THE FORTUNE TELLER

Composer: Victor Herbert
Lyricist: Harry B. Smith

Opened: September 26, 1898, Wallack’s Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 40

Note: Only recordings of material not otherwise found on The Fortune Teller, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1022 (Comic Opera Guild cast with orchestra conducted by Adam Aceto) are noted below.

Act 3 Entr’acte:

1. Selections From Victor Herbert’s Naughty Marietta And Fortune Teller, 10”/Columbia AAL 29 (Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA (M) 1980-5]


Gavotte:

1. Victor Herbert: Souvenir, CD/Arabesque Z6529 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)


March:

1. 78/Berliner 8001 (orchestra conducted by Victor Herbert)
2. 78/Berliner 7005  (unknown orchestra) [reissued on The Early Victor Herbert, Smithsonian R-017]
3. 78/Berliner 1058-B (Metropolitan Orchestra)
4. 78/Berline 8008-Z (Sousa’s Band)
5. 78/Victor A-262 (Metropolitan Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 43694]
6. 78/Victor pre-matrix A-1220  (Kendle’s First Regiment Band) [also 78/Victor pre-matrix B-3217]
7. Victor Herbert: Souvenir, CD/Arabesque Z6529 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)

Unrecorded Material:

Maestoso (not in programs)
Sing To Me Gypsy (not in programs)