HIGH JINKS
Composer: Rudolf
Friml
Lyricist: Otto Harbach
Opened: December 10, 1913, Lyric Theatre, N.Y.C., and
transferred on January 12, 1915 to the Casino Theatre; August
24, 1916, Adelphi Theatre, London
Performances: 213 (N.Y.C.); 383 (London)
All Aboard For Dixie(land) (M: George L. Cobb; L: Jack Yellen) (cut):
1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Columbia A 5561 (Prince’s Band directed by G. Hepburn
Wilson)
3. 78/Victor 17533 (Victor Military Band)
4. The Phonographic Yearbook: 1914 - Her Memory Haunts You,
CD/Archeophone ARCH 9012 (Ada Jones and the Peerless Quartet)
5. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
(The) Bubble:
1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M)
CAL-252]
3. 78/HMV C-720 (Marie Blanche with the Adelphi Orchestra
conducted by Howard Talbot)
4. 78/Edison 80131 (Emory B. Randolph with chorus and orchestra)
5. Rudolf Friml In Person, 78/Schirmer 12” album 2 (Rudolf
Friml, piano) [reissued on The Genius Of Rudolf Friml, Golden
Crest CRS-4200]
6. 78/Columbia 772 (Dorothy Brunton) [also 45/Discovery DE-002]
7. Do You Know Rudolf Friml, Nan 4019
(Rudolf Friml, piano)
8 . High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kimberly
Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
9 . Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Chi-Chi:
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kim Parr and David Troiano with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Dickie Birds (M: Howard Talbot)
(written for the London production?):
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle, Don Regan, Mike Parr,
David Troiano, Thomas Petiet, and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
(The) Dixiana Rise (added after
opening):
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act 1:
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act 2:
1. 78/HMV C-719 (Adelphi
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act 3:
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
High Jinks:
1. 78/Victor 27633 (Walter
Preston and the Victor Mixed Chorus with orchestra conducted by
Emil Cot)
An unverified radio transcription performed by Edward Vito,
harp, is also known to exist.
I Could Love A Nice Little Girl (added
for the London production):
1. 78/HMV 4-2785
(W.H. Berry with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard
Talbot) [also 78/HMV E-171]
I’m Through With Roaming Romeos:
1. 78/Columbia 639 (London
Repertoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. 78/HMV B-712 (Maisie Gay with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted
by Howard Talbot)
3. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
It Isn’t Your (My) Fault (M: Jerome Kern; L: M.E. Rourke)
(added for the London production; later used in 90 IN THE
SHADE and music reused for “It Wasn’t My Fault” with a new
lyric in LOVE O’MIKE):
1. 78/HMV 04176 (W.H.
Berry and Marie Blanche) [reissued on Jerome Kern In London
1914-23, World SHB34]
2. 78/Vic 35624 (Victor Light Opera Company) (as "It Wasn't My
Fault") [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume
III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
3. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1378
(Kaye Ballard) (as "It Isn't My Fault") [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-111]
It’s Wonderful How Trouble Clings To Me
(added for the London production):
1. 78/HMV 4-2784 (W.H.
Berry with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
Jim:
1. 78/Victor 35382
(Victor Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/HMV B-712 (Maisie Gay with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted
by Howard Talbot)
3. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Love’s Own Kiss:
1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M)
CAL-252]
3. 78/Columbia 639 (London Repertoire Orchestra conducted by
Albert Ketelbey)
4. 78/HMV C-721 (Muriel Gay [Louie Brooks] and Peter Gawthorne
with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
5. 78/HMV C-737 (Peter Gawthorne and Nellie Taylor with the
Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
6. 78/Columbia 772 (Dorothy Brunton) [also 45/Discovery DE-002]
7. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kimberley
Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
8. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden Orchestra
conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Not Now, But Later (added after
opening):
1. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor
Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The
Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M) CAL-252]
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kimberely
Dolanski and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden Orchestra
conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Opening Chorus (Act 1) (M: Howard
Talbot) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus (Act 2):
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. 78/HMV C-713 (Adelphi
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Oyra’s Dance (added for the London
production):
1. 78/HMV C-713 (Adelphi
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
She Says It With Her Eyes (added for the London production):
1. 78/HMV C-721 (Maisie
Gay and W.H. Rawlins with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by
Howard Talbot)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle
and Don Regan with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Something Seems Tingle-Ingle-Ing:
1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M)
CAL-252]
3. 78/Columbia 639 (London Repertoire Orchestra conducted by
Albert Ketelbey)
4. 78/HMV C-719 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard
Talbot)
5. 78/HMV C-720 (Peter Gawthorne and Chorus [George Baker, Eda
Bennie, Louie Brooks, and Ernest Pike] with the Adelphi
Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
6. 78/Victor 35393 (Victor Military Band)
7. The Genius Of Rudolf Friml, Golden Crest CRS-4200 (Rudolf
Friml, piano)
8 . High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (David Troiano
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
9 . Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
10. Piano Music Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Koch Records 7512 (Sara
Davis Buechner, piano)
Spaniards’ Duet (added for the London
production):
1. 78/HMV 04175 (W.H.
Berry and Violet Blythe with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by
Howard Talbot)
Tango and Incidental Dance:
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
That Alters The Matter (not in
programs):
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Thomas Petiet and Suzanne Galer with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
A Woman’s Heart (M: Howard Talbot)
(written for the London production?):
1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Christina Gurne and Mike Parr with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
What Is Life Without Love? (M: Howard
Talbot) (added for the London production):
1. 78/HMV 02679 (W.H. Berry with the Adelphi
Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot) [also 78/HMV D415]
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Mike Parr
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
When Sammy Sang The Marseillaise:
1. 78/Columbia 639 (London
Repertoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Cheryl Kaski
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Afternoon (cut)
Come Hither, Eyes
Dr. Grouch Is Going Away (added to the subsequent American tour)
High Jinks Tangle
I Know Your Husband Very Well
Is This Love At Last (cut after opening)
Life Without Love (not used?)
Opening Chorus (Act 3)