BABES IN TOYLAND
Composer: Victor
Herbert
Lyricist: Glen MacDonough
Opened: October 13, 1903, Majestic Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 192
Note: Only recordings of
material not found on Babes In Toyland, CD/AEI Records AEI-CD
044 (1949 radio cast with orchestra conducted by Robert Trendler
with bonus material) are noted below. An unreleased studio
cast album with John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta
is also known to exist.
Absinthe-Frappe
(used in the Berlin production; originally used in IT
HAPPENED IN NORDLAND and also used in WHEN SWEET SIXTEEN and
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1924):
1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor Salon Group directred by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA
(M) 1980-5]
3. 78/Edison Wax Amberol 229 (Victor Herbert’s Orchestra)
4. Victor Herbert Melodies, Plymouth (M) P12-63 (The Viennese
Symphonic Orchestra)
5. A Victor Herbert Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9798 (Anton and
the Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the organ)
6. Relax With Victor Herbert, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1023 (Al
Goodman and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age Of Light
Music: Marching And Waltzing, CD/Guild Light Music GLCD 5136]
7. Famous Composers: Leroy Anderson/Victor Herbert, CD/Compose
Records 9002 (London Philharmonic Orchestra)
8. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 014
(unknown performer)
9. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C
(Greg Wakefield and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
A radio transcription performed by the Harry Horlick Orchestra
is also known to exist.
Beatrice Barefacts (added after opening
and also used in the
1905 revival; also subsequently used in IT HAPPENED IN
NORDLAND):
1. Babes In Toyland,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT76O-1M (Ellen Armstrong and Ronald
Orenstein with orchestra conducted by Kerry Thompson)
2. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C
(Marla Bentley and Glenn Perry with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Country Dance (Country Fete) (inst.)
(used in the 1929 revival):
1. Babes In Toyland,
Golden Record LP78 (Golden Orchestra conducted by Jim Timmens)
[reissued as CD/Drive Golden GD2-47078]
2. Babes In Toyland, CD/Sondtrack Factory SFCD33546 (soundtrack)
(presumably as “Jour De Fete At Toyland)
Doll Dance (added for the 1929 revival):
1. Babes In Toyland,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (orchestra conducted by Cathy
O’Shaughnessy) (portion reworked for use in “Finale Misterioso”)
Don’t Be A Villain (L: Vincent Bryan)
(added for the subsequent tour and the 1905 revival):
1. Victor Herbert:
Collected Songs, CD/New World Records 80726-2 (George Dvorsky
and Daniel Marcus with William Hicks, piano)
Eccentric Dance (Gavotte) (aka "My Rag
Doll Girl" or "The Rag
Doll") (inst.):
1. Babes In Toyland/The
Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Keith Brion) (part of “Selections”)
2. Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion)
3. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Finale Act I (incl. “Melodramatic
Music,” “The Spider’s Den,” and “Birth Of A Butterfly”
ballet):
1. Babes In
Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion) (“Birth Of A Butterfly”)
2. Toyland!, CD/Rainbow Records (studio cast with musical
direction by David Messick) (presumably “The Spide’s Den” as
“The Spiders Attack”)
3. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger) (as “Children’s
Theme,” a portion of the “Birth Of A Butterfly” ballet)
Finale Act II:
1. Babes In Toyand/The Red
Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Keith Brion)
Finale Act II (Battle Music) (alternate
finale written for the Berlin production):
1. Babes In Toyland,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (orchestra conducted by Cathy
O’Shaughnessy) (portion reworked for use in “Finale Misterioso”)
Floretta:
1. Babes In Toyland,
78’/Decca album 419 (Kenny Baker and Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Alexander Smallens) [also 10”/Decca 7004; reissued
as Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Decca Broadway 440 018
729-2]
2. Babes In Toyland, Buena Vista (S) STER 4022 (Tommy Sands)
(with new lyrics by Mel Levens and George Bruns) [reissued as
CD/Beuna Vista STER-4022]
3. Walt Disney’s Babes In Toyland, Disneyland (M) DQ-1219
(studio cast)
4. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy: 1898-1920, AEI 1170
(unknown performer) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 014]
5. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT76O-1M (Samuel J.
