SYBIL

SYBIL

Composer: Victor Jacobi
Lyricists: Harry Graham; Harry B. Smith

Opened: January 10, 1916, Liberty Theatre, N.Y.C.; February 19, 1921, Daly’s Theatre, London
Performances: 168 (N.Y.C.); ? (London)

Note: A Hungarian cast album, Sybill, Qualiton (S) LPX-6543 (Budapest Municipal Operette with the Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra conducted by Tamas Brody), also exists.

At A Grand Hotel:

1. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)

The Colonel Of The Crimson Hussars:

1. 78/Victor 35529 (Victor Light Opera Company with orchestra) (as "The Captain Of The Crimson Hussars") [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia F-1068 (Jose Collins and Chorus with Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan)
3. 78/Vocalion S-105 (Jose Collins and Robert Chisholm) (as “I Am The Captain Of The Crimson Hussars)
4. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
5. Treasures Of Operetta II, CD/Chandos 8561 (Marilyn Hill Smith with the Chandos Concert Orchestra conducted by Stuart Barry)

A Cup Of Tea:

1. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)

Fear Not (Though Sad May Be Our Lot) (used in the London production only):

1. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)

I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife (M/L: John Golden; L: Joseph Cawthorn):

1. 78/Victor 55074 (Joseph Cawthorn) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 3: 1913-1917, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9056-8]
2. 78/Victor 35546 (Victor Military Band)
3. The Earliest Black String Bands, Vol. 1: Dan Kildare, CD/Document 5622 (Ciro’s Club Coon Orchestra)

I Like The Boys (M: Harry B. Smith):

1. 78/Victor 35529 (Victor Light Opera Company with orchestra) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia F-1069 (Jose Collins and Chorus with Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on Jose Collins, World Records (M) SH169]
3. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
4. Fascinating Nights, Vol. 1, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1012 (Robin De Leon with Peter Halverson and Victoria Kirsch, piano)

Keep Cool (used in the London production only):

1. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)

Letter Duet (My Dearest Paul):

1. 78/Columbia F-1069 (Jose Collins and Noel Leyland with Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan
2. 78/Vocalion S-105 (Gladys Moncrieff)
3. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)

Lift Your Eyes to Mine:

1. 78/Victor 35529 (Victor Light Opera Company with orchestra) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia F-1068 (Jose Collins and Harry Welchman with Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan)
4. Jose Collins Memories, 78/Decca K-730 (Jose Collins with orchestral accompaniment)

Politeness Pays, Or All Hearts With A Keen Curiousity Burn (Opening Chorus) (L: Harry Graham) (dropped for the subsequent American tour):

1. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)

When Cupid Calls (The Rat-Tat-Tat-Song) (L: Harry B. Smith):

1. 78/Victor 35529 (Victor Light Opera Company with orchestra) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia 856 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 1966 (Grace Kerns, Reed Miller, and Andrea Sarto with orchestra)

Unrecorded Material:

Dance
Finale Act I (Sybil! Sybil! Your Highness, I Should Say)
Finale Act II (My Wife! Good Heavens!)
Finale Act III
Following The Drum
Girls, You Are Such Wonderful Things (L: Harry B. Smith)
Good Advice (L: Harry B. Smith)
The Land Of Play (used in the London production)
Opening Chorus Act II (We’re Feeling Overcome)
Opening Chorus Act III (Goodnight, Goodnight)
Orphans From The Convent School (Chorus Of Orphans)
That Wonderful “One” Girl (M/L: Harold Vicars) (not in programs)
Two Can Play That Game (M: Harry B. Smith)
The Way To Do It (used in the London production)
With Money You Can’t Go Wrong (used in the London production)