THE VELVET LADY

Composer: Victor Herbert
Lyricist: Henry Blossom

Opened: February 3, 1919, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 136

Bubbles:

1. 78/Victor 18539 (Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra)
2. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Come Be My Wife:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Kimerica Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Entr’acte I:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Entr’acte II:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Fair Honeymoon (Shine On):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (David Troiano, Mitchell Gillett, Kimerica Parr, and Kimberly Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Finale (Act II):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Finale (Act III):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


I’ve Danced To Beat The Band:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Mitchell Gillett with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Life And Love:

1. 78/Victor 18539 (Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 45164 (Lambert Murphy with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon) [reissue don The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA (M) 1980-5]
3. 78/Vocalion 12092 (Arthur Burns with orchestral accompaniment)
4. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy,  AEI (M) 1170 (unknown performer) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 014]
5. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Little Girl And Boy:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Mitchell Gillett and Kimberly Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Logic:

1. 78/Victor 18539 (Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra)
2. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Michael Parr and Greg Wakefield with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Merry Wedding Bells (not in programs):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Kimberly Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Merry Wedding Dance (not in programs):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (David Troiano, Mitchell Gillett, Kimerica Parr, and Kimberly Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Overture:

1. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy,  AEI (M) 1170 (unknown orchestra) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 014]
2. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Scandal:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Greg Wakefield and Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Spooky-Ookum:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


There’s Nothing Too Fine For The Finest:

1. A Treasure Of Early Musical Comedy: Volume Two, AEI Records 1171 (Eddie Dowling and chorus) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 014]
2. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (David Troiano, Tom Petiet, Michael Parr, and Joseph Roberts with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Throwing The Bull:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Diane McEwen-Martin with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Tonight’s The Night (Opening Chorus, Act I):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Velvet Lady Foxtrot And Tango (not in programs):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Way Down In Yucatan (Opening, Act II):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Diane McEwen-Martin and Marla Bentley with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Wedding Bells (Opening, Act III):

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


What A Position For Me:

1. The Velvet Lady, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVL06P-1M (Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Unrecorded Material:

Any Time New York Goes Dry (cut)
Dancing At The Wedding
Policeology (cut)
Velvet Lady (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)