(BALIEFF'S) CHAUVE-SOURIS (1927)
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: October 10, 1927, Cosmopolitan
Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 80
The Nightingale (M: Alexander Alabieff):
1. 78/Gramophone V.B. 10
(Olimpia Boronat with orchestra) [reissued on The Complete
Olimpia Boronat, CD/Marston 51001]
2. 45/Capitol 64-80020 (Erna Sack with the German Opera House
Orchestra conducted by Rolf Schroder)
3. Red Berry Blossom, CD/Hugo 794 (Osipov Balalaika Orchestra)
4. Adagio: Between Heaven And Earth, CD/Nightingale 190216
(Edita Gruberova)
5. Air, CD/Kreuzberg 10040 (Virginia Alba)
6. The Victor Recordings (1925-28), CD/Romophone 81020 (Amelita
Galli-Curci)
7. Do Not Leave Me: Romance & Songs, CD/Northern Flowers
9948 (Mila Shkirtil)
8. The Anniversary Concert, CD/Nightingale 90560 (Edita
Gruberova)
9. Her Early Years: 1923-1948, CD/Fono Enterprise 1043 (Maria
Callas)
10. In The Kingdom Of Roses And Wine, CD/Sonora 22578 (Maria
Zelenina)
11. Le Miracle D'Une Voix, CD/Virgin 377961 (Natalie Dessay)
12. Le Rossignol, CD/Real Sound (RS) 108 (Anna Smiech)
13. Lebendige Vergangenheit: Antonia Nezhdanova, CD/Preiser
Records 89704 (Antonia Nezhdanova)
14. Lebendige Vergangenheit: Maria Cebotari, CD/Preiser Records
89161 (Maria Cebotari)
15. Lily Pons Coloratura Assoluta, CD/Sony Music 60655 (Lily
Pons)
16. The Victor Recordings (1904-08), CD/Romophone 81026
(Marcella Sembrich)
17. Königlische Säsische Hofopernsängerin,
CD/Symposium (Margarethe Siems)
18. Miliza Korjus, CD/Pearl 9186 (Miliza Korjus)
19. Mozart, Bishop, Roussel And Others, CD/BIS 45 (Dorothy
Dorow)
20. Mozart, Milhaud, Gliere And Others, CD/ MCA Records 25966
(unknown performer)
21. Nezhdanova In Opera & Song, CD/ Nimbus 7877 (Antonina
Nezhdanova)
22. Rampal's Greatest Hits, Vol.1, CD/Sony Music 34561
(Jean-Pierre Rampal)
23. Songs Of The Nightingale, CD/Centaur Records 2232 (Karen
Smith Emerson)
24. The Art Of Coloratura, CD/ dB Productions 50 (Dilber)
25. Trans-Siberian Express, CD/London 425214 (I Salonisti)
26. Waltzes And Arias, CD/ Deutsche Grammophon 457729 (Rita
Streich)
27. Great Voices Of The 50's, Vol. III, CD/London 448152
(unknown performer)
28. Four Famous Sopranos Of The Past, CD/Preiser Records 89956
(unknown performer)
Round The Hay-Wain (vocal scenes from
Little Russia):
1. 78/Columbia 9220
(Nikita Balieff and members of the Chauve Souris company
including Eugenia Safonova and Finadia Erchova with the
Vaudeville Theatre Orchestra conducted by S. Kogan
2. 78/Columbia DX-439 (Chauve Souris Company with the Cambridge
Theatre orchestra conducted by Alexei Archangelsky)
A Russian Barcarolle (M: Varlamoff):
1. 78/Columbia 9220
(Nikita Balieff with Mmes. Birse & Ershova and Mm. Dedovitch
& Shevtchecnko with the Vaudeville Theatre Orchestra
conducted by S. Kogan)
2. 78/Columbia DX-439 (Chauve Souris Company with the Cambridge
Theatre orchestra conducted by Alexei Archangelsky)
3. Songs From Russia 1930-1940: Famous Russian Choirs, CD/EPM
995852 (unknown performer)
Where Is My Meyer, Where’s Himalaya?
(M/L: Anton Profes; L. Wolfe Gilbert):
1. 78/Diva 2503 (The
Harmonians)
2. 78/Columbia 1180 D (Frank Harris with Eddie Thomas’
Collegians)
3. 78/Victor 21025 (Arthur Hall with Nat Shilkret and The Victor
Orchestra)
4. 78/Edison 52137 (Jack Kaufman)
Unrecorded Material: