Tune in for the latest installment in a series devoted to exploring Operettas. Bill guides us through The Merry Widow of Franz Lehár, unpacks the mystery of zarzuela, plays some Victor Herbert, and shares with us some delightful pieces from Gilbert and Sullivan, and Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Jerome Kern (phew!) And from John Philip Sousa. Yes, you read that right – the march king wrote 15 operettas! All of this in Operettas Two.
Operetta Two
Playlist
Episode 1
Lehár, Franz: Die lustige Witwe – Akt 1. Introduction: Verehrteste Damen und Herren (excerpt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Welser-Möst /
Glyndebourne Chorus, Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, etc
Lehár: The Merry Widow (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Warner Classics 9029523104
1:17
Lehár, Franz: Die lustige Witwe: Act 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Welser-Möst / Glyndebourne Chorus
Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, etc
Lehár: The Merry Widow (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Warner Classics 9029523104
25:38
Lehár, Franz: Die lustige Witwe – Akt 2. Intro, Tanz Und Vilja-Lied: Ich Bitte (excerpt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Welser-Möst / Glyndebourne Chorus
Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, etc
Lehár: The Merry Widow (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Warner Classics 9029523104
1:55
Lehár, Franz: Die lustige Witwe: Act. 2; Act. 3
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Welser-Möst / Glyndebourne Chorus
Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, etc
Lehár: The Merry Widow (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Warner Classics 9029523104
27:29
Episode 2
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado: Overture
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
The Mikado
Musical Heritage Society – 5266519
2:00
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado, Act 1: “If You Want to Know Who We Are”,
“Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me”
“A Wand’ring Minstrel, I”
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
The Mikado
Musical Heritage Society – 5266519
7:29
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado, Act 1: “Young Man, Despair”
“And Have I Journey’d for a Month”, “Behold, The Lord High Executioner! “
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
The Mikado
Musical Heritage Society – 5266519
5:54
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado, Act 1: “Three Little Maids from School”,
“I Am So Proud”, “Here’s a How-De-Do!”
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
The Mikado
Musical Heritage Society – 5266519
5:22
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado, Act 2: “The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring”
“On a Tree By a River a Little Tom-Tit”, “For He’s Gone and Married Yum-Yum”
The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
The Mikado
Musical Heritage Society – 5266519
5:47
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance – Act 1: “Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry”,
“When Fred’ric Was A Little Lad”, “Poor Wand’ring One”,
“Hold, Monsters!”
Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Charles Mackerras
Gillian Knight, John Mark Ainsley, etc.
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Telarc 80353
6:46
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance – Act 1:
“I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General”,
“Now For The Pirates’ Lair!”
Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Charles Mackerras
Gillian Knight, John Mark Ainsley, etc
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance
Telarc 80353
3:55
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance – Act 2:
“When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold … My Eyes Are Fully Open”
Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Charles Mackerras
Gillian Knight, John Mark Ainsley, etc.
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance
Telarc 80353
3:38
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance – Act 2: “All Is Prepared! Your Gallant Crew Await You!”
Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Charles Mackerras
Gillian Knight, John Mark Ainsley, etc.
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance
Telarc 80353
11:08
Episode 3
Herbert, Victor: March of the Toys
Babes in Toyland Orchestra
Babes In Toyland
Disneyland – ST 3913
2:59
Herbert, Victor: Gypsy Love Song:
“Slumber On”
Edith Lorand, violin
Play Fiddle Play
3:10
Herbert, Victor: Concerto No. 2 in E Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 30:
II. Andante tranquillo
III.
New York Philharmonic/Kurt Masur
Yo-Yo Ma, violonchelo
Concertos From The New World
Sony Classical – SK 67 173
12:05
Herbert, Victor: Naughty Marietta Act I; Overture
Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis & Lehman Engel
Operetta Hits, Vol. 2
5:42
Herbert, Victor: Naughty Marietta Act I; “Mysterious Melody”
“We’ve hunted the wolf in the forest; Tramp, tramp, tramp”
Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis & Lehman Engel
Operetta Hits, Vol. 2
3:22
Herbert, Victor: Naughty Marietta Act II; “Naughty Marietta”, “Dance of the Marionettes”
Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis & Lehman Engel
