthur Stanley; P: J. Whyte-Melville Skeffington; SD: Robert Nesbitt; MD: George Walter; DD: Freddie Carpenter.

  • Die Zirkusprinzessin, Theater an der Wien, 26 Mar. 1926. Hubert Marischka & Betty Fischer. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • The Circus Princess, Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 25 Apr. 1927, 192 perfs. Guy Robertson & Desiree Tabor. Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. C. Huffman & Marcel Varnell; MD: Alfred Goodman; DD: Allan K. Foster.

  • Das Veilchen von Montmartre, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 21 Mar. 1930. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • A Kiss in Spring, Alhambra Theatre, London, 28 Nov. 1932, 83 perfs. Eric Bertner (Raoul) & Eileen Moody (Violette). Bk & lyrs: Lawrence du Garde Peach; Add. music: Herbert Griffiths; P: Oswald Stoll; SD: Norman Marshall; DD: Frederick Ashton.

Kollo, Walter, b. Neidenburg, 28 Jan. 1878, d. Berlin, 30 Sep. 1940

  • Filmzauber, see Sirmay.

  • Wie einst im Mai, Berliner Theater, Berlin, 4 Oct. 1913. Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Bernauer, Rudolf Schanzer, & Willy Bredschneider.

  • Maytime, Shubert Theatre, NY, 16 Aug. 1917, transferred to 44th Street, then Broadhurst, then Lyric, then again Broadhurst, 492 perfs. Peggy Wood & Charles Purcell (replaced by John Charles Thomas). Bk & lyrs: Rida Johnson Young; Music: Sigmund Romberg; P: the Shuberts (Lee & J. J.); SD: Edward P. Temple; MD: Frank Tours; DD: Allen K. Foster.

  • Drei alte Schachteln, Theater am Nollendorfplatz, Berlin 1917, Claire Waldoff (Auguste). Bk: Herman Haller; Lyrs: Rideamus (Fritz Oliven), after J. M. Barrie’s play Quality Street.

  • Phoebe of Quality Street, Shubert Theatre, 9 May 1921, 16 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Edward Delaney Dunn; P: the Shuberts; SD: W. H. Gilmore & Max Scheck; MD: Max Steiner.

  • Sterne, die wieder leuchtet, Berlin 1918. Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Bernhauser & Rudolf Schanzer, after Michael Klapp.

  • Springtime of Youth, Broadhurst Theatre, NY, 26 Oct. 1922, 68 perfs. George MacFarlane (Roger Hathaway) & Olga Steck (Priscilla Alden). Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith, Matthew C. Woodward, & Cyrus Wood; Add. music: Sigmund Romberg; P: the Shuberts; SD: John Harwood & J. C. Huffman; MD: Frank Cork; DD: Allan K. Foster; Orchestration: Emil Gerstenberger.

  • Drei arme kleine Mädels, Berlin 1927. Bk & lyrs: Herman Feiner & Bruno Hardt-Warden.

  • Three Little Girls, Shubert Theatre, NY, 14 Aug. 1930, 104 perfs. Charles Hedley (Hendrik) & Natalie Hall (Beate-Marie). Bk: Marie Armstrong Hecht & Gertrude Purcell; Lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. J. Shubert; MD: Louis Kroll.

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, b. Brünn (now Brno), 29 May 1897, d. Hollywood, 29 Nov. 1957, & Julius Bittner, b. Vienna, 9 Apr. 1874, d. Vienna, 9 Jan. 1939

  • Walzer aus Wien, Stadttheater Vienna, 30 Oct. 1930. Bk & lyrs: A. M. Willner, Heinz Reichert, & Ernst Marischka; music adapted from J. Strauss Sr & Jr by Erich Korngold & Julius Bittner.

  • Waltzes from Vienna, Alhambra Theatre, London, 17 Aug. 1931, 607 perfs. Evelyn Herbert (Therese Ebenseder) & Robert Halliday (Strauss Jr). Bk & lyrs: Desmond Carter & Caswell Garth, in addition to Korngold & Bittner; Music arr. by G. H. Clutsam & Herbert Griffiths; Presenter: Oswald Stoll; P & Lighting: Howard Short; SD: Stanley Bell; MD: anon; DD: Albertina Rasch; Sets: E. Delaney & J. Brun-skill; Costume design: Doris Zinkeisen. Very successful revival in 1970 as The Great Waltz, Drury Lane (605 perfs).

  • The Great Waltz, Center Theatre, New York, 22 Sep. 1934, 298 perfs. Marion Clare (Therese) & Guy Robertson (Strauss Jr). Revd Bk by Moss Hart; Lyrs: Desmond Carter; Music arr. Frank Tours & Robert Russell Bennett; P: Max Gordon; SD (& lighting): Hassard Short; MD: Frank Tours; DD: Albertina Rasch (as in London); Sets: Albert Johnson; Costumes: Doris Zinkeisen (as in London) & Irene Sharaff. Revived at same theatre, 5 Aug. 1935 (49 perfs).

Künneke, Eduard, b. Emmerich am Rhein, 27 Jan. 1885, d. Berlin, 27 Oct. 1953

  • Wenn Liebe erwacht, Theater am Nollendorfplatz, Berlin, 3 Sep. 1920. Bk: Herman Haller; Lyrs: Rideamus (Fritz Oliven), after the comedy Renaissance (1896) by Franz von Schönthan & Franz Koppel-Ellfeld. (Action moved from the Medici period to 19th century.)

  • Love’s Awakening, Empire Theatre, London, 19 Apr. 1922, 37 perfs. Juliette Autran (Countess) & Edouard Lestan (Lorenzo). Bk & lyrs: Adrian Ross; P: Edward Laurillard; SD: Charles Ross; MD: Jacques Heuval; DD: Jack Haskell.

  • Der Vetter aus Dingsda, Theater am Nollendorfplatz, Berlin, 15 Apr. 1921, Lori Leux (Julia) & Johannes Müller (the stranger). Bk: Herman Haller; Lyrs: Rideamus (Fritz Oliven), after Max Kempner-Hochstädt’s comedy.

  • Caroline, Ambassador Theatre, New York, 31 Jan. 1923, 151 perfs. Tessa Kosta (Caroline) & J. Harold Murray (Captain Robert Langdon). Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith; P: the Shuberts; SD: Fred G. Latham & J. J. Shubert; MD: Fred Hoff; DD: Frank M. Gillespie.

  • The Cousin from Nowhere, Prince’s Theatre, London, 24 Feb. 1923, 106 perfs. Helen Gilliland (Julia) & Walter Williams (the Stranger). Bk: Fred Thompson; Lyrs: Adrian Ross, Robert C. Tharp, & Douglas Furber; P: Edward Laurillard; SD: Felix Edwardes; MD: J. A. de Orellana; DD: Jack Buchanan.

  • Lady Hamilton, Schauspielhaus, Breslau (now Wrocław), 25 Sep. 1926. Anny Ahlers (Amy). Bk & lyrs: Richard Bars & Leopold Jacobson. MD Franz Marszalek.

  • The Song of the Sea, His Majesty’s, London, 6 Sep. 1928, 155 perfs. Lilian Davies (Nancy), Stanley Holloway (Lieut. Richard Manners). Bk & lyrs: Arthur Wimperis & Lauri Wylie; P: Jack Hulbert; SD: Alfred Bellew; MD: Percy Fletcher.

Lehár, Franz, b. Komorn (split into dual towns Komárom, Hungary, & Komárno, Slovakia, in 1920) 30 Apr. 1870, d. Bad Ischl, 24 Oct. 1948

  • Die lustige Witwe, Theater an der Wein, Vienna, 28 Dec. 1905, Mizzi Günther (Hanna) & Louis Treumann (Danilo), transferred to Raimundtheater then Volksoper, 483 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Victor Léon & Leo Stein from L’Attaché d’ambassade (comédie en trois actes, Théatre du Vaudeville, Paris, 1861) by Henri Meilhac (1831–97). Berliner Theater, Berlin, 1 May 1906 (Marie Ottmann as Hanna, & Gustav Matzner as Danilo). Die lustige Witwe, Berlin Neufassung, 1928 (Großes Schauspielhaus).

  • The Merry Widow, Daly’s Theatre, London, 8 Jun. 1907, 778 perfs. Lily Elsie (Sonia), Joseph Coyne (Danilo), Elizabeth Firth (Natalie), & Robert Evett (Camille). Bk & lyrs: Basil Hood & Adrian Ross; P: George Edwardes; SD: J. A. E. Malone; MD: Barter Johns; DD: Fred Farren. Costumes by Lucile & others. Two new numbers added by Lehár. Revived Daly’s. 19 May 1923, Evelyn Laye (Sonia), 238 perfs; revived at Lyceum, 28 May 1924, Adrienne Brune & others as Sonia, 216 perfs; revived London Hippodrome 29 Sep. 1932, Helen Gilliland (Sonia), 85 perfs. Revival His Majesty’s, 4 Mar. 1943 (302 perfs), Coliseum, 19 Sep. 1944 (107 perfs).

  • New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 21 Oct. 1907, moving to Aerial Gardens (Jul. & Aug. 1908) then back to New Amsterdam, 416 perfs in all. Ethel Jackson (Sonia) & Donald Brian (Danilo). Brought to NY by Erlanger. P: Henry W. Savage; SD: George Marion; MD: Louis F. Gottschalk. Revivals: Knickerbocker Theatre, 5 Sep. 1921, Lydia Lipkowska (Sonia) & Reginald Pasch (Danilo), 56 perfs, P: Henry W. Savage; Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre, 2 Dec. 1929 (16 perfs); Erlanger’s Theatre, 7 Sep. 1931, Alice McKenzie (Sonia) & Donald Brian (Danilo), 32 perfs; Majestic Theatre, 4 Aug. 1943 (322 perfs).

  • The Merry Widow Burlesque, Weber’s Music Hall, New York, 2 Jan. 1908, 156 perfs. Joe Weber’s burlesque of The Merry Widow (by arrangement with Henry W. Savage, & using Lehár’s music), Lulu Glaser as Fonia from Farsovia [instead of Sonia from Marsovia], Joe Weber as Disch [instead of Nisch the messenger], and Bessie Clayton (advertised as ‘the world’s greatest dancer’); Bk: George V. Hobart.

  • Mitislaw der Moderne, Die Hölle (Cabaret in the Theater an der Wien basement), Vienna, 5 Jan. 1907, Emil Richter-Roland (Mitislaw) & Mela Mars (Amaranth). Bk & lyrs: Fritz Grünbaum & Robert Bodanzky.

  • Mitislaw, or The Love Match, London Hippodrome, 29 Nov. 1909, 56 perfs. Maurice Farkoa (Mitislaw) & Zena Dare (Amaranth).

  • Der Graf von Luxemburg, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 12 Nov. 1909, Otto Storm (René) & Annie von Ligety (Angèle). Bk & lyrs: A. M. Willner & Robert Bodanzky. Neues Operettentheater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, 23 Dec. 1909 (Fritz Werner & Mizzi Wirth).

  • The Count of Luxembourg, Daly’s Theatre, 20 May, 1911, 339 perfs. Bertram Wallis (René) & Lily Elsie (Angèle). Bk & lyrs: Adrian Ross & Basil Hood; P: George Edwardes; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Franz Ziegler; DD: Jan Oy-Ray; Costume design: Comelli.

  • The Count of Luxembourg, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 16 Sep. 1912, 120 perfs. George L. Moore (René) & Ann Swinburne (Angèle). Bk: Glen MacDonough; Lyrs remain those of Ross & Hood; P: Klaw & Erlanger; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Anton Heindl; Costume design: Comelli. Try-out: Tremont Theatre, Boston, 26 Aug. 1912. Revival Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre, 17 Feb. 1930 (16 perfs).

  • Zigeunerliebe, Carltheater, Vienna, 8 Jan. 1910, Greta Holm (Zorika) & Willi Strehl (Jozsi). Bk & lyrs: A. M. Willner & Robert Bodanzky. Metropol-Theater [now the Komische Oper], Berlin, 12 Feb. 1911 (Martha Winternitz-Dorda & Jean Nadolovitch).

