List of compositions by Victor Herbert

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This list of compositions by Victor Herbert is sorted by genre.

Contents

Stage works

TitleGenreSubdivisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace and theatre
Prince Ananias operetta 2 acts Francis Neilson 20 November 1894 The Broadway Theatre
The Wizard of the Nile operetta3 acts Harry B. Smith 4 November 1895 Casino Theatre
The Gold Bug musical farce3 acts Glen MacDonagh, adapted from a story by G.A. Pierce 21 September 1896
The Serenade operetta3 actsHarry B. Smith16 March 1897 Knickerbocker Theatre
The Idol's Eye operetta3 actsHarry B. Smith25 October 1897The Broadway Theatre
The Fortune Teller operetta3 actsHarry B. Smith26 September 1898 Wallack's Theatre
The Ameer operetta3 acts Frederick M. Rankin and Kirke LaShelle 4 December 1899Wallack's Theatre
Cyrano de Bergerac operetta3 actsBook by Stuart Reed based on the play by Edmond Rostand 18 September 1899Knickerbocker Theatre
The Singing Girl operetta3 actsBook by Stanislaus Stange, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith23 October 1899Casino Theatre
The Viceroy operetta2 actsHarry B. Smith9 April 1900Knickerbocker Theatre
Babes in Toyland operettaPrologue, 3 acts, 11 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough 13 October 1903 Majestic Theatre
Babette operetta3 actsHarry B. Smith16 November 1903The Broadway Theatre
It Happened In Nordland Musical comedyPrologue and 2 actsBook and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough5 December 1904 Wallack's Theatre
Wonderland Fantastic musical play3 acts and 8 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough24 October 1905Majestic Theatre
Miss Dolly Dollars Musical comedy2 actsBook and lyrics by Harry B. Smith4 September 1905Knickerbocker Theatre
Mlle. Modiste operetta2 actsLibretto by Henry Blossom 25 December 1905Knickerbocker Theatre
The Red Mill operetta2 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom24 September 1906Knickerbocker Theatre
The Magic Knight operetta and burlesque 1 actLibretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith 25 December 1906 Weber's Music Hall
Dream City operetta1 actLibretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith25 December 1906Weber's Music Hall
The Tattooed Man operetta2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith and A.N.C. Fowler, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith18 February 1907 Criterion Theatre
The Songbirds operetta1 actBook and lyrics by George V. Hobart 1 April 1907The New York Theatre [1]
Algeria Musical play2 actsBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough31 August 1908The Broadway Theatre
Little Nemo Musical comedy3 acts and 11 scenesBook and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay 20 October 1908 New Amsterdam Theatre
The Prima DonnaComic opera2 actsLibretto and lyrics by Henry Blossom30 November 1908Knickerbocker Theatre
The Rose of Algeria Musical play2 acts and 4 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough20 September 1909 Herald Square Theatre
Old Dutch Musical Farce2 acts and 3 scenesBook by Edgar Smith, Lyrics by George V. Hobart22 November 1909Herald Square Theatre
Naughty Marietta operetta2 acts and 3 scenesBook and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young 7 November 1910The New York Theatre
When Sweet Sixteen Songplay2 actsBook and lyrics by George V. Hobart14 September 1911 Daly's Theatre
Natoma opera3 actsLibretto by Joseph D. Redding 25 February 1911Philadelphia
The Duchess operetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Joseph W. Herbert and Harry B. Smith16 October 1911 Lyric Theatre
The Enchantress operetta2 actsBook and lyrics by Fred de Grésac and Harry B. Smith19 October 1911The New York Theatre
The Lady of the Slipper Musical fantasy3 acts and 5 scenesBook and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young 28 October 1912 Globe Theatre, New York
Sweethearts Musical play2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith, Lyrics by Robert B. Smith8 September 1913New Amsterdam Theatre
The Madcap Duchess operetta2 actsBook and lyrics by David Stevens and Justin Huntly McCarthy; based on the novel Seraphica by Justin Huntly McCarthy 11 November 1913Globe Theatre, New York
Madeleine opera1 actLibretto by Grant Stewart, after the French play Je dîne chez ma mère (I'm dining at my mother's house) by Adrien Decourcelle and Lambert-Thiboust 24 January 1914 Metropolitan Opera
The Only Girl Musical comedy3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom; based on the play Our Wives by Frank Mandel 2 November 1914 39th Street Theatre
The Debutante Musical comedy2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith7 December 1914Kinckerbocker Theatre
The Princess Pat operetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom29 September 1915 Cort Theatre
Eileen operetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom19 October 1917 Sam S. Shubert Theatre
Miss 1917 revue2 actsBook and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse; other music by Jerome Kern 5 November 1917 Century Theatre
Her Regiment operetta3 actsBook and lyrics by William Le Baron 12 November 1917 Broadhurst Theatre
The Velvet Lady Musical comedy3 actsBook by Fred Jackson based on his farce A Full House ; adaptation and lyrics by Henry Blossom3 February 1919New Amsterdam Theatre
Angel Face Musical play3 actsBook by Harry B. Smith; based on the play The Elixir of Love by Zellah Covington and Jules Simonson; Lyrics by Robert B. Smith19 December 1919Knickerbocker Theatre
My Golden Girl Musical comedy2 actsBook and lyrics by Frederick Arnold Kummer 2 February 1919 Nora Bayes Theatre
Oui Madame 1920
The Girl in the Spotlight operetta2 acts and 5 scenesBook and lyrics by Richard Bruce 12 July 1920Knickerbocker Theatre
Orange Blossoms Musical comedy3 actsBook by Fred de Grésac based on the play La Passerelle by Fred de Grésac and François de Croisset; Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva 19 September 1922 Fulton Theatre
The Dream Girl Musical comedy3 acts and 6 scenesBook by Rida Johnson Young and Harold Atterbridge based on the play The Road to Yesterday by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland 20 August 1924 Ambassadors Theatre

Other works

Chamber music

Piano

Cantata and choral works

Songs

Notes

  1. ↑ The Song Birds premiered at The Lambs Club. See Gould, Neil. "Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life", Oxford University Press (2011), p. 388 ISBN   082322872X
  2. 1 2 Victor Herbert: a theatrical life by Neil Gould

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