Operetta Hits, Vol. 2
Reader’s Digest Music
3:52
Herbert, Victor: Naughty Marietta Act II; “Italian Street Song”
Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis & Lehman Engel
Operetta Hits, Vol. 2
Reader’s Digest Music
2:23
Herbert, Victor: Naughty Marietta Act II; ‘neath the Southern Moon”
Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis & Lehman Engel
Operetta Hits, Vol. 2
Reader’s Digest Music
3:16
Herbert, Victor: Naughty Marietta Act II; Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life – Italian Street Song
Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis & Lehman Engel
Operetta Hits, Vol. 2
Reader’s Digest Music
3:16
Herbert, Victor: I Want What I Want When I Want It
Kenneth Smith & The Lehman Engel Orchestra
Victor Herbert: Babes in Toyland – Mlle. Modiste – The Red Mill (Highlights)
Reader’s Digest Music
1:53
Herbert, Victor: Indian Summer
Frank Wess, Red Holloway, Dr. Lonnie Smith
Coast To Coast
Milestone (4) – MCD 9335-2
4:08
Episode 4
Sousa, John Philip: El Capitan
US Marine Band
The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa: Volume 3 (1889-1898)
US Marine Band
2:16
Sousa, John Philip: El Capitan, Act I: Prelude
Ian Hobson & Sinfonia Da Camera
Sousa El Capitan
Zephyr
2:51
Sousa, John Philip: El Capitan, Act II: “Behold el Capitan”
Ian Hobson & Sinfonia Da Camera
Sousa El Capitan
Zephyr
2:08
Romberg, Sigmund: The Student Prince; “Drink, Drink, Drink”
Mario Lanza, Constantine Callinicos
The Essential Mario Lanza
RCA Red Seal – 88697 07409 2
3:13
Romberg, Sigmund: The Student Prince; Serenade
Mario Lanza, Constantine Callinicos
The Essential Mario Lanza
RCA Red Seal – 88697 07409 2
3:43
Romberg, Sigmund & Oscar Hammerstein II: The Desert Song; “Romance”
Anna Moffo, Richard Fredericks & Lehman Engel Orchestra
Reader’s Digest Music: Anna Moffo Sings Operetta
Reader’s Digest – RDS-40
3:39
Romberg, Sigmund & Oscar Hammerstein II: The Desert Song; “The Desert Song”
Anna Moffo, Richard Fredericks & Lehman Engel Orchestra
Reader’s Digest Music: Anna Moffo Sings Operetta
Reader’s Digest – RDS-40
3:11
Friml, Rudolf: Rose-Marie; “Indian Love Call “(From the MGM Film)
Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy
Indian Love Call
RCA Victor – 45ep epa 5053
3:36
Friml, Rudolf: Song of the Vagabonds; “The Vagabond King”
Mario Lanza & Constantine Callinicos
Mario! Lanza At His Best + Vagabond King Highlights
RCA Red Seal – 88765414972-41
3:28
Friml, Rudolf, Chet Forrest, Herbert Stothart, Irving Aaronson: Firefly; “The Donkey Serenade”
Mario Lanza, Henri René and His Orchestra & The Jeff Alexander Choir
The Essential Mario Lanza
RCA Red Seal – 88697 07409 2
3:02
Kern, Jerome: Showboat; Overture
Show Boat Orchestra (1966) & Franz Allers – Show Boat
Showboat (Music Theater of Lincoln Center Recording)
RCA Victor – LOC 1126
4:45
Hammerstein II, Oscar & Jerome Kern: Show Boat: “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man”
Barbra Streisand
The Broadway Album
CBS – CDCBS 86322
3:31
Hammerstein II, Oscar & Jerome Kern: Show Boat: “Ol’ Man River”
Paul Robeson
Ol’ Man River & Other Favourites
RCA – 447-9142
3:49
Rodgers, Richard & Oscar Hammerstein II: Carousal: “If I Loved You”
Jan Clayton & John Raitt
Best of / 20th Century – Broadway
Naxos 8.120873-74
4:22
Episode 5
Carreno, A. Fernandez De Sevilla: “Donde Estaran Nuestros Mozos” (La D. Soto Del P.)
Coro Cantores de Madrid
La Zarzuela – Nuestro Musical
Sony Music – 19075898102
4:05
Torroba, Federico Moreno, Rafael Fernández Shaw and Guillermo Fernandez Shaw:
“El Piropo (flattery, compliments) Madrileño” (Maria Manuela)
Manuel Ausensi
La Zarzuela – Nuestro Musical
Sony Music – 19075898102
2:41
Soutullo, Reveriano: Intermedio (La Leyenda del Beso (the legend of the kiss)
Ataulfo Argenta La Zarzuela “Nuestro Musical”
La Zarzuela – Nuestro Musical
Sony Music – 19075898102
3:17
Serrano, José Fransquita, V. Dona: “Soldado De Napoles”(La Canción Del Olvido)
Julian Molina
La Zarzuela – Nuestro Musical
Sony Music – 19075898102
1:51
Lorengar, Pilar, Francisco Alonso, E. González del Castillo & Luis Martinez Roman:
“Pasacalle De Los Chisperos”
Nuestro Musical
La Zarzuela – Nuestro Musical
Sony Music – 19075898102
3:12
Vives, Amadeo: El mundo comedia es, o El baile de Luis Alonso; Intermezzo
Nuestro Musical
La Zarzuela – Nuestro Musical
Sony Music – 19075898102
3:40
Willson, Meredith: The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones
Ensemble
The Music Man
Angel 64663
2:35
Willson, Meredith: The Music Man: “Marian The Librarian”
Robert Preston
The Music Man
Angel 64663
2:37
Willson, Meredith: The Music Man: “Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little”
Hermione Gingold & The Biddys
The Music Man
Angel 64663
2:00
Willson, Meredith: The Music Man: “Goodnight My Someone”
Shirley Jones & Robert Preston
The Music Man
Angel 64663
1:30
Bernstein, Leonard: Three Dance Episodes:
II. Lonely Town: Pas De Deux
III. Times Square
New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
On The Town • Fancy Free • On The Waterfront
Sony Classical – SMK 47530
7:59
Bernstein, Leonard: Candide: “Glitter & Be Gay”,
“Make Our Garden Grow”
Barbara Cook, Etc.; Samuel Krachmalnic: Candide Pit Orchestra
Bernstein: Candide
Sony SK86859
9:59
Bernstein, Leonard: Candide: Overture (excerpt)
Barbara Cook, Etc.; Samuel Krachmalnic: Candide Pit Orchestra
Bernstein: Candide
Sony SK86859
4:08