THE
MERRY WIDOW
musical show
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1952 studio prod. MUSIC: Franz Lehar. WORDS: Adrian Ross. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Robert Rounseville (of 1943 prod), Dorothy Kirsten, Genevieve Warner, Clifford Harvuot, Wesley Dalton, Betty Bartley. (Col ML-4666; CD/DRG 19033.)
Records by Jeanette MacDonald of 1934 film cast. "Vilia" (1934: 78/Vic 24729, ALB-536, ALB-1185, ALB-1536, ALB-1561, ALB-1813) (1934, French: 78/HMV(F) K-6840) (1949: 45/RCA 49-0773, ALB-71, ALB-956, ALB-1361) "I Love You So" (1934: 78/Vic 24729, ALB-77, ALB-1185, ALB-1207, ALB-1292, ALB-1825) (1934, French: 78/HMV(F) K-6840) "Tonight Will Teach Me to Forget" (1934: 78/Vic 24754, ALB-536, ALB-1185, ALB-1529)
1951 studio prod. COND: Al Goodman. CAST: Donald Richards, Elaine Malbin, Nino Ventura, chorus. (RCA LK-1020)
1952 film soundtrack. WORDS: Paul Francis Webster. ORCH & COND: Jay Blackton. CAST: Fernando Lamas, Trudy Erwin (for Lana Turner), Richard Haydn. (MGM 10" 157; CD/Hollywood Greats(I) HG-001, with Athena & Everything I Have Is Yours; CD/MGM(J) VDP-5174, with Lovely to Look At & Show Boat.)
Studio prod. WORDS: Norman Sachs, Mel Mandel. ORCH: Henri René. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Anna Moffo, Mary Ellen Pracht, William Lewis, Arthur Rubin, Robert Nagy, Kenneth Smith. (Reader's Digest 40-2, with A Waltz Dream; ALB-1578. Excerpt: Moffo: "Vilia" (ALB-874).)
1953 studio prod. COND: George Greeley. CAST: Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, chorus. (Cap 10" L-335. Excerpts: ALB-2215.)
1943 studio prod. COND: Isaac van Grove. CAST: Wilbur Evans of 1942 New York & 1943 Boston prods; Kitty Carlisle of 1943 Boston prod; Lisette Verea of 1944 New York prod; Felix Knight. (78/Dec album 364; Dec 8004; CD/Dec 440-018-732-2, with The Student Prince; CD/Box Office ENBO-CD11/95, with The Desert Song.)
1949 album by Rise Stevens & Dennis Morgan. COND: Max Rudolf. (Col 10" ML-2064)
1962 studio prod. WORDS: Merl Puffer, Deena Cavalieri. COND: Franz Allers. CAST: Lisa Della Casa, John Reardon, Laurel Hurley, Charles K L Davis, Paul Franke, Howard Kahl, Paul Richards. (Col OS-2280)
Records by members of 1932 London prod. Carl Brisson (also of 1932 English touring prod): "Maxim's" (1932: 78/Dec(E) F-2820, ALB-122, ALB-1733, ALB-2111) Derek Oldham: "I Love You So," "Vilia" (1933: 78/HMV(E) B-4291, ALB-1733)
1964 New York prod. WORDS: Forman Brown. COND: Franz Allers. CAST: Patrice Munsel, Bob Wright, Sig Arno, Frank Porretta, Joan Weldon, Mischa Auer, Joseph Leon, Robert Goss, Rudy Vejar. (RCA LSO-1094)
1958 studio prod. WORDS: Christopher Hassall. COND: William Reid. CAST: Thomas Round & June Bronhill of 1958 London prod; Howell Glynne, Marion Lowe, William McAlpine, Denis Dowling, John Kentish. (CD/Classics for Pleasure(E) 75996-2, with The Count of Luxembourg & The Land of Smiles. Incomplete: Angel 35816; CD/EMI(E) CD-CFP-4485. Excerpt: "Gentlemen, No More" (ALB-2272).)
1910 medley by Victor Light Opera Company. (78/Vic 31805, ALB-1955)
Medleys by Light Opera Company. (1927: 78/HMV(E) C-1391) (1932: 78/HMV(E) C-2585)
1968 studio prod. WORDS: Christopher Hassall. COND: Vilem Tausky. CAST: June Bronhill (of 1958 London prod and 1960 & 1963 Australian prods), Jeremy Brett, David Hughes, Ann Howard, Leslie Fyson, Neil Howlett, Edgar Fleet. (Col(E) TWO-234; CD/Classics for Pleasure(E) 33598912, with The Belle of New York & The Lilac Domino. Excerpts: "Vilia," "Love Unspoken" (ALB-2272).)