Roelofs and Children with orchestra conducted by Kerry Thompson)
6. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (Michael
Parr and Children with orchestra conducted by Cathy
O’Shaughnessy)
7. Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion) (part of
“Selections”)
8. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
9. Toyland!, CD/Rainbow Records (studio cast with musical
direction by David Messick) (as “Floretta The Gypsy”)
Forest Music:
1. Babes In Toyland, Buena
Vista (S) STER 4022 (The Singing Trees) (as “Forest Of No
Return” with new lyrics by Mel Levens and George Bruns)
[reissued as CD/Beuna Vista STER-4022]
2. Walt Disney’s Babes In Toyland, Disneyland (M) DQ-1219
(studio cast) (as “Forest Of No Return” with new lyrics by Mel
Levens and George Bruns)
3. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT76O-1M (orchestra
conducted by Kerry Thompson)
4. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (orchestra
conducted by Cathy O’Shaughnessy)
Hang March (inst.):
1. Babes In Toyland/The
Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Keith Brion)
He Won’t Be Happy Till He Gets It (L:
Charles Noel Douglas) (added after opening):
1. Babes In Toyland,
78’/Decca album 419 (Kenny Baker, Karen Kemple and Chorus with
orchestra conducted by Alexander Smallens) [also 10”/Decca 7004;
reissued as Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Decca Broadway 440
018 729-2]
2. Babes In Toyland, Buena Vista (S) STER 4022 (Ray Bolger and
Henry Calvin) (as “We Won’t Be Happy Till We Get It” with new
lyrics by Mel Levens and George Bruns) [reissued as CD/Beuna
Vista STER-4022]
3. Walt Disney’s Babes In Toyland, Disneyland (M) DQ-1219
(studio cast) (as “We Won’t Be Happy Till We Get It” with new
lyrics by Mel Levens and George Bruns)
4. Toyland!, CD/Rainbow Records (studio cast with musical
direction by David Messick) (as “I Won’t Be Happy Till I Get
It”)
5. Toyland!, CD/Rainbow Records (studio cast with musical
direction by David Messick) (as “I Won’t Be Happy
(reprise)”)
Invocation (Bottle Music):
1. Babes In Toyland,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (orchestra conducted by Cathy
O’Shaughnessy) (portion reworked for use in “Finale Misterioso”)
Maybe The Moon Will Help You Out:
1. Babes In Toyland/The
Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Keith Brion) (part of “Selections”)
2. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
3. Thine Alone: Songs & Orchestral Works Of Victor Herbert,
CD/Newport Classic NPD 85672 (Andrea Matthews and the Magic
Circle Opera Ensemble with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Richard Auldon Clark)
Our Castle In Spain (added for the
subsequent tour and also used in the 1905 revival):
1. Babes In Toyland,
Buena Vista (S) STER 4022 (Ray Bolger) (as “Castle
In Spain” with new lyrics by Mel Levens and George Bruns)
[reissued as CD/Beuna Vista STER-4022; also found on The
Music Of Disney: A Legacy In Song, CD/Walt Disney 60957-2]
2. Walt Disney’s Babes In Toyland, Disneyland (M) DQ-1219
(studio cast) (as “Castle In Spain” with new lyrics by Mel
Levens and George Bruns)
3. Babes In Toyland, Golden Record LP78 (The Sandpipers
with the Golden Orchestra conducted by Jim Timmens)
[reissued as CD/Drive Golden GD2-47078]
4. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT76O-1M
(Geraldine Powers-Steen with orchestra conducted by Kerry
Thompson) (as “Castle In Spain”)
5. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (Sara
Emerson with orchestra conducted by Cathy O’Shaughnessy)
(as “Castle In Spain”)
6. Babes In Toyland, CD/Sondtrack Factory SFCD33546 (Felix
Knight) (as “Castle In Spain”)
7. Stay Awake, CD/A&M CD 3918 DX 003644 (Buster
Poindexter and The Banshees Of Blue) (as “Castle In
Spain”)
Prologue:
1. Babes In Toyland/The
Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Keith Brion) (as “Prelude”)
2. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger) (as “Children’s
Theme,” a portion of the “Prologue”)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (Song Of The Poet):
1. Babes In Toyland,
78’/Decca album 419 (Kenny Baker and Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Alexander Smallens) [also 10”/Decca 7004; reissued
as Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Decca Broadway 440 018
729-2]
2. Babes In Toyland/A Night In Venice, Reader’s Digest 40-3
(Peter Palmer and Chorus with the Henri Rene Orchestra conducted
by Lehman Engel)
3. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT76O-1M (Samuel J.
Roelofs and Children with orchestra conducted by Kerry Thompson)
4. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT04O-2C (Michael
Parr and Children with orchestra conducted by Cathy
O’Shaughnessy)
She Was A Country Girl (“Evaline
McCook”) (cut):
1. Victor Herbert: Collected Songs, CD/New
World Records 80726-2 (Korliss Uecker with William Hicks,
piano)
That's What The Rose Said To
Me (aka "An Old-Fashioned Rose") (M: Leo Edwards; L:
B.F. Barnett) (added
after opening):
1. 78/Columbia
A 630 (Henry Burr with orchestral accompaniment)
Unrecorded Material:
Angel Over The Fields
(M/L: Trad.) (interpolated in some production)
Babes In Toyland (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Duet Alan-Mary (written for the Berlin production)
From Heavens On High (M/L: Trad.) (interpolated in some
production)
Gallows Incidental (reprise of "Hang March")
The Health Food Man (aka "John
Johnson") (cut)
If I Were A Man Like That (cut)
The Jolly Tars (added for the 1929 revival, likely not by
Herbert)
Lancers (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
The Legend Of The Castle (cut after opening)
Marmaduke’s Entrance (Entrée-Lied Marmaduke) (written for
the Berlin production)
The Men (cut; sheet music only)
Mignonette (cut after opening)
Opening Chorus (Aufzugschor Und Laendlichertanz) (written for
the Berlin production)
Polonaise (Mazurka)
Spanish Basque Carol (M/L: Trad.) (interpolated in some
production)
Winter Song (sheet music only)
With Downcast Eye (cut)