  • Gypsy Love, Globe Theatre, New York, 17 Oct. 1911, 31 perfs. Phyllis Partington [replacing Marguerite Sylva] (Zorika) & Albert Albro (Jozsi). Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith; P: A. H. Woods; SD: George Marion; MD: Louis F. Gottschalk.

  • Gipsy Love, Daly’s Theatre, London, 1 Jun. 1912, 299 perfs. Sári Petráss (Ilona) [her London debut], Robert Michaelis (Jozsi), & Gertie Millar (Lady Babby). Bk & lyrs: Basil Hood & Adrian Ross; Add. numbers: Lehár; P: George Edwardes; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Franz Ziegler; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Eva, Theater an der Wien, 24 Nov. 1911. Bk & lyrs: Alfred Maria Willner & Robert Bodanzky.

  • Eva, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 30 Dec. 1912, 24 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Glen MacDonough; P: Klaw & Erlanger; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Hugo Riesenfeld; DD: Julian Mitchell.

  • Der Mann mit den drei Frauen, Theater an der Wien, 21 Jan. 1908, 82 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Julius Bauer, after Alexandre Bisson, Le Contrôlleur des wagon-lits.

  • The Man with Three Wives, Weber & Fields’ Music Hall, New York, 23 Jan. 1913, 52 perfs. Bk: Agnes Morgan, Paul M. Potter, & Harold Atteridge; Lyrs: Atteridge & Potter; P: the Shuberts (Lee & J. J.); SD: William J. Wilson & J. C. Huffman; MD: Oscar Radin.

  • Das Fürstenkind, Johann Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 7 Oct.1909. Bk & lyrs: Victor Léon after Edmond About, Le Roi des Montagnes.

  • Maids of Athens, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 18 Mar. 1914, 22 perfs. Leila Hughes & Elbert Fretwell. Bk & lyrs: Carolyn Wells; Interpolated songs: Charles J. Anditzer, Frederick Norton, & others; P: Henry W. Savage; SD: George Marion; MD: John McGhie.

  • Endlich Allein, Theater an der Wien, 10 Feb. 1914. Bk & lyrs: Robert Bodanzky & A. M. Willner.

  • Alone at Last, Shubert Theatre, New York, 19 Oct. 1915, 180 perfs. Marguerite Namara (Dolly Cloverdale) & John Charles Thomas (Baron Franz von Hansen). Bk & lyrs: Edgar Smith & Joseph Herber; Add. music: Gaetano Merola; Add. lyrs: Matthew Woodward; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. H. Benrimo; MD: Gaetano Merola; DD: Allan K. Foster.

  • Der Sterngucker, Theater in der Josefstadt, 14 Jan. 1916, Louis Treumann (Franz Höfer) & Louise Kartousch. Bk & lyrs: Fritz Löhner-Beda & A. M. Willner.

  • The Star Gazer, Plymouth Theatre (renamed Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in 2005), New York, 26 Nov. 1917, 8 perfs. John Charles Thomas (Arthur Howard). Bk: Cosmo Hamilton’ Lyrs: Matthew C. Woodward; P: the Shuberts; SD: Edward P. Temple; MD: Gaetano Merola. Hit song ‘If You Only Knew’: Neville Fleeson & Albert Von Tilzer.

  • Die blaue Mazur, Theater an der Wien, 28 May 1920; Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Bela Jenbach.

  • The Blue Mazurka, Daly’s, London, 19 Feb. 1927, 138 perfs. Gladys Moncrieff (Blanca) & Bertram Wallis (Clement). Bk: Monckton Hoffe; Lyrs: Harry Graham; P: Robert Courtneidge; SD: Fred A. Leslie; MD: Arthur Wood. Try-out: Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, late 1926.

  • Frasquita, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 12 May 1922, 195 perfs. Bk & lyrs: A. M. Willner & Heinz Reichert, after La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louys.

  • Frasquita (A Gipsy Maid), Prince’s Theatre, London, 23 Apr. 1925, 35 perfs. José Collins (Frasquita) & Thorpe Rates (Armand). Bk & lyrs: Reginald Arkell & Fred de Gresac; P: Oscar Ashe; MD Frederick Grey. Try-out: Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 24 Dec. 1924.

  • La danza delle libellule, Milan, Teatro Lirico, 27 Sep. 1922. Music originally to Der Sterngucker; given new libretto by Carlo Lombardo.

  • Der Libellentanz (Die drei Grazien), Stadttheater, Vienna, 1 Apr. 1923. German version by A. M. Willner.

  • The Three Graces, Empire Theatre, London, 26 Jan. 1924, 121 perfs. Thorpe Bates (the Duke) & Winifred Barnes (Cliquot). Bk & lyrs: Ben Travers; P: J. L. Sacks; SD: Thomas M. Reynolds; MD: Jacques Heuval. Scenery: Joe & Phil Harker; costumes by Comelli.

  • Der Sterngucker was revd again as Gigolette, Milan, Teatro Lirico, 30 Oct. 1926 (libretto by G. Fortzano); given at Stadttheater, Vienna, 1926, Bk & lyrs: Fritz Löhner & A. M. Willner.

  • Clo-Clo, Bürgertheater, Vienna, 8 Mar. 1924. Louise Kartouche. Bk & lyrs: Bela Jenbach. Revd version, Johann-Strauß-Theater, 4 Sep. 1924.

  • Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 9 Jun. 1925, 95 perfs. Cicely Debenham (Clo-Clo) & Claude Bailey (Maxime). Bk & lyrs: Douglas Furber; Add. songs: Max Darewski; P: C. A. Mills & T. F. Dawe; MD: Max Darewski; DD: Max Rivers.

  • Paganini, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 30 Oct. 1925. Carl Clewing (Paganini) & Emma Kosáry (Anna). Bk & lyrs: Paul Knepler & Béla Jenbach. Deutsches Künstlertheater, Berlin, 30 Jan. 1926, Richard Tauber & Vera Schwarz.

  • Lyceum Theatre, London, 20 May 1937, 59 perfs. Richard Tauber (Paganini), Evelyn Laye (Elisa) & Bertram Wallis as the Duke. Bk & lyrs: A. P. Herbert & Reginald Arkell; P: Charles B. Cochran; SD: Ernest W. Parr; MD: Frank Collinson.

  • Friederike, Metropol-Theater [now the Komische Oper], Berlin, 10 Oct. 1928. Richard Tauber (Goethe) & Käthe Dorsch (Friederike). Bk & lyrs: Ludwig Herzer & Fritz Löhner-Beda.

  • Frederica, Palace Theatre, London, 9 Sep. 1930, 110 perfs. Lea Seidl (Frederica) & Joseph Hislop (Goethe). Bk & lyrs: Adrian Ross & Harry S. Pepper; P: Felix Edwards; SD: Cyril Smith; MD: Jacques Heuval. Try-out King’s Theatre, Glasgow, 1 Sep. 1930.

  • Frederika, Imperial Theatre, New York, 4 Feb. 1937, 95 perfs. Dennis King (Goethe) & Helen Gleason (Frederika). Bk & lyrs: Edward Eliscu. Try-out in Boston, 26 Dec. 1936. P: the Shuberts; SD: Hassard Short; MD: Hilding Anderson; DD: Chester Hale; Orchestration: Hilding Anderson & William Challis.

  • Das Land des Lächelns, Metropol-Theater, Berlin, 10 Oct. 1929. Richard Tauber (Sou-Chong) & Vera Schwarz (Lisa). Bk & lyrs: Ludwig Herzer & Fritz Löhner, much revd version of Victor Léon’s libretto for Der gelbe Jacke, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 9 Feb. 1923.

  • The Land of Smiles, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 8 May 1931, 72 perfs. Richard Tauber (Sou Chong) & Renée Brullard (Lisa). Bk & lyrs: Harry Graham; P: Stanley H. Scott; SD: William Abingdon; MD: Ernest Irving. Revived at Dominion, 31 May 1932 (Tauber, 20 perfs).

Lincke, Carl Emil Paul, b. Berlin, 7 Nov. 1866, d. Berlin, 4 Sep. 1946

  • Frau Luna, Apollo Theater, Berlin, 31 Dec. 1899. One act (in four scenes). Neue Fassung in two acts, Berlin 1922 (including an aerial ballet). Bk & lyrs: Heinrich Bolton-Bäckers; suggested by Offenbach’s Un voyage dans la lune.

  • Castles in the Air, Scala Theatre, London, 11 Apr. 1911, 65 perfs. Cameron Carr, Gwilym Evans, Ivy Moore, & Sybil Tancredi. Bk & lyrs: Mrs Cayley Robinson & Adrian Ross; P: Sidney Watson; SD: Louis Hillier; MD: not known.

  • Ein Abenteuer im Harem, Berlin, 1896. Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers. One act.

  • The H’arum Lily, Pavilion Music Hall, London, 9 Dec. 1912.

Millöcker, Carl (1842–99), Gräfin Dubarry (1879) adapted by Theo Mackeben, b. Preußisch Stargard (now Starogard Gdański, Poland), 5 Jan. 1897, d. Berlin, 10 Jan. 1953

  • Die Dubarry, Admiralspalast, Berlin, 14 Aug. 1931. Gitta Alpár (Countess Dubarry). New Bk & lyrs: Paul Knepler & Ignaz Michael Welleminsky. (Original libretto by F. Zell & Richard Genée.) Music from other Millöcker operettas included. The song ‘Ich schenk mein Herz’ (‘I Give My Heart’) is by Mackeben.

  • The Dubarry, His Majesty’s, London, 14 Apr. 1932, 398 perfs. Anny Ahlers (Jeanne) & Heddle Nash (René). Bk: Desmond Carter & Rowland Leigh; Lyrs: Rowland Leigh; P: Stanley Scott; SD: Felix Edwardes & Arthur Hammond; MD: Ernest Irving; DD: Anton Dolin & Fred A. Leslie.

  • The DuBarry, George M. Cohan Theatre, New York, 22 Nov. 1932, 87 perfs. Grace Moore (Jeanne) & Howard Marsh (René). Same version as London. P: Morris Green & Tillie Leblang; SD: A. O. Huhn; MD: Gustave Salzer; DD: Dorothea Berke; Scene & costume design: Vincente Minnelli.

Nedbal, Oskar, b. Tábor, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) 26 Mar. 1874, d. Agram (Zagreb), 24 Dec. 1930

  • Polenblut, Carltheater, Vienna, 25 Oct. 1913. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein.

  • The Peasant Girl, 44th Street Theatre, New York, 2 Mar. 1915, 111 perfs. Emma Trentini (Helena). Bk: Edgar Smith; Lyrs: Herbert Reynolds & Harold Atteridge; Add. music: Rudolf Friml & Clifton Crawford; Add. lyrs: Clifton Crawford; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. C. Huffman & J. H. Benrimo; MD: Gaetano Merola; DD: Jack Mason.

Reinhardt, Heinrich, b. Pressburg (Bratislava), 13 Apr. 1865, d. Vienna, 31 Jan. 1922

  • Das süsse Mädel, Carltheater, Vienna, 25 Oct. 1901. Bk & lyrs: Alexander Landesberg & Leo Stein.

  • The Sweet Girl, Princess of Wales’s Theatre, Kennington, 26 Jul. 1902 (NB not Prince of Wales Theatre, West End). Bk & lyrs: E. Demain Grange; Add. music: Ernest Irving.

  • Die Sprudelfee, Raimund-Theater, Vienna, 23 Jan. 1909. Bk & lyrs: Alfred Maria Willner & Heinrich Wilhelm.

  • The Spring Maid, Liberty Theatre, New York, 26 Dec. 1910, moving to New Amsterdam, 20 Jan. 1913, 208 perfs in all. William Burress (Prince Nepomuk) & Christie MacDonald (Princess Bozena). Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith; P: Louis F. Werber & Mark A. Luescher; SD: George Marion: MD: Max Bendix.

  • The Spring Maid, Whitney Theatre, Strand, London, 30 Sep. 1911, 63 perfs. Courtice Pounds (Prince Nepomuk) & Marise Fairy as Princess Bozena. P: F. C. Whitney; SD: E. J. Caldwell.

  • Die süßen Grisetten, Vienna, 1 Dec. 1907. Bk & lyrs: Julius Wilhelm. One act.

  • The Daring of Diane, London Pavilion, 1914, Bk & lyrs: Alfred Anderson.

