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)