Studio prod. WORDS: Christopher Hassall. COND: John Hollingsworth. CAST: Jacqueline Delman, John Larsen, John Wakefield, Barbara Elsy, Edward Brooks, Robert Bowman, David Price, Geoffrey Shaw, Geoffrey Walls. (World Record Club(E) STP-60)
1907 records by members of 1907 London prod. Robert Evett, Elizabeth Firth: "A Dutiful Wife" (78/Odeon(E) A-122) "Love in My Heart Awakening" (78/Odeon(E) A-128) Evett: "Home" (78/Odeon(E) A-140)
1930 medley by Columbia Light Opera Company. (78/Col(E) DX-159)
1978 New York prod. WORDS: Sheldon Harnick. COND: Julius Rudel. CAST: Beverly Sills, Alan Titus, Glenys Fowles, Henry Price, James Billings, David Rae Smith, chorus. (Angel S-37500; CD/Angel CDC-747585.)
1977 Scottish prod. COND: Alexander Gibson. CAST: Catherine Wilson, Jonny Blanc, Patricia Hay, David Hillman, chorus. (Music for Pleasure(E) CFP-40276)
1934 medley. COND: H Leopold Spitalny. VOCALS: Bernice Claire, Henry M Shope, Walter Preston, chorus. (78/Dec 15001)
1934 film soundtrack. WORDS: Lorenz Hart, Gus Kahn. COND: Herbert Stothart. CAST: Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier. (Hollywood Soundstage 5015, with The Cat and the Fiddle; Nadine 260, with The Love Parade. Excerpt: Chevalier: "Girls, Girls, Girls" (ALB-1704, ALB-2247).)
1929 medley by Zonophone Light Opera Company. (78/Zonophone(E) A-367)
1908 studio prod. Orchestra: "Merry Widow March" (78/Zonophone 971) "Merry Widow Waltz" (78/Zonophone 857) Frank C Stanley: "Maxim's Song" (78/Zonophone 1001) Alice C Stevenson, chorus: "Vilia" (78/Zonophone 1004) "Girls at Maxim"s" (78/Zonophone 1005) Stevenson, Stanley: "Cavalier" (78/Zonophone 1003) "I Love You So" (78/Zonophone 1002) Male septet: "Women" (78/Zonophone 1006)
1930 medley. VOCALS: Anne Welch, Norton Collyer, Victor Conway. (78/Dec(E) K-545)
1932 medley by Grosvenor Light Opera Company. (78/Eclipse(E) 8" SC-63)
1985 London prod. WORDS: Nigel Douglas. COND: Barry Wordsworth. CAST: Eiddwen Harrhy, Alan Oke, Helen Kucharek, Glenn Winslade, Paul Parfitt, Mark Curtis, Julian Moyle. (CD/That's Entertainment(E) 1111. Incomplete: CD/Jay(E) SHOW-CD007.)
Records by Gladys Moncrieff of 1922 Sydney, Australia prod. "I Love You So" (1935: 78/Regal-Zonophone(Australia) G-22346, ALB-1182) "Vilia" (1924: 78/Vocalion(E) X-9487) (1929: 78/Col(Australia) 01784, ALB-1182, ALB-1289)
1965 studio prod. COND: Alan Braden. VOCALS: Mary Thomas, Jamie Philips, chorus. (Wing(E) WL-1072, with The Desert Song)
1930 medley by Savoy Light Opera Singers. (78/Edison Bell Winner(E) L-5289)
Record by Jan Kiepura of 1943 prod of a song interpolated in that prod. "Kuiawiak" (1942: 78/Col 17332-D)
2000 prod by Metropolitan Opera. COND: Andrew Davis. CAST: Frederica Von Stade, Placido Domingo, Paul Groves, Emily Pulley, John Del Carlo, Anthony Laciura. (CDR/Celestial Audio(Australia) CA-065)
1986 Chicago Lyric Opera prod, rec live. COND: Baldo Podic. CAST: Alan Titus, Maria Ewing, Donald Adams, Suzanne Mentzer, Jerry Hadley, Donald Kaasch, Gualtiero Negrini. (CD/Celestial Audio (Australia) CA-415)
1953 radio prod. COND: Carmen Dragon. CAST: Gordon MacRae, Dorothy Kirsten. (CD/Redmond Nostalgia 840, with My Romance)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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