DREAM CITY 

Composer: Victor Herbert
Lyricist: Edgar Smith

Opened: December 25, 1906, Weber’s Music Hall, N.Y.C.
Performances: 102

Note: This was the first portion of a double bill.  The second act of DREAM CITY was followed by a burlesque (also by Herbert and Smith) called THE MAGIC KNIGHT (separately listed on this website).

Beautiful Dreamtown:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Down A Shady Lane:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski, Lucy Head, Holly Perry, Scott Lindroth, Tom Petiet, and Todd Decker with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Wendy Mack, Tanya Roberts, Hannah Kurth, and Three Boys with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Entr’acte:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

(Nancy,) I Fancy You:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (David Troiano with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Stephen Faulk and Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


A Farmer’s Life:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Mitch Gillett with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Daniel Neer and Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Finale:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Going To The Opera (Bound For The Opera):

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Mitch Gillett, Claudiea Wier, and Ensemble with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Daniel Neer, Julie Wright Costa, Natalie Ballenger, and Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)

Hannah (cut after opening):

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Marla Bentley with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Nathan Brian and Alexa Devlin with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


I Don’t Believe I’ll Ever Be A Lady:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Lynn Bishop with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Alexa Devlin and Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Improvements:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Greg Wakefield with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Nathan Brian and Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


In Vaudeville:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Marla Bentley and Greg Wakefield with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Natalie Ballenger and Nathan Brian with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Love By Telephone (aka “On The ‘Phone”) (cut after opening:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (David Troiano with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Stephen Faulk and Natalie Ballenger with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess) ("On The 'Phone")


Oh, The Heart And The Skeet! (Opening Chorus):

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)

Overture:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


The Ravenous Rooster (not in programs):

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Seth Gilman and Lynn Bishop with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Andrew Maughan and Alexa Devlin with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Rustic Patrol:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Seth Gilman and Ensemble with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


A Shy Suburban Maid:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Marla Bentley with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Natalie Ballenger with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


The Volunteer Fireman:

1. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CDL06P-2C (Seth Gilman and Ensemble with Adam Acete and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Dream City/The Magic Knight, CD/Albany TROY 1541/42 (Andrew Maughan and Ensemble with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra conducted by Steven Byess)


Unrecorded Material:

I Have To Laugh (not in programs)
I Love You (L: Al  Holbrook) (added for the subsequent tour)
Lancers’ Waltz (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
March
Pas De Nuit