  • Napoleon und die Frauen, Volksoper, Vienna, 1 May 1912.

  • The Purple Road, Liberty Theatre, New York, 7 Apr. 1913, moving to Casino Theatre, 16 Jun. 1913, 136 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Fred De Grésac & William Carey Duncan; Add. music: William Frederick Peters; P: Joseph M. Gaites; SD: Edward P. Temple & George Marion; MD: Gustave Salzer.

Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus (Joseph) Freiherr von, b. Vienna, 4 May 1860, d. Berlin, 2 Aug. 1945

  • Die wunderlichen Geschichten des Kapellmeiters Kreisler, Berlin, 1922; melodrama by C. Meinhard & R. Bernauer.

  • Johannes Kreisler, Apollo Theatre, New York, 20 Dec. 1922, 65 perfs. Jacob Ben-Ami (Kreisler). Bk & lyrs: Louis N. Parker; P: the Selwyns.

Sirmay (Szirmai), Albert

  • Filmzauber, Berliner Theater, Berlin, 19 Oct. 1912. Music: Sirmay, Kollo, & Willy Bredschneider. Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Bernauer & Rudolph Schanzer.

  • The Girl on the Film, Gaiety, London, 5 Apr. 1913, 232 perfs. George Grossmith, Jr (Max Daly), Emmy Wehlan (‘Freddy’), & Connie Ediss (Euphemia Knox). Bk: James T. Tanner; Lyrs: Adrian Ross; Add. music: Melville J. Gideon; P: George Edwardes; MD: George W. Byng; Costume design: Comelli.

  • 44th Street Theatre, New York, 29 Dec. 1913, 64 perfs. Same version as London. P: the Shuberts (Lee & J. J.); SD: Harry B. Burcher; MD: Leonard Hornsbee; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Alexandra, Budapest, 1925. Bk & lyrs: Franz Martos.

  • Alexandra, Johann-Strauß-Theater, Vienna, 11 May 1926. Bk & lyrs: P. Frank & P. Herz.

  • Princess Charming, Palace, London, 21 Oct. 1926, 361 perfs. Alice Delysia (Wanda) & W. H. Berry (Albert). Bk: Arthur Wimperis and Lauri Wylie’ Lyrs: Arthur Wimperis; P: Herbert Clayton & Jack Waller; SD: William Mollison.

  • Princess Charming, Imperial, New York, 13 Oct. 1930, 56 perfs. Evelyn Herbert (Princess Elaine) & Robert Halliday (Captain Torrelli). Bk: Jack Donahue; Lyrs: Arthur Swanstrom; P: Bobby Connolly & Arthur Swanstrom; SD: Edward Clarke Lilley & Bobby Connolly; MD: Alfred Goodman; DD: Albertina Rasch.

Stolz, Robert, b. Graz, 25 Aug. 1880, d. Berlin, 27 Jun. 1975

  • Der Tanz ins Glück, Raimundtheater, Vienna, 28 Oct. 1920, Robert Nästlberger & Christl Mardayn. Bk & lyrs: Robert Bodanzky & Bruno Hardt-Warden.

  • Whirled into Happiness, Lyric Theatre, London, 18 May 1922, 245 perfs. Lily St John (Florence), Mai Bacon (Delphine), & Billy Merson (Matthew Platt). Bk & lyrs: Harry Graham; P: Cecil Paget; SD: Fred J. Blackman; MD: Arthur Wood; DD: A. H. Majilton; Scenic Design: Terraine, Harker; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Sky High, Shubert Theatre, 3 Feb. 1925, 217 perfs. Joyce Barbour (Florence), Vanessi (Delphine), & Willie Howard (Sammie Myers). Bk & lyrs: Harold Atteridge & Harry Graham; Add. music by Alfred Goodman, Carlton Kelsey, & Maurie Rubens; Add. lyrs: Clifford Grey; Add. songs: Hal Dyson & Irving Weill; P: the Shuberts; SD: Fred G. Latham & Alexander Leftwich; MD: Carlton Kelsey; DD: Seymour Felix. Scenic design by Watson Barratt; Costume design: Paul Arlington & Vanity Fair Costumes.

  • Mädi, Berliner Theater, Berlin, 1 Apr. 1923. Bk & lyrs: Alfred Grünwald & Leo Stein.

  • Also given in German at the Yorkville Theatre, New York, 1925–26 season, 21 perfs.

  • The Blue Train, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 10 May 1927, 126 perfs. Bobby Howes (Freddy) & Lily Elsie (Eileen). Bk: Reginald Arkell & Dion Titheradge; Lyrs: Reginald Arkell; P: Philip Ridgeway; SD: Jack Hulbert; MD: Charles Prentice. Try-out: King’s Theatre, Southsea, 14 Mar. 1927.

  • Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen, Princess Theatre, The Hague, 1 Apr. 1932. Bk & lyrs: Bruno Hardt-Warden.

  • Wild Violets, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 31 Oct. 1932, 290 perfs. Jerry Verno (Hans) & Charlotte Greenwood [American, her debut] (Augusta). Bk & lyrs: Hassard Short, Desmond Carter, & Reginald Purdell; Producer, scene design & lighting: Hassard Short; SD: William Abingdon; MD: Charles Prentice; DD: Albertina Rasch. Revived Stoll Theatre, 11 Feb. 1950 (121 perfs).

Straus, Oscar Nathan, b. Leopoldstadt, Vienna, 6 Mar. 1870, d. Bad Ischl, 11 Jan. 1954

  • Ein Walzertraum, Carltheater, Vienna, 2 Mar. 1907, Mizzi Zwerenz (Franzi) & Fritz Werner as (Niki). Bk: Leopold Jacobson; Lyrs: Felix Dörmann; after ‘Nux, der Prinzgemahl’, in Hans Müller’s Das Buch der Abenteuer, 1905. Theater des Westens, Berlin, 21 Dec. 1907. A Waltz Dream, Broadway Theatre, New York, 27 Jan. 1908, 111 perfs. Sophie Brandt (Franzi) & Edward Johnson (Niki). Bk & lyrs: Joseph W. Herbert, other songs interpolated; P: Inter-State Amusement Company; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Arthur Weld. Try-out: Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia, 6 Jan. 1908.

  • A Waltz Dream, Hicks’s Theatre [it became the Globe, & is now the Gielgud], London, 28 Mar. 1908, 146 perfs. Gertie Millar (Franzi) & Robert Evett as (Lieutenant Niki). Bk & lyrs: Basil Hood & Adrian Ross; P: Charles Frohman; SD: J. A. E. Malone; MD: Oscar Straus; DD: Fred Farren. Revd version by Hood at Daly’s, 7 Jan. 1911, Lily Elsie (Franzi) & Robert Michaelis (Niki), 106 perfs. P: George Edwardes; SD: Edward Royce; MD Hamish McCunn; Costume design: Comelli. Revived Winter Garden 20 Dec. 1934 (29 perfs).

  • Der tapfere Soldat, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 14 Nov. 1908, 62 perfs. Max Pallenberg (Popoff) & Greta Holm (Nadina). Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Bernauer & Leopold Jacobson, after George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man (1894). MD: Robert Stolz. Theater des Westens, Berlin, 23 Dec. 1908.

  • The Chocolate Soldier, Lyric Theatre, New York, 13 Sep. 1909, moved to Herald Square Theatre then back to Lyric, then to Casino, 296 perfs in all. Thomas G. Richards (Bumerli), William Pruette (Colonel Popoff), & Ida Brooks Hunt (Nadina). Bk & lyrs: Stanislaus Stange; P: Fred C. Whitney; SD: Stanislaus Stange; MD: Mr de Novellis; DD: Al Holbrook. Try-out: the Lyric Theatre, Philadelphia, 6 Sep. 1909 (The Whitney Opera Company). Revived 1910 (8 perfs), Century Theatre, 12 Dec. 1921, Donald Brian (Bumerli), 83 perfs, P: by Shuberts; Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre, 27 Jan. 1930 (25 perfs); Erlanger’s Theatre, 21 Sep. 1931 Charles Purcell (Bummerli) & Vivienne Segal (Nadina), 16 perfs; St James Theatre (formerly Erlanger’s), 2 May 1934 Charles Purcell (Bummerli) & Bernice Claire (Nadina), 13 perfs, P: Charles Purcell & Donald Brian; New Century Theatre, 12 Mar. 1947 (69 perfs). Shaw’s Arms and the Man had been performed at the Lyric during April–May, 1906.

  • The Chocolate Soldier, Lyric Theatre, London, 10 Sep. 1910, 500 perfs. Derek Oldham (Bumerli) & Constance Drever (Nadina). Stanislaus Stange’s New York version. P: Fred C. Whitney; SD: Stanislaus Stange; MD: Jacques Heuvel; DD: Mlle Rosa. Revival Lyric, 5 Sep. 1914 (Derek Oldham as Bumerli, Margaret Ismay as Nadina, 56 perfs; profits to go to Belgian Relief Fund); Shaftesbury, 31 Mar. 1932 (Horace Percival as Bumerli, & Anne Croft as Nadina, 20 perfs); Shaftesbury Theatre, 20 Aug. 1940 (23 perfs).

  • The Dancing Viennese (Eine vom Ballett), 2-act operetta ballet. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • The Dancing Viennese, London Coliseum, given in German by a Viennese company, with Josefine Ritzinger, 3–29 Jun. 1912, 48 perfs, then in English 1–27 Jul. 1912, with Constance Drever, 48 perfs. Gustav Werner, of the Viennese cast, remained & sang in English; Mme. Malvine Lobel acted in Yiddish.

  • Die kleine Freudlin, Carltheater, Vienna, 20 Oct. 1911. Bk & lyrs: Leo Stein & Alfred Maria Willner.

  • My Little Friend, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 19 May 1913, 24 perfs. Bk: Harry B. Smith; Lyrs: Robert B. Smith; P: F. C. Whitney; SD: Herbert Gresham; MD: Antonio DeNovellis; DD: Joseph C. Smith.

  • Die schöne Unbekannte, Carltheater, Vienna, 15 Jan. 1915. Bk & lyrs: Leopold Jacobson & Leo Stein.

  • My Lady’s Glove, Lyric Theatre, New York, 18 Jun. 1917, 16 perfs. Vivienne Segal (Elaine). Bk & lyrs: Edgar Smith & Edward A. Paulton; Add. music: Sigmund Romberg; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. C. Huffman & J. J. Shubert; MD: Gaetano Merola; DD: Allan K. Foster.

  • Der letzte Walzer, Berliner Theater, Berlin, 12 Feb. 1920, Fritzi Massary (Vera). Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald. Theater an der Wien, 27 Oct. 1921.

  • The Last Waltz, Century Theatre, New York, 10 May 1921, 185 perfs. Eleanor Painter (Vera Lizaveta) & Walter Woolf (Lieutenant Jack Merrington). Bk & lyrs: Harold Atteridge & Edward Delaney Dunn, inc. interpolated music by Al Goodman, Ralph Benatzky, & others; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. C. Huffman & Frank Smithson; MD: Oscar Radin; DD: Allan K. Foster & Jack Mason.

  • The Last Waltz, Gaiety Theatre, London, 7 Dec. 1922, 283 perfs. José Collins (Vera Lisaveta), Alfred Wellesley (General Krasian), & Bertram Wallace (Prince Paul). Bk & lyrs: Reginald Arkell & Robert Evett; P: Charles Hawtrey; SD: Robert Evett; MD: Hubert Bath; DD: Espimosa. Try-out: Opera House, Manchester, 19 Aug. 1922.

  • Die Perlen der Cleopatra, Theater an der Wien, 17 Nov. 1923, 61 perfs. Fritzi Massary (Cleopatra), Richard Tauber (Silvius), & Max Pallenberg (Mark Antony). Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald. Theater am Nollendorfplatz, Berlin, 22 Mar. 1924, Frizi Massary, Richard Tauber, & Hans Albers (Antony).

  • Cleopatra, Daly’s Theatre, London, 2 Jun. 1925, 111 perfs. Evelyn Laye (Cleopatra) & Alec Fraser (Victorian). Bk: John Hastings Turner; Lyrs: Harry Graham; Add. numbers: Arthur Wood; P: Oscar Asche; SD: Fred A. Leslie; MD: Arthur Wood; Costume design: Comelli.

