THE RIVIERA GIRL

Composer: Emmerich Kalman
Lyricist: P.G. Wodehouse

Opened: September 24, 1917, New Amsterdam Theater, N.Y.C.
Performances: 100

Note: An unidentified medley appears on Kalman Conducts Kalman: The Music Of Emmerich Kalman Volume 2, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1002 (orchestra conducted by Emmerich Kalman).

The Fall Of Man:

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


Half A Married Man:

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


Just A Voice To Call Me Dear:

1. 78/Edison 80381 (Gladys Rice with male voices and orchestra)
2. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


Let’s Build A Little Bungalow In Quogue (Bungalow In Quogue) (M: Jerome Kern) (added to the 1975 revival of VERY GOOD EDDIE):

1. 78/Edison 80381 (Rachael Grant and Billy Murray with orchestra) [reissued on Theater Lyrics Of P.G. Wodehouse, CDr/Folkways F-RF601]
2. Very Good Eddie, DRG (S) 6100 (Virginia Seidel and Nicholas Wyman with orchestra directed by Lynn Crigler) [reissued as CD/DRG CDRG 6100]
3. Silver Linings: Songs By Jerome Kern, CD/Arabesque Z6515 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)


Life’s A Tale:

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


The Lilt Of A Gypsy Strain (not in programs):

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


Man, Man, Man:

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


There’ll Never Be Another Girl Like Daisy:

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)


Will You Forget?:

1. Vienna So Gay, Decca (M) DL 8810 (Hans Carste and his Orchestra)
A radio transcription performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra is also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

Finale Act I
Finale Act II
Finale Act III
Gypsy, Bring Your Fiddle
Opening Act III
Opening Chorus Act II
Opening Song And Chorus Act I
Sometimes I Feel Just Like Grandma
Why Don’t They (You) Hand It To Me?