BABETTE
Composer: Victor
Herbert
Lyricist: Harry B. Smith
Opened: November 16, 1903, Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 59
Clockmaker’s Song (He Who’d Thrive Must Rise At Five):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Tom Petiet and Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entrance Of Babette:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act I:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act II:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act III:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Hear The Coachman Crack His Whip (not
in programs):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
I’ll Bribe The Stars (Picture Painting
Song):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski and Glenn Perry with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
It’s A Way We Have In Spain:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Tom Petiet, Cindy Boote, Don Regan, Glenn
Perry, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Letter Writing Song (Letters I Write
All The Day):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Life Of A Bold Free Lance (dropped
for the subsequent tour):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (David Troiano and Chorus with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Lovely Nature Fare Thee Well (added for
the 1976 revival; originally used in THE SINGING GIRL):
1. The Singing Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSG05P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski, Kara
Alfano, Holly Perry, Kirsten Kunkle, Michael Parr, Greg
Wakefield, and Phil Kitchell with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
My Honor And My Sword (Borrow Trouble):
1. The Music Of Victor
Herbert, Volume 2, 78/Victor 12” album C-11 (Victor Salon Group)
[reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert (1895-1924),
JJA Records 19805]
2. Babette, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Don Regan and
Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
My Lady ‘Tis For Thee (not in
programs):
1. The Music Of Victor
Herbert, Volume 2, 78/Victor 12” album C-11 (Victor Salon Group)
[reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert (1895-1924),
JJA Records 19805]
2. Babette, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Glenn Perry with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
My Lady Of The Manor (Madrigal):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Kristin Walukas, Cindy Boote, Glenn
Perry, and Don Regan with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
On The Other Side Of The Wall:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Don Regan and Kristin Walukas with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
On The Stage (added for the subsequent
tour):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Tom Petiet with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus Act I:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus Act II:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus Act III (not in
programs):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Pierrot Song (Be Kind To Poor Pierrot):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
There Once Was An Owl (Sextette):
1. 78/Victor 60088
(orchestra conducted by Victor Herbert)
2. The Music Of Victor Herbert, Volume 2, 78/Victor 12” album
C-11 (Victor Salon Group) [reissued on The Operetta World Of
Victor Herbert (1895-1924), JJA Records 19805]
3. Babette, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Glenn Perry,
Kristin Walukas, Cindy Boote, Don Regan, Kara Alfano, and Lucy
Head with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
To The Sound Of The Pipe And The Roll
Of The Drum:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski, Kristin Walukas,
Cindy Boote, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Tony The Peddler:
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Don Regan and Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
We Are Very Highly Polished At The
Court Don’t You Know (added to the 1939 St. Louis revival):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Mitch Gillett and Kristin Walukas with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Where The Fairest Flowers Are Blooming
(Butterfly Waltz Song):
1. Babette, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CBA05P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Sweethearts, CD/Newport Classic NPD
85654 (Elizabeth Futral with Robert Tweten, piano)
3. Thine Alone: Songs & Orchestral Works Of Victor Herbert,
CD/Newport Classic NPD 85672 (Andrea Matthews with the Manhattan
Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Auldon Clark)
You Must Not Believe It (added for the
1976 revival; originally used in THE FORTUNE TELLER):
1. The Fortune Teller, CD/Operetta Archives
OA 1022 (Kimberley Dolanski and Mick Fitzer with the Comic
Opera Guild Orchestra directed by Adam Aceto)
2. The Fortune Teller, CD/Albany
TROY 1326/27 (Ohio Light Opera cast with orchestra conducted
by Steven Byess)
Unrecorded Material:
Here In Pleasure’s
Favorite Court (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
In The Land Of Spain (added to the 1939 St. Louis revival)
Kermess Day (added to the 1939 St. Louis revival)
Let’s Hope Of Thee My Guardian Be (ASCAP/Library of Congress
only)
Pavanne
Peddler’s Song (added to the 1939 St. Louis revival)
Story Of Babette (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Vivianne The Vivandiere (added for the subsequent tour)
What Is Love? (Canzonetta) (sheet music only)