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The only girl / Victor Herbert.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 19474
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924, composer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (65:05) ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : Albany Records, [2015].
- System Details:
- digital optical stereo
- audio file CD audio
- Summary:
- Victor Herbert's three-act 1914 score (Henry Blossom's song lyrics) -- the clash between a young female composer and an egotistical Broadway librettist based on a play by Frank Mandel, is offered in a new performance edition by Michael Phillips. His revision resulted in a reworking of the lengthy Mandel-Blossom dialog, entailed some minor repositioning of several musical numbers, but left Herbert's score and Blossom's actual song lyrics intact. All music is presented on this recording with a truncated version of Phillips' snappy book. The score is charming with the solo cello prominent and the lead soprano getting the best song, explained by Victor Herbert's own distinguished career as a cellist and his wife's position with the Met Opera.
- Participant:
- Kyle Erdos-Knapp (Allan Kimbrough ("Kim") ; Antoni Mendezona (Ruth Wilson) ; Natalie Ballenger (Patsy) ; Sarah Best (Jane) ; Sarah Mossman (Reenee) ; Ian McEuen (Martin) ; Cameron Smith (Drew) ; Adam Cannedy (Blake) ; Light Opera of New York ; Gerald Steichen, conductor.
- Credits:
- Michael Philips, script adaptation, stage director ; John Ostendorf, recording producer ; Stephen J. Epstein, recording engineer.
- Notes:
- Operetta in three acts.
- Book and lyrics by Henry Blossom and Frank Mandel; based on the play Our wives by Frank Mandel
- Title from disc label.
- Recorded live 2015 May New York City.
- Booklet with program notes, synopsis, and text in English (23 pages, with portraits) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Libretto based on: Mandel, Frank, 1884-1958. Our wives.
- OCLC:
- 920686296
- Publisher Number:
- 034061159025
- TROY 1590 Albany Records
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