  • Riquette, Deutsches Künstlertheater, Berlin, Feb. 1925. Bk & lyrs: Rudolf Schanzer & Ernst Welisch.

  • Naughty Riquette, Cosmopolitan Theatre, New York, 13 Sep. 1926, 88 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith; Music: Kendall Burgess, R. P. Weston, Alfred Goodman, & Maurice Rubens; Add. lyrs by Bert Lee; P: by Shuberts; SD: J. J. Shubert.

  • Mein junger Herr, Raimund-Theater, Vienna, 23 Dec. 1910. Bk & lyrs: Ferdinand Stollberg (Felix Salten).

  • My Son John, Shaftesbury Theatre, 17 Nov. 1926, 255 perfs. Reginald Sharland (Jack) & Annie Croft (Sandy). Bk & lyrs: Graham John; Add. numbers: Vivian Ellis; P: M. E. Ltd; SD: David Miller & Billy Merson; MD: Leonard Hornsey; DD: Edward Dolly.

  • Mariette; ou, comment on écrit l’histoire, Paris, Théâtre Edouard, 1 Oct. 1928, Sacha Guitry (Prince Louis-Napoleon) & Yvonne Printemps (Mariette). Bk & lyrs: Sacha Guitry.

  • Marietta, Berlin, 1929. Bk & lyrs: Alfred Grünwald.

  • Mariette; ou, comment on écrit l’histoire, His Majesty’s Theatre, 3 Jun. 1929, 21 perfs. Sacha Guitry (Prince Louis-Napoleon) & Yvonne Printemps (Mariette). P: Daniel Mayer Co.; SD: Frank Collins; MD: Raoul Labis. Given in French.

  • Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will!, Metropol-Theater [now the Komische Oper], 1 Sep. 1932, Frizi Massary (Manon Cavallini). Bk & lyrs: Alfred Grünwald, after Louis Verneuil’s Mademoiselle ma mère.

  • Mother of Pearl, Gaiety Theatre, 27 Jan. 1933, 181 perfs. Alice Delysia (Josephine Pavani), Sepha Treble (Pearl), & Frederick Ranalow (Richard Moon). Bk & lyrs: A. P. Herbert; P: Charles B. Cochran; SD: Frank Collins & Cecil King; MD: Hyam Greenbaum; DD: Buddy Bradley. Décor by Oliver Messel. Choreographer: Buddy Bradley. Try-out: Opera House, Manchester, 23 Dec. 1932.

  • Die drei Wälzer, Stadttheater, Zurich, 5 Oct. 1935. Bk & lyrs: Paul Knepler & Armin Robinson; Music: Johann Strauss Sr, Johann Straus Jr, & Oscar Straus.

  • Three Waltzes, Majestic Theatre, Broadway, 25 Dec. 1937, 122 perfs. Kitty Carlisle (Marie/Charlotte/Franzi) & Michael Bartlett (the three Counts). Bk & lyrs: Clare Kummer & Rowland Leigh; P: the Shuberts; SD: Hassard Short; MD: Harold Levey; DD: Chester Hale.

  • Three Waltzes, Prince’s Theatre, London, 1 Mar. 1945, 189 perfs. Evelyn Laye (Katherine/Katie/Kay) & Esmond Knight (Richard/Dickie/Dick). Bk & lyrs: Robert MacDermot & Diana Morgan; P: Norman Marshall; SD: Frank Royde; MD: Herbert Griffiths. Try-out: Grand Theatre, Leeds, 17 Oct. 1944.

Weill, Kurt Julian, b. Dessau, 2 Mar. 1900, d. New York City, 3 Apr. 1950

  • Die Dreigroschenoper, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, 31 Aug. 1928, Harald Paulsen (Macheath), Roma Bahn (Polly), & Lotte Lenja (Jenny). Bk & lyrs: Bertolt Brecht & Elisabeth Hauptmann (after John Gay’s play). Produced at Raimund-Theater, Vienna, 1929.

  • The 3-Penny Opera, Empire Theatre, New York, 13 Apr. 1933, 12 perfs. Robert Chisholm (Macheath) & Steffi Duna (Polly). Bk & lyrs: Clifford Cochran & Jerrold Krimsky; P: John Krimsky & Gifford Cochran; SD: Francesco von Mendelssohn; MD: Macklin Marrow. Revived at off-Broadway Theatre de Lys, 1954 (over 2500 perfs), new Bk and lyrs by Marc Blitzstein.

  • 1st London performance was a live BBC broadcast, Jan. 1935.

  • 1st London theatre production was of the Blitzstein version of 1954, Royal Court Theatre, 9 Feb. 1956, 167 perfs. Bill Owen (Macheath) & Maria Rémusat (Jenny). P: Oscar Lewenstein; SD: Sam Wanamaker & Colin Graham; MD: Berthold Goldschmidt.

  • Der Kuhhandel, begun in 1928, bk & lyrs: Robert Vambery. Incomplete when Weill left Paris for London in Dec. 1934.

  • A Kingdom for a Cow, Savoy Theatre, London, 28 Jun. 1935, 18 perfs. Webster Booth (Juan) & Jacqueline Francell (Juanita). Bk: Reginald Arkell; Lyrs: Desmond Carter; P: Ernest Matray & Felix Weissberger; SD: E. W. Parr.

Winterberg, Robert, b. Vienna, 27 Feb. 1884, d. Töpchin (Mark Brandenburg), 22 Jun. 1930

  • Die schöne Schwedin, Vienna, 30 Jan. 1915. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • The Girl from Brazil, 44th Street Theatre, New York, 30 Aug. 1916, moving to Shubert, 9 Oct. 1916, 61 perfs in all. Hal Forde (Carl) & Dorothy Maynard (Lona). Bk: Edgar Smith; Lyrs: Matthew Woodward; Add. music: Sigmund Romberg; P: the Shuberts; SD: J. H. Benrimo & J. J. Shubert; MD: Gaetano Merola; DD: Allen K. Foster.

  • Die Dame in Rot, Berlin, 1911. Bk & lyrs: Julius Brammer & Alfred Grünwald.

  • The Lady in Red, Lyric Theatre, New York, 12 May 1919, 48 perfs. Donald MacDonald (Tony) & Adele Rowland (Kitty). Bk & lyrs: Anne Caldwell; Add. lyrs: Irving Caesar & Lou Paley; Add. songs: Walter Donaldson & George Gershwin; P: John P. Slocum; SD: Frank Smithson.

Ziehrer, Carl Michael, b. Vienna, 2 May 1843, d. Vienna, 14 Nov. 1922

  • Die Landestreicher, Venedig in Wien (Sommertheater), Vienna, 26 Jul. 1899. Bk & lyrs: Leopold Kremm & Carl Lindau.

  • The Strollers, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 24 Jun. 1901. Irene Bentley (Bertha) & Francis Wilson (August). New music by Ludwig Englander for libretto by Harry B. Smith closely after that of Kremm & Lindau for Ziehrer, add. music: Fred Meyer, Leo Friedman, & others; P: George W. Lederer, Sam Nixon, & J. Fred Zimmerman; SD: A. M. Holbrook.

  • Ein tolles Mädel, Walhalla-Theater, Wiesbaden, 24 Aug. 1907. Bk & lyrs: Wilhelm Sterk, after Curt Kraatz & Heinrich Stobitzer.

  • Mlle. Mischief, Lyric Theatre, New York, 28 Sep. 1908, moved to Casino, 30 Nov., Lulu Glaser, 96 perfs in all. Lulu Glaser (Rosette). Bk & lyrs: Sydney Rosenfeld; P: Sam & Lee Shubert; SD: J. C. Huffman & Ned Wayburn. Try-out: Philadelphia, 12 Sep. 1908.

  • Liebeswalzer, Raimundtheater, Vienna, 24 Oct. 1908. Bk & lyrs: Robert Bodanzky & Alfred Grünbaum.

  • The Kiss Waltz, Casino Theatre, New York, 18 Sep. 1911, 88 perfs. Adele Rowland (Antschi) & Robert Warwick (Guido). Bk: Edgar Smith; Lyrs: Matthew Woodward; Add. music: Jerome Kern & others; P: Sam & Lee Shubert; SD: J. C. Huffman & William J. Wildon; MD: Frank Tours; DD: Gus Sohike.

Appendix 2 Longest Runs of First Performances of Operettas from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940

Broadway Top Twenty

  1. 1. Berté/Schubert/Romberg, Blossom Time (Ambassador, 1921): 516

  2. 2. Lehár, The Merry Widow (New Amsterdam, 1907): 416

  3. 3. Eysler, The Blue Paradise (Casino, 1915): 356

  4. 4. Kálmán, Countess Maritza (Shubert, 1926): 321

  5. 5. Korngold/Bittner/Strauss Jr & Sr, The Great Waltz (Center, 1934): 298

  6. 6. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric, 1909): 296

  7. 7. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Knickerbocker, 1909): 288

  8. 8. Gilbert, The Lady in Ermine (Ambassador, 1922): 238

  9. 9. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Center, 1936): 233

  10. 10. Kálmán, Miss Springtime (New Amsterdam, 1916): 224

  11. 11. Stolz, Sky High (Shubert, 1925): 217

  12. 12. Reinhardt, The Spring Maid (Liberty, 1910): 208

  13. 13. Kálmán, Her Soldier Boy (Astor, 1916): 198

  14. 14. Kálmán, The Circus Princess (Winter Garden, 1927): 192

  15. 15. Straus, The Last Waltz (Century, 1921): 185

  16. 16. Berény, Little Boy Blue (Lyric, 1911): 184

  17. 17. Granichstaedten, The Rose Maid (Globe, 1912): 181

  18. 18. Lehár, Alone at Last (Shubert, 1915): 180

  19. 19= Gilbert, The Red Robe (Shubert, 1928): 167

  20. 19= Benatzky, Meet My Sister (Shubert, 1930): 167

    Maytime, which opened at the Shubert in 1917, ran for 492 performances, but Kollo’s music was replaced by that of Romberg.

West End Top Twenty

  1. 1. Lehár, The Merry Widow (Daly’s, 1907): 778

  2. 2. Cuvillier, The Lilac Domino (Empire, 1918): 747

  3. 3. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Coliseum, 1931): 651

  4. 4. Berté/Schubert/Clutsam, Lilac Time (Lyric, 1922): 628

  5. 5. Korngold/Bittner/Strauss Sr & Jr, Waltzes from Vienna (Alhambra, 1931): 607

  6. 6. Gilbert, The Lady of the Rose (Daly’s, 1922): 515

  7. 7. Gilbert, Katja, the Dancer (Gaiety then Daly’s, 1925): 514

  8. 8. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric, 1910): 500

  9. 9. Fall, Madame Pompadour (Daly’s, 1923): 461

  10. 10. Benatzky and Strauss, Casanova (Coliseum, 1932): 429

  11. 11. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Daly’s, 1909): 428

  12. 12. Mackeben/Millöcker, The Dubarry (His Majesty’s, 1932): 398

  13. 13. Gilbert, The Girl in the Taxi (Lyric, 1912): 384

  14. 14. Kálmán, Soldier Boy (Apollo, 1918): 374

  15. 15= Fall, The Girl in the Train (Vaudeville, 1910): 339

  16. 15= Lehár, The Count of Luxembourg (Daly’s, 1911): 339

  17. 17. Lehár, Gipsy Love (Daly’s, 1912): 299

  18. 18. Stolz, Wild Violets (Drury Lane, 1932): 290

  19. 19. Straus, The Last Waltz (Gaiety, 1922): 283

  20. 20. Gilbert, Yvonne (Daly’s, 1926): 281

Appendix 3 Operettas with English Librettos by Composers for the German Stage

Fall, Leo

  • The Eternal Waltz, Hippodrome, London, 22 Dec. 1911, 100 perfs. Clara Evelyn & Ackerman May (as Feo Lahll). Bk & lyrs: Austen Hurgon (one act); SD: Austen Hurgon; MD: Leo Fall.

  • The Eternal Waltz, Palace Theatre, New York, 24 Mar. 1913 (12 perfs). Opening production at Palace Theatre.

Fall, Richard

  • Arms and the Girl, London Hippodrome, 29 Apr. 1912, 95 perfs. G. P. Huntley, May de Sousa, & Jean Aylwin. Bk & lyrs: Austen Hurgon.

