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Bust of Victor Herbert by Edmond T. Quinn in Central Park, New York City. The following is a list of some of the best-known recordings of Herbert's music. The Music of Victor Herbert, Album C-1, conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret, Victor, 1927; The Music of Victor Herbert, Album C-11, Victor Salon Group and Orchestra, conducted by Shilkret, RCA ...
Title Genre Subdivisions Libretto Première date Place and theatre Prince Ananias: operetta: 2 acts: Francis Neilson: 20 November 1894: The Broadway Theatre
This version was released on CD in 2008 as The Music of Victor Herbert (Anteater Records AECD-1004), along with selections from Naughty Marietta and Sweethearts. [5] A stereo recording was made by Reader's Digest for their 1963 album Treasury of Great Operettas. Each of the 18 operettas in the set is condensed to fill one LP side.
The Fortune Teller is an operetta in three acts composed by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Harry B. Smith.After a brief tryout in Toronto, it premiered on Broadway on September 26, 1898, at Wallack's Theatre and ran for 40 performances.
The Serenade is an operetta with music and lyrics by Victor Herbert, and book by Harry B. Smith. Produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians", it premiered on Broadway on March 16, 1897 at the Knickerbocker Theatre and ran initially for 79 performances. It remained very popular into the new century, running almost continuously for the next ...
Herbert's Victor Herbert Orchestra recorded selections from Babes in Toyland in 1911–1912 for the Victor Talking Machine Company as single releases, including "March of the Toys", "The Toymaker's Shop" and "The Military Ball". [14] Decca Records recorded ten selections from the score (on five 10-inch 78-RPM records) in 1944.
Decca released a 45rpm set of 7" vinyl titled Bing Crosby Sings Victor Herbert Songs Decca 9-111 in 1951 containing the same songs with the addition of "I Might Be Your Once-in-a-While" and "Indian Summer" and a 10" vinyl LP Bing Crosby Sings Victor Herbert Songs Decca DL 5355 with the same track listing. Recording dates follow song titles.
RCA Victor issued an album using studio singers and Al Goodman's orchestra on 78-RPM records in 1947. These highlights were issued on Lp by RCA Victor in 1951 and on their budget label RCA Camden in 1958. A 2008 CD release combines these recordings with selections from Naughty Marietta and The Red Mill. [5]