THE RED MILL



Composer: Victor Herbert
Lyricist: Henry Blossom

Opened: September 24, 1906, Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.C.; December 26, 1919, Empire Theatre, London
Performances: 318 (N.Y.C.); 64 (London)

Note: Only recordings of material not otherwise found on The Red Mill, CD/Albany TROY 492/493 (Ohio Light Opera Company with orchestra conducted by Steven Daigle) are noted below.


Dance:

1. Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion) (part of “Selections”)
2. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)


I Want You To Marry Me:

1. The Red Mill, 10”/Capitol L530 (Lucille Norman with orchestra conducted by Carmen Dragon) [also Naughty Marietta/The Red Mill, Capitol T551; reissued on The Music Of Victor Herbert, CD/Anteater AECD-1004]
2. The Red Mill, RCA Camden (M) CAL 437 (Donald Dame and Mary Martha Briney with Al Goodman and His Orchestra)
3. The Red Mill, Turnabout TV 34766 (Samantha Genton with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta conducted by Carl Eberl)
4. Babes In Toyland/The Red Mill, CD/Naxos 8.559025 (Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion) (part of “Selections”)
5. The Red Mill, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRM04P-1M (Laura Christian with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
6. Victor Herbert: L’Encore, CD/Arabesque Z6547 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)


My Catamaran (added for the 1979 revival; originally used in IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND):

1. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Greg Wakefield  and Cindy Boote with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

A Widow Has Ways:

1. The Red Mill, Turnabout TV 34766 (Kimball Wheeler with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta conducted by Carl Eberl)
2. The Red Mill, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRM04P-1M (Laura Christian with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Unrecorded Material:

Beautiful Isle Of Dreams (not in programs; possibly same song as “The Isle Of Our Dreams”)
Concerted Number (added for the 1979 revival; originally used in MLLE. MODISTE)
I’ll Ring The Bell (not in programs)
I’m Always Doing Something I Don’t Want To Do (not in programs)
Love But You (not in programs)
One for Another (added for the 1979 revival; originally used in THE GOLD BUG)
Teach Them What To Say (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)