Felix, Hugo

  • The Merveilleuses (later, The Lady Dandies), Daly’s Theatre, London, 27 Oct. 1906, 197 perfs. Robert Evett (Dorlis) & Denise Orme (Illyrine). Bk: Basil Hood (after Victorien Sardou); Lyrs: Adrian Ross; P: George Edwardes; SD: J. A. E. Malone; MD: Barter Johns; DD: Willie Warde.

  • Tantalizing Tommy, Criterion Theatre, New York, 1 Oct. 1912, 31 perfs. Bk: Michael Morton, after Paul Gavault’s play La Petite Chocolatière; Lyrs: Adrian Ross; P: A. H. Woods; SD: George Marion; MD: Hans S. Linne.

  • The Pearl Girl, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 25 Sep. 1913, 254 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Basil Hood; Music by Hugo Felix & Howard Talbot; P & SD: Robert Courtneidge; MD: Arthur Wood; DD: Willie Warde.

  • Pom-pom, Cohan Theatre, 28 Feb. 1916, 128 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Anne Caldwell; P: Henry W. Savage; SD: George Marion; MD: Max Bendix.

  • Lassie, Nora Bayes Theatre, New York, 6 Apr. 1920, transf. to Casino, 159 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Catherine Chisholm Cushing; P: Lassie, Inc.; SD: Edward Royce; MD: Emo Rapee.

  • Peg-o’-My-Dreams, Jolson Theatre, New York, 5 May 1924, 32 perfs. Bk: J. Hartley Manners (based on his own play); Lyrs: Anne Caldwell; P: Richard Herndon; SD: Hassard Short; MD: Gustave Salzer.

Gilbert, Jean

  • The Girl from Cook’s, Gaiety, London, 1 Nov. 1927, 30 perfs. Bk & lyrs: R. H. Burnside & Greatrex Newman; Add. music: Raymond Hubbell; Mus. arr. Frank Tours; P: Bestown Productions; SD: R. H. Burnside; MD: Leonard Hornsey.

Goetzl, Anselm

  • The Royal Vagabond, Cohan & Harris Theatre, New York, 17 Feb. 1919, 348 perfs. Bk: Stephen Ivor-Szinney & William Carey Duncan; Lyrs: W. C. Duncan; Add. numbers George M. Cohan; P: Cohan & Harris; SD: Julian Mitchell & Sam Forrest. MD: Gustave Salzer.

  • The Rose Girl, Ambassador Theatre, New York, 11 Feb. 1921, 110 perfs. SD: Hassard Short.

Holländer, Victor

  • The Charity Girl, Globe Theatre, New York, 2 Oct. 1912, 21 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Edward Peple; Add. lyrs: Melville Alexander; Add. music: Gene Hodgkins, Ernest Brewer & others; P: & SD: George W. Lederer; MD: Albert Krausse.

Kálmán, Emmerich

  • The Blue House, London Hippodrome, 28 Oct. 1912, 64 perfs. Shirley Kellogg (Cornelia Van Huyt of the USA) & Bert Coote (the Honourable Chippendale St Arch). Bk & lyrs: Austen Hurgon; P: Frank Allen & Edward Moss. [Score lost.]

  • Golden Dawn, Hammerstein’s Theatre, New York, 30 Nov. 1927, 184 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein; Add. music: Herbert Stothart; P: Arthur Hammerstein; SD: Reginald Hammerstein; MD: Herbert Stothart; DD: Dave Bennett; Scenic design: Joseph Urban.

Kreisler, Fritz & Viktor Jacobi

  • Apple Blossoms, Globe, New York, 7 Oct. 1919, 256 perfs. Bk & lyrs: William Le Baron; P: Charles Dillingham; SDs: Fred G. Latham & Edward Royce; MD: William Daly.

Künneke, Eduard

  • Lover’s Lane, London 1923.Footnote 1 Bk & lyrs: Arthur Wimperis & Harry M. Vernon.

  • The Love Song, Century Theatre, New York, 13 Jan. 1925, 157 perfs. Allan Pior (Offenbach). Music: Offenbach, arr. Künneke, plus some original music; Bk & lyrs: Harry B. Smith (after German adaptation by James Klein & Carl Bretschneider of Hungarian libretto by Mihály Nador & Jenö Ferago); P: the Shuberts; SD: Fred G. Latham & J. J. Shubert; MD: Alfred Goodman.

  • Mayflowers, Forrest Theatre, New York, 24 Nov. 1925, 81 perfs. Ivy Sawyer (Elsie Dover) & Joseph Santley (Billy Ballard). Bk & lyrs: Clifford Grey (after the play Not So Long Ago by Arthur Richman); Add. music: J. Fred Coots & Frank E. Tours; P: the Shuberts; SD: William J. Wilson & Joseph Santley; MD: Frank Cork; DD: Earl Lindsay.

  • Riki-Tiki, Gaiety Theatre, London, 16 Apr. 1926, 18 perfs. Gladys Moncrieff (Riki-Tiki). Bk & lyrs: Leslie Stiles; SD: A. H. Majilton; MD: Ernest Irving.

Stolz, Robert

  • Rise and Shine, Drury Lane, 7 May 1936, 44 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Harry Graham & Desmond Carter (after Arnold & Gilbert); SD: William Abingdon; MD & musical arranger: Charles Prentice.

Straus, Oscar

  • Love and Laughter, Lyric Theatre, London, 3 Sep. 1913, 67 perfs. Bertram Wallis (Prince Carol) & Yvonne Arnaud (Zara). Bk: Frederick Fenn & Arthur Wimperis; Lyrs: Wimperis; P & SD: Philip Michael Faraday; MD: Jacques Heuvel.

Weill, Kurt

  • Johnny Johnson, 44th Street Theatre, New York, 19 Nov. 1936, 68 perfs. Comedy by Paul Green, incidental music by Weill; P: The Group Theatre; SD: Lee Strasberg; MD: Lehman Engel.

  • The Eternal Road, Manhattan Opera House, 7 Jan. 1937, 153 perfs. Incidental music. Biblical spectacle Der Weg der Verheissung by Frank Werfel, adapted from Ludwig Lewisohn’s translation by William A. Drake; P: Meyer W. Weisgal & Crosby Gaige; SD: Max Reinhardt; MD: Isaac van Grove; Scene, costume, & lighting designer: Norman Bel Geddes.

  • Knickerbocker Holiday, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 19 Oct. 1938, transfd to 46th Street, 13 Feb. 1939, 168 perfs in all. Bk & lyrs: Maxwell Anderson; P: Playwrights’ Company; SD: Joshua Logan; MD: Maurice Abravanel; DD: Carl Randall & Edwin Denby.

  • Lady in the Dark, Alvin Theatre, New York, 23 Jan. 1941, 162 perfs, returned 2 Sep. 1941 305 perfs. Gertrude Lawrence. Bk: Moss Hart; Lyrs: Ira Gershwin; P: Sam H. Harris; SD: Hassard Short & Moss Hart; MD: Maurice Abravanel; SD: Hassard Short; DD: Albertina Rasch.

  • One Touch of Venus, Imperial Theatre, New York, 7 Oct. 1943, transfd to 46th Street, 26 Jan. 1944, 567 perfs in all. Bk: S. J. Perelman & Ogden Nash; Lyrs: Ogden Nash; P: Cheryl Crawford; SD: Elia Kazan & Agnes De Mille; MD: Maurice Abravanel.

  • The Firebrand of Florence, Alvin Theatre, New York, 22 Mar. 1945, 43 perfs. Bk: Edwin Justus Mayer & Ira Gershwin; Lyrs: Ira Gershwin; P: Max Gordon; SD: John Murray Anderson; MD: Maurice Abravanel; DD: Catherine Littlefield.

  • Street Scene, Adelphi Theatre, New York, 9 Jan. 1947, 148 perfs. Bk: Elmer Rice (based on his play); Lyrs: Langston Hughes; P: Dwight Deere Wiman & the Playwrights’ Company; SD: Charles Friedman & Anna Sokolow; MD: Maurice Abravanel.

  • Love Life, 46th Street, New York, 7 Oct. 1948, 252 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Alan Jay Lerner; Add. music: Irving Schlein; P: Cheryl Crawford; SD: Elia Kazan; MD: Joseph Littau; DD: Michael Kidd.

  • Lost in the Stars, Music Box Theatre, New York, 30 Oct. 1949, 281 perfs. Bk & lyrs: Maxwell Anderson, after Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country.; P: Playwrights’ Company; SD: Rouben Mamoulian; MD: Maurice Levine; DD: La Verne French.

1 Date given in the Künneke article in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) for the London production. I have been unable to trace this performance.

Appendix 4 Selected Period Recordings of English Versions of Operetta from the German Stage

The recordings listed are contemporaneous with the first London or New York production.Footnote 1 Note that Edison Bell (London) began making discs in addition to cylinders in May 1908. In 1901, Emile Berliner joined Victor, an American company that manufactured his gramophone, and Victor then began making disc records. Victor allowed Columbia, which had formerly monopolized the American production of cylinders, to use its disc patent, and discs began to overtake cylinders in the market from 1910 on. The Gramophone Company, formed in London in 1899, was to become known as ‘His Master’s Voice’ from 1909 on, when it printed its trademark of the listening dog on record labels. Victor had bought the copyright to use this trademark in the USA and had been doing so since 1902. Some of the recordings below can be found in the British Library’s sound archive; a few can be heard on the Internet Archive (www.archive.org), and some have been re-released by Norbeck, Peters & Ford.

The dates below refer to the first English versions in either London or New York. Square brackets following titles of interpolated songs indicate authors and composers; regular brackets indicate singers.

1907 The Merry Widow (Lehár)

  • ‘A Dutiful Wife’ and ‘Love in My Heart Awaking’ (Elizabeth Firth & Robert Evett), Odeon 66080–83, London.

  • ‘Home’ (R. Evett), Odeon 66079, London.

  • ‘I Love You So’ (Florence Hinkle and Reed Miller), Edison 9748 [cylinder], New York, Oct. 1907.

  • ‘I Love You So’ (Miss Stevenson and Mr Macdonough), Victor 5340 [disc], New York, 11 Dec. 1907.

  • ‘Maxim March’ (Madame Jones-Hudson & Ernest Pike), Gramophone Company GC 4431, London (lost).

  • ‘The Merry Widow Waltz’, National Military Band, Edison Gold 13622 [cylinder], London, May 1907.

  • ‘Oh the Women’ (septet), Odeon 44871, London.

  • Selection, Edison Symphony Orchestra, Edison Gold 9789 [cylinder], New York, Nov. 1907.

  • ‘Vilja Song’ (Madame Jones-Hudson), Gramophone Company GC 3710, London (lost).

  • ‘Vilja’ (Elsie Sinclair), Odeon 44839, London.

  • ‘Weiber-Marsch’ and ‘Maxim-Marsch’, London Concert Orchestra, Edison Bell 10328 & 10341 [cylinders], Aug. 1907, Selection, 10447, Oct. 1907.

1908 A Waltz Dream (Straus)

  • ‘The Dream Waltz’ and ‘My Dear Little Maiden’ (R. Evett), Odeon 0413, 1908,

1909 The Dollar Princess (Fall)

  • ‘Inspection’ (Eleanor Jones-Hudson, recording as Marion Jerome, & Harold Wilde), HMV 04040, London, 1 Mar. 1909.

  • The Dollar Princess Operatic Party (Peter Dawson,Footnote 2 Eleanor Jones-Hudson, Stanley Kirkby, Ernest Pike, Carrie Tubb, Harold Wilde), HMV 04501, HMV 04039, HMV GC-4621, HMV GC-4622, London 1 Mar. 1909; HMV 04502, HMV GC-4623, HMV GC-3815, HMV GC-3814, HMV GC4-2026, HMV GC2-4003, London, 2 Mar. 1909.

  • Selection, London Concert Orchestra, Edison 10574 [cylinder], London, Oct. 1909.

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Elizabeth Wheeler, Elise Stevenson, Harry Macdonough, Frederick Gunster), Vic 31751, New York, 16 Oct. 1909. Also issued on HMV 04503, credited to the Light Opera Company.

