MLLE. MODISTE

Composer: Victor Herbert
Lyricist: Henry Blossom

Opened: December 25, 1905, Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 202

Note: Only recordings of material not otherwise found on Mlle. Modiste, CD/Albany TROY 1146/47 (Ohio Light Opera with orchestra conducted by Michael Borowitz) are noted below.

Absinthe Frappe (added to the 1978 revival; originally used in IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND, the Berlin production of BABES IN TOYLAND, and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1924):

1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor Salon Group directred by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA (M) 1980-5]
3. 78/Edison Wax Amberol 229 (Victor Herbert’s Orchestra)
4. Victor Herbert Melodies, Plymouth (M) P12-63 (The Viennese Symphonic Orchestra)
5. A Victor Herbert Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9798 (Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the organ)
6. Relax With Victor Herbert, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1023 (Al Goodman and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age Of Light Music: Marching And Waltzing, CD/Guild Light Music GLCD 5136]
7. Famous Composers: Leroy Anderson/Victor Herbert, CD/Compose Records 9002 (London Philharmonic Orchestra)
8. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 014 (unknown performer)
9. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
A radio transcription performed by the Harry Horlick Orchestra is also known to exist.


Starlight, Star Bright (added to the 1978 revival; originally used in WIZARD OF THE NILE):

1. 78/Victor 31834 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. 78/Varsity 238 (Fred Hufsmith with orchestra conducted by Joseph Stopak) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA (M) 1980-5]
3. The Wizard Of The Nile, Schenectady Light Opera Company 101/102 (Schenectady Light Opera Company with orchestra directed by Edward J. Hatfield, Jr.) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 047]


Waltz:

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

Unrecorded Material:

Ah, But In Dreams (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Bazaar Opening Chorus (ASCAP/Library of Congress only; possibly the same number as Opening Chorus, Act 2, Scene 2 aka “Charity Bazaar”)
I Should Think That You Could Guess (not in programs)
I’m Always Misunderstood (not in programs)
In Dreams So Fair (sheet music only)