  • ‘Dollar Princess’ Two Step (Fall arr. Kaps), The Black Diamond Band, Gramophone Company 2–462, London, Mar. 1910.

  • Mayfair Orchestra, cond. George W. Byng, Selection, Parts 1 & 2, HMV C-1189, Hayes, Middx, 13 Feb. 1925.

1910 The Girl in the Train (Fall)

  • ‘The Sleeping Car Song’ (Phyllis Dare), HMV 03189, London, 1910.

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company (Peter Dawson, Stewart Gardner, Eleanor Jones-Hudson, Ernest Pike, Harold Wilde), orch. cond. by Eli Hudson, HMV 04508, London, 10 Aug. 1910.

  • Waltz, Alhambra Orchestra, cond. George W. Byng, 1CYL0002832 BD1 Black Amberol, London, 1910.

1910 The Chocolate Soldier (Straus)

  • Selection, orch., Oxford Disc 4262, London, Jan. 1910.

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Elizabeth Wheeler, Lucy Marsh, Marguerite Dunlap, Frederick Gunster, Harry Macdonough, John Beiling, Reinald Werrenrath, W. F. Hooley), Vic 31780, New York, 8 Mar. 1910.

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company, with orch., HMV 04509, London, 11 Oct. 1910.

  • Selection, members of London prod., Odeon 0703, 0704 & 0705 [discs], 1910.

  • Medley, Columbia Light Opera Company, Col DX-284, 1910.

  • ‘My Hero’ (Elizabeth Spencer), 1CYL0001351 BD1 Blue Amberol, New York (before Apr. 1913).

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Lucy Marsh, Olive Kline, Elsie Baker, Lambert Murphy, Charles Hart, Reinald Werrenrath, Wilfred Glenn), Vic 35416, New York, 23 Oct. 1914.

1911 The Spring Maid (Reinhardt)

  • Selection, Mayfair Orchestra, HMV 0663, 5 Sep. 1911.

  • Victor Light Opera Company, with orch., Vic 31833, New York, 5 Oct. Vocal Gems, 1911.

  • ‘The Three Trees’ (Tom McNaughton), Vic 5866, New York, 23 Oct. 1911.

  • ‘Two Little Love Bees’ (Christie MacDonald), Vic 60060, New York, 23 Oct. 1911.

  • ‘Day Dreams, Visions of Bliss’ (Christie MacDonald), Vic 60061, New York, 27 Oct. 1911.

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Marguerite Dunlap, W. F. Hooley, Olive Kline, Harry Macdonough, Lucy Marsh, Lambert Murphy, Reinald Werrenrath, Elizabeth Wheeler), Vic 35423, New York, 17 Sep. 1914.

1911 Castles in the Air (Lincke)

  • ‘Luna Waltz’, Lincke’s Orchestra, HMV 0657, C-141, London, 12 Apr. 1911.

1911 The Count of Luxembourg (Lehár)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Grand Opera Orchestra, cond. Ernest Flecker, HMV 0569 & 0660.

  • ‘Say Not Love Is a Dream’ (Elsie Fox-Bennett & Philip Cumings), Jumbo 636, Jul. 1911.

  • ‘Pierrette and Pierrot’ (May de Sousa), HMV 03248, London, 1911.

  • ‘In High Society’ (M. de Sousa & W. H. Berry), HMV 04086, London 1911.

  • ‘A Carnival for Life’ (M. de Sousa & W. H. Berry), HMV 04087, London 1911.

  • ‘Are You Going to Dance?’ (Elizabeth Spencer and Irving Gillette), Edison 4 M-1005 [cylinder], New York, Jan. 1912.

  • ‘Say Not Love Is a Dream’ (Elizabeth Spencer), Edison 4 M-1610 [cylinder], New York, Sep. 1912.

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Voc 31856, New York, 1912.

  • Medley, Columbia Light Opera Company, Col A-5434, New York, c. 1912.

  • ‘Waltz’, Band of King Edward’s Horse Guards, Edison Bell, 20296, London, Oct. 1913.

1911 Nightbirds (Strauss)

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Marguerite Dunlap, W. F. Hooley, Olive Kline, Harry Macdonough, Lucy Marsh, Lambert Murphy, Reinald Werrenrath, Elizabeth Wheeler), Vic 31875, 24 Oct. 1912.

1911 Gypsy Love (Lehár) [Gipsy Love, London]

  • ‘Melody of Love’ (Marguerite Sylva), Edison 28001 [cylinder], New York, 1911.

  • ‘Love Is Like the Rose’ (M. Sylva & Arthur Albro), Edison 28002 [cylinder], New York, 1911.

  • ‘I Will Give You All for Love’ (M. Sylva), Edison 28003 [cylinder], New York, 1911.

  • ‘There Is a Land of Fancy’ (M. Sylva & Carl Hayden), Edison 28004 [cylinder], New York, 1911.

  • ‘Love and Wine’ (Peter Dawson), HMV 4–2238, London, 25 Sep. 1912.

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company (Peter Dawson, Carrie Gaisberg, Stewart Gardner, Bertha Lewis, Ernest Pike, Annie Rees, Harold Wilde), HMV 04550, London, 14 Dec. 1912.

1911 Vera Violetta (Eysler)

  • ‘Rum Tum Tiddle’ [Schwartz & Jerome] and ‘That Haunting Melody’ [Cohan] (Al Jolson), Vic 17037, New York, 22 Nov. 1911.

  • ‘My Lou’ (Stella Mayhew & Billie Taylor), Edison 4 M-995 [cylinder], New York, 8 Jan. 1912.

  • ‘In the Shadows’ [Finck] (Melville Ellis, pf.), Col A-1160, New York, 1912.

1912 Princess Caprice (Fall) [Lieber Augustin, New York]

  • Vocal Gems, Parts 1 & 2, Light Opera Company (Peter Dawson, Stewart Gardner, Bertha Lewis, Ernest Pike, Carrie Tubb, Harold Wilde), HMV 04531 & 04532, London, 13 Aug. 1912.

  • Selection, Alhambra Orchestra, 1CYL0002795 BD1 Black Amberol, London, 1912.

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35332, New York, 1912.

  • ‘Look in Her Eyes’ [Kern and Rourke] (George MacFarlane), Vic 60120, New York, 5 May 1914.

1912 The Girl in the Taxi (Gilbert)

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company (Peter Dawson, Carrie Gaisberg, Stewart Gardner, Bertha Lewis, Ernest Pike, Annie Rees, Harold Wilde), orch. cond. by Eli Hudson, HMV 04545, London, 14 Dec. 1912.

  • ‘Suzanne, Suzanne’ (Mary Reed) and ‘Waltzing’ (Arthur Lewis), Col 2083, London, Dec. 1912.

1913 The Man with Three Wives (Lehár)

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 31883, New York, 1913.

1913 The Girl on the Film (Sirmay and Kollo)

  • ‘Tommy, Won’t You Teach Me How to Tango?’ [Penso and Ross] (George Grossmith), HMV 02500, London, 13 Nov. 1913.

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Marguerite Dunlap, W. F. Hooley, Miss Hosea, Olive Kline, Harry Madonough, Lambert Murphy, Reinald Werrenrath, Elizabeth Wheeler), Vic 35363, New York, 6 Jan. 1914. Also issued on HMV 04591, credited to the Light Opera Company.

1913 The Laughing Husband (Eysler)

  • ‘Friend to the End’ (Reed Miller), Vic 17555, New York, 24 Feb. 1914.

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Marguerite Dunlap, W. F. Hooley, Olive Kline, Harry Madonough, Lucy Marsh, Lambert Murphy, Edward Rous, Reinald Werrenrath, Elizabeth Wheeler), Vic 35379, New York, 12 Mar. 1914. Also issued on HMV 04595, credited to the Light Opera Company.

1914 Queen of the Movies (Gilbert) [The Cinema Star, London]

  • ‘Follow the Crowd’ (Written and sung by Irving Berlin), Col 32229, New York, 12 Jan. 1914.

  • Vocal Gems, Victor Light Opera Company (Olive Kline, Lucy Marsh, Elizabeth Wheeler Marguerite Dunlap, Harry Madonough, Charles Harrison, Reinald Werrenrath, Wilfred Glenn), Vic 35365, New York 4 Feb. 1914. Also issued on HMV 04593, as The Cinema Star, credited to the Light Opera Company.

1914 Sári (Kálmán)

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35365, New York, 1914.

1914 Mam’selle Tra-la-la (Gilbert)

  • ‘When Mr Moon Is Shining’, Jacobs’ Trocadero Orchestra, HMV B-257, London, 7 May 1914.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, The Peerless Orchestra, Zon 1343, Hayes, Middx, 10 Jul. 1914.

1914 The Lilac Domino (Cuvillier)

  • ‘The Lilac Domino’ (Eleanor Painter), Col A-1937, New York, 26 Nov. 1915.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, members of London prod. with Empire Theatre Orchestra, cond. Howard Carr, Col 710, Col L-1238, Col L-1239, Col L-1240, L-1241, Col D-1400, Col D-1404. HMV C-848, HMV C-849, HMV C-850, HMV B-906, London, Feb–Mar. 1918.

  • Selection, Light Opera Company, HMV C-1705, 1918.

1915 Alone at Last (Lehár)

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35517, New York, 1915.

  • ‘Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You’ [Hein, Burt, and Atwell] (Roy Atwell), Col A-1926, New York, 20 Dec. 1915.

  • ‘Thy Heart My Prize’ (John Charles Thomas), Rex 2021, New York, 1915.

1916 Miss Springtime (Kálmán)

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35592, New York, 1916.

  • ‘My Castle in the Air’ [Wodehouse & Kern] (George MacFarlane), Vic 45110, New York, 12 Jan. 1917.

1917 Maytime (Romberg, orig. Kollo)

  • ‘Will You Remember?’ [Young and Romberg] (John Charles Thomas), Vocalion 60038, New York, Jan. 1922.

1917 The Riviera Girl (Kálmán) [The Gipsy Princess, London]

  • ‘Bungalow in Quogue’ [Kern & Wodehouse] (Billy Murray & Gladys Rice), Edison Blue Amberol 3391, issued in 1918.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Herman Finck and His Orchestra, Col 876, London, Sep. 1921.

  • ‘Naughty Cupid’, De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchestra, HMV B-1264, Hayes, Middx, 12 Sep. 1921.

1917 Her Soldier Boy (Kálmán) [Soldier Boy, London]

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Apollo Theatre Orchestra, cond. Leonard Hornsey, London, Col 717, London, Jul. 1918.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Mayfair Orchestra, cond. Arthur Wood, HMV C-867, Hayes, Middx, 18 Jul. 1918.

  • ‘The Kiss Waltz’ and ‘Song of Home’ (Winifred Barnes & Laurence Leonard), Col L-1262, London, 1918.

  • ‘Alone in a City Full of Girls’ and The Battle Front at Home’ (Fred Duprez), Col L-1263, 1918.

  • ‘I’m Going Home’ and ‘March Along’ (M. Gay), Col L-1264, 1918.

  • ‘The Military Stamp’ (M. Gay & Billy Leonard) and ‘Mother’ (Dewey Gibson), Col. L-1265, 1918.

  • ‘The Lonely Princess’ and ‘He’s Coming Home’ (Winifred Barnes), Col L-1266, 1918.

  • ‘Soldier Boy’ (F. Duprez & Maisie Gay), Col L-1267, 1918.

1917 The Star Gazer (Lehár)

  • ‘If You Only Knew’ [Fleeson and Von Tilzer] (John Charles Thomas), Vocalion 60053, New York, Jul. 1923.

1920 A Little Dutch Girl (Kálmán)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Herman Finck and His Orchestra, Col 857, London, Jan. 1921.

  • ‘Prince of My Maiden Fancies’ and ‘The Dreamland Lover’ (Doris Vane), Col 858, London, 31 Jan. 1921.

1921 Sybil (Jacobi)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Herman Finck and His Orchestra, Col 856, London, Feb. 1921.

1921 Blossom Time (Schubert/Berté/Romberg)

  • Vocal Gems, Columbia Light Opera Company. 1. Let Me Awake 2. Only One Love Ever Fills the Heart 3. My Springtime Thou Art 4. Serenade 5. Song of Love. Col 98002, 1921.

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35722, New York, 1922.

1922 (Lilac Time, Schubert/Berté/Clutsam, London)

  • Selections, Prince’s Orchestra, Col 98011, 1922.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Herman Finck and His Orchestra, Col 919, London, Jan. 1923.

  • ‘When the Lilac Bloom Uncloses’ and ‘I Want to Carve Your Name’ (Clara Butterworth & Percy Heming), Vocalion K-05068, 1923.

  • ‘Underneath the Lilac Bough’ (P. Heming & Courtice Pounds) and ‘The Golden Song’ (Pounds & Butterworth), Vocalion K-05065, 1923.

  • ‘Dear Flower, Small and Wise’ (C. Pounds & C. Butterworth) and ‘Dream Enthralling’ (Pounds), Vocalion K-05067, 1923.

  • ‘I Am Singing, I, Your Lover’ (P. Heming) and ‘The Three Little Girls’ (C. Butterworth), Vocalion K-05066, 1923.

1922 The Lady of the Rose (Gilbert)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Mayfair Orchestra, cond. George W. Byng, HMV C-1050, Hayes, Middx, 16 Feb. 1922.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Daly’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. Merlin Morgan, Col 75052–53, London, Feb.–Mar. 1922.

  • ‘Silhouettes’ (Huntley Wright), ‘Land o’ Mine’ and ‘Mariana’ (Thorp Bates), ‘Call to Arms’ (T. Bates & Ivy Tremand), ‘A Woman’s No’ and ‘I Love You So’ (T. Bates and Phyllis Dare), ‘Catch a Butterfly’ [Graham & Stuart] (I. Tremand), Daly’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. M. Morgan, Col 75061, 75064–65, 75066, 75073–74, 75063.

1922 Whirled into Happiness (Stolz)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, London Theatre Band, cond. Albert W. Ketèlbey (?), Col 3147, London, Aug. 1922.

1922 The Yankee Princess (Kálmán)

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35722, New York, 1922, medley.

1922 The Last Waltz (Straus)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Herman Finck and His Orchestra, Col 904, London, Oct. 1922.

  • ‘The Mirror Song’ and ‘When Love and Life Are Calling’ (José Collins & Kingsley Lark), Col 912, London, 1922.

  • ‘The Magic Waltz Refrain’ and ‘The Last Waltz’ (J. Collins & K. Lark), Col 910, London, 1922.

  • ‘Red Roses’ and ‘When Man Is Master of His Fate’ (K. Lark), Col 913, London, 1922.

1923 Caroline (Künneke) [The Cousin from Nowhere, London]

  • ‘I’m Only a Pilgrim’ and ‘Man in the Moon’ (J. Harold Murray), Vocalion 14549, New York, 1923.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, London Theatre Band, cond. Albert W. Ketèlbey (?), Col 922, London, Mar. 1923.

1923 Madame Pompadour (Fall)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Daly’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. Arthut Wood, Col 965, London, Jan. 1924.

  • ‘Serenade’ (Derek Oldham) and ‘Love Me Now’ (Evelyn Laye), Col 966, London, 1924.

  • ‘By the Light of the Moon’ and ‘Love’s Sentry’ (E. Laye & D. Oldham), Col 967, London, 1924.

  • ‘Carnival Time’ (D. Oldham) and ‘Reminiscence’ (E. Laye & D. Oldham), Col 3372, London 1924.

  • ‘Two Little Birds in a Tree’ (Huntley Wright & Elsie Randolph) and ‘Joseph’ (E. Laye & H. Wright), Col 3371, London, 1924.

1925 The Love Song (Offenbach/Künneke)

  • Columbia Light Opera Company, 1925, medley, Col 50015-D.

  • Gems, Victor Light Opera Company, Chorus, ‘Yes or No’ – Baritone Solo, ‘Only a Dream’ – Tenor and Ladies Trio, ‘He Writes a Song’ – Contralto and Chorus – ‘Love Song (Remember Me)’. Vic 35757-B, New York, 16 Apr. 1925.

1925 Katja, the Dancer (Gilbert) [Katja, New York]

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Mayfair Orchestra, cond. George W. Byng, HMV C-1193, Hayes, Middx, 13 Mar. 1925.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Gaiety Theatre Orchestra, cond. Arthur Wood, Col 9035, London, Mar.–Apr. 1925.

  • ‘Thro’ Life We Go Dancing Together’ (Lilian Davies) and ‘Just for a Night’ (L. Davies & Gregory Stroud), Col 3625, London, 1925.

  • ‘I’ve Planned a Rendez-vous’ (G. Stroud) and ‘When We Are Married’ (Ivy Tresmand & Gene Gerrard), Col 3626, London, 1925.

  • ‘Those Eyes So Tender’ (L. Davies and G. Stroud) and ‘If You Cared’ (G. Stroud & I. Tresmand), Col 3627, London, 1925.

  • ‘Leander’ (I. Tresmand & G. Gerrard) and ‘Love and Duty’ (Bobbie Comber & Rene Mallory), Col 3628, London, 1925.

1925 Frasquita (Lehár)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchestra, HMV C-1185, Hayes, Middx, 10 Nov. 1924.Footnote 3

1925 Clo-Clo (Lehár)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, London Theatre Orchestra, cond. Albert W. Ketèlbey (?), Col 9049, London, Jul. 1925.

1926 Yvonne (Gilbert)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Daly’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. Arthur Wood, Col 9113, London, 9 Jul. 1926.

1926 Hearts and Diamonds (Granichstaedten)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Percival Mackey (piano) and the 1926 Orchestra, Col 9055, London, 21 Jun. 1926.

1926 Countess Maritza (Kálmán) [Maritza, London]

  • Medley, Victor Light Opera Company, Vic 35809, New York, 1926.

  • ‘Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies’ (Walter Woolf), Gennett 6043, New York, 1926.

  • ‘I Must Have Everything Hungarian’ and ‘I’m the Best of Budapest’ (Douglas Byng), Parlophone F-1200, London, 20 Jul. 1938.

  • ‘Vienna So Gay’ and ‘Come, Gipsy, Come’ (John Garrick), orch. cond. by Walter Goehr, HMV B-8787, London, 21 Jul. 1938.

1926 My Son John (Straus)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Percival Mackey (piano) and His Band, Col 9187, London, 3 Feb. 1927.

1927 The Blue Mazurka (Lehár)

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company (Peter Dawson, Barrington Hooper, Elisabeth Pechy, et al.), orch. cond. George W. Byng, HMV C-1331, Small Queen’s Hall, London, 6 Apr. 1927.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Daly’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. Arthut Wood, Col 9216, London, 10 May 1927.

1927 The Blue Train (Stolz)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Percival Mackey and His Band, Col 9213, London, 6 May 1927.

1928 Lady Mary (Sirmay)

  • ‘You Can’t Have My Sugar for Tea’, vocal anon., Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, HMV B-5447, Hayes, Middx, 1 Mar. 1928.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, London Theatre Orchestra, cond. Charles Prentice, Col 9418, London, 17 Mar. 1928.

1928 Song of the Sea (Künneke)

  • ‘Song of the Sea’ and ‘Lovely Ladies’ (Stanley Holloway, Claude Hulbert, and chorus), His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. P. Fletcher, Col 9542, London, Sep. 1928.

  • Selection, His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. Percy Fletcher, Col 9543, London, 18 Sep. 1928.

  • ‘True Eyes’ and ‘Somewhere’ (Lilian Davies, Stanley Holloway, & Jerry Verno), His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. P. Fletcher, Col 9543, London, Sep. 1928.

  • ‘Women’ and ‘All Day Long’ (A. W. Bascomb & Lilian Davies), His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. P. Fletcher, Col 9543, London, Sep. 1928.

  • ‘The Tavern Maid’ and ‘The Mirror Song’ (Lilian Davies), His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. P. Fletcher, Col 5084, London, 18 Sep. 1928.

  • ‘Mirror Song’, ‘All Day Long’, ‘True Eyes’, and ‘Somewhere’, Debroy Somers Band (with vocal chorus), Sep. 1928, Col 5087 & 5088.

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company, orch. cond. George W. Byng, HMV C-1584, London, 5 Oct. 1928.

1930 Frederica (Lehár)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, London Theatre Orchestra, cond. Charles Prentice, Col DX-132, London, 18 Sep. 1930.

  • ‘Wonderful, So Wonderful’ and ‘Wayside Rose’ (Joseph Hislop), HMV B-3589, London, 1930.

  • ‘A Heart as Pure as Gold’ and ‘Oh Maiden, My Maiden’ (J. Hislop), HMV B-3590, London, 1930.

  • ‘Love Will Kiss and Ride Away’ and ‘Little Roses, Little Flowers’ (Lea Seidl), Col DB-269, London, 1930.

  • ‘Why Did You Kiss My Heart Awake?’ and ‘God Has Sent a Lovely Day/I Love Him So’ (L. Seidl), Col DX-131, London, 1930.

1931 White Horse Inn (Benatzky)

  • Vocal Gems, Parts 1 & 2, Light Opera Company, with orch. cond. Ray Noble, HMV C-2229, Small Queen’s Hall, London, 14 May 1931.

  • Vocal Gems, Parts 1 & 2, Columbia Light Opera Company, with orch. cond. Charles Prentice, Col DX-251, London, 18 May 1931.

1931 The Land of Smiles (Lehár)

  • ‘You Are My Heart’s Delight’ and ‘Patiently Smiling’ (Richard Tauber), Parlophone RO-20500, London, 1935.

1931 Waltzes from Vienna (Strauss, arr. Bittner and Korngold)

  • Selection and Vocal Gems, Parts 1 & 2, Alhambra chorus, cond. Walford Hyden, Broadcast 3082 & 3093, London, Sep. 1931.

  • ‘You Are My Song’ and ‘The Blue Danube’ (Thea Phillips & William Parsons), Alhambra chorus, cond. Walford Hyden, Bcst 3093, London, Sep. 1931.

  • ‘For We Love You Still’ (Marie Burke) and ‘Love and War’ (M. Burke & Dennis Noble), Col DB-620, London, 1931.

1931 Viktoria and Her Hussar (Abraham)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Debroy Somers Band, Col DX-285, London, 15 Aug. 1931.

  • ‘Star of My Night’ (Winnie Melville & Derek Oldham), orch. cond. by Ray Noble, HMV B-3954, London, 30 Sep. 1931.

1932 The Dubarry (Millöcker/Mackeben)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra, cond. Ernest Irving, Col DX-349, London, 21 Apr. 1932.

  • ‘I Give My Heart’ and ‘The Dubarry’ (Anny Ahlers), Parlophone R-1205, 1932.

  • ‘Today’, ‘Happy Little Jeanie’ and ‘Beauty’ (A. Ahler), Parlophone R-1206, 1932.

  • ‘If I Am Dreaming’ (Heddle Nash), 1932, Col DB-815, 1932.

  • ‘The Dubarry’ and ‘I Give My Heart’ (Rowland Leigh), New York, 1932 (label and number unknown).

1932 Casanova (Strauss, arr. Benatzky)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, New Mayfair Orchestra, cond. Ray Noble, HMV C-2434, London, 3 Jun. 1932.

1932 Wild Violets (Stolz)

  • Vocal Gems, Parts 1 & 2, Columbia Light Opera Company, with orch. cond. Clarence Raybould (?), Col DX-431, London, 25 Nov. 1932.

1933 Mother of Pearl (Straus)

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, New Mayfair Orchestra, cond. Ray Noble, HMV C-2518, London, 6 Jan. 1933. [Recorded 3 weeks before première.]

1933 Ball at the Savoy (Abraham)

  • Selection, Marek Weber and His Orchestra, HMV C-2588, London, 24 Aug. 1933.

  • Selection, Parts 1 & 2, Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra, cond. Charles Prentice, Col DX-522, London, 27 Aug. 1933.

  • Vocal Gems, Parts 1 & 2, Light Opera Company, with orch. cond. anon., HMV C-2604, London, 27 Sep. 1933.

1937 Paganini

  • Vocal Gems, Light Opera Company (inc. Ina Souez & Dennis Noble), cond. Walter Goehr, HMV C-2902, London, 13 Apr. 1937.

1 Sources of information: Robert Bauer, The New Catalogue of Historical Records, 1898–1908/09 (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1947); Sound & Moving Image Catalogue (British Library): http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat; Truesound discography of the acoustical era: www.truesoundtransfers.de/discoenglish.htm; Brian Rust, with Rex Bunnet. London Musical Shows on Record 1897–1976 (Harrow, Middx: General Gramophone Publications, 1977); Jack Raymond, Show Music on Record from the 1890s to the 1980s (New York: Frederick Ungar, 1982); and Music from the New York Stage, 1890–1920, 4 vols, original cast recordings, produced by Jack Raymond with discographical research by Larry Warner and Bill Bryant, Pearl GEMM CDS 9059–61.

2 The celebrated baritone Peter Dawson was also a member of the Light Opera Company on various recordings made 1910–27.

3 Recorded before its try-out at the Lyceum, Edinburgh, opening 24 Dec. 1924.

Appendix 5 Selected Films in English of Operettas by Composers for the German Stage

The Merry Widow (Lehár)

  • 1925 Mae Murray & John Gilbert, dir. Erich von Stroheim. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 137 mins. [Silent]

  • 1934Maurice Chevalier & Jeanette MacDonald, dir. Ernst Lubitsch. MGM. 99 mins.

  • 1952 Lana Turner & Fernando Lamas, dir. Curtis Bernhardt. Turner dubbed by Trudy Erwin. New lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. MGM. 105 mins.

The Chocolate Soldier (Straus)

  • 1914 Alice Yorke & Tom Richards, dir. Walter Morton & Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Daisy Feature Film Company [USA]. 50 mins. [Silent]

  • 1941 Nelson Eddy, Risë Stevens & Nigel Bruce, dir. Roy del Ruth. Music adapted by Bronislau Kaper and Herbert Stothart, add. music and lyrics: Gus Kahn and Bronislau Kaper. Screenplay Leonard Lee and Keith Winter based on Ferenc Mulinár’s The Guardsman. MGM. 102 mins.

  • 1955 Risë Stevens & Eddie Albert, dir. Max Liebman. Music adapted by Clay Warnick & Mel Pahl, and arr. Irwin Kostal, add. lyrics: Carolyn Leigh. NBC. 77 mins.

The Count of Luxembourg (Lehár)

  • 1926 George Walsh & Helen Lee Worthing, dir. Arthur Gregor. Chadwick Pictures. [Silent]

Madame Pompadour (Fall)

  • 1927 Dorothy Gish, Antonio Moreno & Nelson Keys, dir. Herbert Wilcox. British National Films. 70 mins. [Silent]

Golden Dawn (Kálmán)

  • 1930 Walter Woolf King & Vivienne Segal, dir. Ray Enright. Music credited to Emmerich Kálmán and Hubert Stothart. Screenplay: Walter Anthony. Vitaphone Orchestra, cond. Louis Silvers. Warner Bros and The Vitaphone Corporation. 81 mins.

The Smiling Lieutenant [Ein Walzertraum] (Straus)

  • 1931 Claudette Colbert, Maurice Chevalier & Miriam Hopkins, dir. Ernst Lubitsch. MD: Adolph Deutsch; music arr. Johnny Green & Conrad Salinger, lyrics Clifford Grey. Screenplay Ernest Vajda & Samson Raphaelson. Paramount Pictures. 90 mins.

The Lady in Ermine (Gilbert)

  • 1927 Corinne Griffith, Einar Hanson & Ward Crane, dir. James Flood. Corinne Griffith Productions. [Silent]

  • 1948 [That Lady in Ermine] Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, & Cesar Romero; dir. Ernst Lubitsch and Otto Preminger. [Preminger took over after Lubitsch’s death during filming.] Lyrics & music: Leo Robin & Frederick Hollander. Screenplay Samson Raphaelson. Orchestration: Edward Powell, Herbert Spencer, & Maurice dePakh. MD and incidental music: Alfred Newman. Twentieth Century Fox. 85 mins.

One Hour with You (Straus)

  • 1932 Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald & Genevieve Tobi, dir. Ernst Lubitsch, assisted by George Cukor. Script: Samson Raphaelson (after Lothar Schmidt’s play Only a Dream). Songs by Oscar Straus, lyrics Leo Robin, title song by Richard Whiting. Paramount Pictures. 80 minutes.

Waltz Time [Die Fledermaus] (Strauss, Jr)

  • 1933 Evelyn Laye, Fritz Schultz & Gino Malo, dir. Wilhelm Thiele. Screenplay: A.P. Herbert & Louis Levy. Gaumont British Picture Corporation. 82 mins.

Blossom Time (Clutsam/Schubert)

  • 1934 Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter & Carl Esmond, dir. Paul L. Stein. British International Pictures (BIP). 91 mins.

Waltzes from Vienna (Strauss Sr & Jr, arr. Korngold & Bittner)

  • 1934 Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews & Edmund Gwen, dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Gaumont British Picture Corporation. 76 mins.

  • 1938 [The Great Waltz] Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, and Miliza Korjus, dir. Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, & Josef von Sternberg. Screenplay Samuel Hoffenstein & Walter Reisch from an original story by Gotfried Reinhardt. Music arr. Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II. MD: Arthur Gutmann. Dances and ensembles: Albertina Rasch. MGM. 104 mins.

Two Hearts in Waltztime (Stolz)

  • 1934 Carl Brisson, Frances Day, Valerie Hobson & Oscar Asche, dir. Carmine Gallone & Joe May. Based on the German film of 1930. Nettlefold Films. [Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.] 80 mins.

I Give My Heart [Die Dubarry] (Millöcker/Mackeben)

  • 1936 Gitta Alpár, Patrick Waddington & Owen Nares, dir. Marcel Varnel, BIP. 90 mins.

The Last Waltz (Straus)

  • 1936 Jarmila Novotna & Harry Welchman, dir. Gerald Barry and Leo Mittler. Warwick Film Productions & Gnom-Tonfilm. 74 mins.

Dreams Come True [Clo-Clo] (Lehár)

  • 1936 Frances Day, Nelson Keys, Hugh Wakefield & Marie Lohr, dir. Reginald Denham. London & Continental Films. 78 mins.

The King Steps Out [Sissi] (Kreisler)

  • 1936 Grace Moore & Franchot Tone, dir. Josef von Sternberg. Columbia Pictures. 85 mins.

With Pleasure, Madame [Ball im Savoy] (Abraham)

  • 1936 Conrad Nagel & Marta Labarr, dir. Victor Hanbury. John Stafford Productions. 75 mins.

The Girl in the Taxi (Gilbert)

  • 1937 Frances Day, Henri Garat, & Lawrence Grossmith, dir. André Berthomieu. British Unity Pictures. 66 mins.

The Lilac Domino (Cuvillier)

  • 1937 Michael Bartlett, June Knight, & Fred Emney, dir. Frederic Zelnik. Grafton Films [UK]. 79 mins.

Maytime (music originally Kollo, then Romberg)

  • 1937 Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, & John Barrymore, dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Music arr. & composed: Herbert Stothart. MGM. 131 mins.

Appendix 6 Research Resources

Websites

Libraries & Archives

Austria

Germany

UK

  • British Library, The Lord Chamberlain’s Plays collection, Ref: Add MS 65534–68881, needs to be consulted in the Rare Books & Music reading room. However, the typescripts are not necessarily the London versions. It is clear, for example, that The Dollar Princess is the version used for the try-out in Manchester, which was revised for London: www.bl.uk/

  • Bodleian Library, Oxford: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

  • V&A Theatre and Performance Archives (Olympia): www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/archives-theatre-performance/

  • Theatre Collection (Bristol): http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/275

  • Lucile, fashion designer, Lily Elsie theatre designs (1 folder) (V&A) Ref. no. GB 73 AAD/2008/6/4

  • Surprisingly, there are no operetta playbooks in the Samuel French Archive, London, and the National Operatic and Dramatic Association library no longer exists.

USA

Australia

  • National Library of Australia, J. G. Williamson collection: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/45852476.

  • The library holds much rare material, for example: Darby and Joan (Fall’s Brüderlein fein), book and lyrics by Arthur Anderson, one act. Eng. vocal score pub. London: Enoch & Sons, 1912. Vocal score and script in ‘Operas – Scores and Parts’. Typescript and orchestral parts of Cousin from Nowhere also in this collection, in ‘Musicals – Scores and Parts’. Actor-manager and theatre owner James C. Williamson ran Australia’s largest theatrical agency, which he founded in 1882.

Periodicals

Berlin & Vienna

  • Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger (1883–1945)

  • Berliner Morgenpost (1898–present)

  • Berliner Tageblatt (1872–1939)

  • Die Bühne (Vienna, 1924–38)

  • Der Floh (Vienna, 1869–1919)

  • Frankfurter Zeitung (1856–1943)

  • Fremden-Blatt (Vienna, 1847–1919)

  • Die Musik (Berlin, 1901–43)

  • Neue Freie Presse (Vienna, 1864–1938)

  • Neues Wiener Journal (1893–1939)

  • Neues Wiener Tagblatt (1867–1945)

  • Reichspost (Vienna, 1894–1938)

  • Die Schaubühne (Berlin) 10 vols., 1905–18. Königstein: Athenäum Verlag, 1979

  • Simplicissmus (1896–1944)

  • Wiener Zeitung (1703–present)

  • Die Zeit (Vienna, 1902–19)

London

  • Daily Chronicle (1872–1930)

  • Daily News (1846–1930)

  • Daily Mail (1896–present)

  • Daily Telegraph (1855–present)

  • The Encore (1892–)

  • The Era (1838–1900)

  • The Era Almanac (1868–1919) – ProQuest:

  • Evening News (1881–1980)

  • The Graphic (1869–1932)

  • Illustrated London News (1842–2003, pub. weekly until 1971)

  • London Figaro (May 1870–Dec. 1897)

  • Pall Mall Gazette (1865–1923)

  • The Performer (1906)

  • The Phono Record (1912–)

  • The Play (May–Oct. 1904)

  • The Play Pictorial (Apr. 1902–Sep. 1939)

  • The Playgoer and Society Illustrated (Oct. 1909– Dec. 1913)

  • Radio Times (1923–)

  • The Stage (1880–present)

  • The Stage Year Book

  • St James’s Gazette (May 1880–Mar. 1905)

  • Sunday Referee (1877–1939)

  • Theatre World and Illustrated Stage Review (London, 1925–65), incorporated Play Pictorial in 1939.

  • The Times (1785–present)

New York

  • Billboard (1894–1960)

  • Billboard’s Index (1920–41)

  • Broadway Magazine (1898–1912)

  • (New York) Dramatic Mirror (1879–1922)

  • Musical America (New York, 1898–99, 1905–22)

  • New York Clipper (1853–1924), absorbed by Variety

  • New York Post (1801–present)

  • New York Star (1908–26)

  • New York Times (1851–present)

  • New York World (1860–1931)

  • The Passing Show: Newsletter of the Shubert Archive (1976–present)

  • A Look Back at The Passing Show: An Index to Volumes I–XX, The Passing Show, 20:2 & 21:1 (Fall-Winter 1997/Spring-Summer 1998).

  • The Playbill (1884–present)

  • The Stage (New York)

  • The Theatre Magazine (NY)

  • Variety (1905–present)

Footnotes

1 Date given in the Künneke article in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) for the London production. I have been unable to trace this performance.

1 Sources of information: Robert Bauer, The New Catalogue of Historical Records, 1898–1908/09 (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1947); Sound & Moving Image Catalogue (British Library): http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat; Truesound discography of the acoustical era: www.truesoundtransfers.de/discoenglish.htm; Brian Rust, with Rex Bunnet. London Musical Shows on Record 1897–1976 (Harrow, Middx: General Gramophone Publications, 1977); Jack Raymond, Show Music on Record from the 1890s to the 1980s (New York: Frederick Ungar, 1982); and Music from the New York Stage, 1890–1920, 4 vols, original cast recordings, produced by Jack Raymond with discographical research by Larry Warner and Bill Bryant, Pearl GEMM CDS 9059–61.

2 The celebrated baritone Peter Dawson was also a member of the Light Opera Company on various recordings made 1910–27.

3 Recorded before its try-out at the Lyceum, Edinburgh, opening 24 Dec. 1924.

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