Kismet
First Complete Recording
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CD1: 45'59''
CD2: 51'22''
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Music and Lyrics by
Robert Wright and George Forrest
Based on themes of
Alexander Borodin
Book by
Charles Lederer and Luther Davis
Founded on 'Kismet' by
Edward Knoblock
Orchestrations by
Arthur Kay
CAST
Valerie Masterson
Donald Maxwell
David Rendall
Richard Van Allan
Rosemary Ashe
Edmund Barnham
Bonaventura Bottone
Bruce Hubbard
Judy Kaye
Ambrosian Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by
John Owen Edwards
Kismet is based on a play by Edward Koblock, first performed in 1911 and made into a film with Marlene Dietrich in the 1940’s. Wright and Forrest have created a modern operetta classic in adapting virtually every usable piece of music written by the composer Alexander Borodin, most notably from the opera PRINCE IGOR. Tempos have been changed, lyrics have been incorporated, and a wealth of new music has been composed to fashion such lovely standards as STRANGER IN PARADISE and BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS.
The first Broadway production opened at the Ziegfield Theater in December 1953 having originated on the West Coast with Edwin Lester’s famous company. Alfred Drake played the role of Hajj, and Doretta Morrow his daughter Marsinah. It ran for 583 performances. It was made into a film by MGM in 1956, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Ann Blyth and Howard.
Through hundreds of revivals, touring and amateur productions, and literally hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra and, most recently, Valerie Masterson, et al, KISMET has earned a permanent place in the publics heart.
Hit songs include:
Stranger In Paradise
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
And This Is My Beloved
- Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra - Sands Of Time
Bonaventura Bottone, Valerie Masterson - Rhymes Have I
Donald Maxwell, Valerie Masterson, Stifyn Parri - Fate
Donald Maxwell, Simon Green - Fate (Reprise)
Donald Maxwell - Bazaar Of The Caravans
Chorus - Not Since Nineveh
Judy Kaye, Richard Van Allan, Rosemary Ashe, Chorus - Not Since Nineveh Dance
Chorus - Stolen Oranges
Philharmonia Orchestra - Baubles, Bangles And Beads
Valerie Masterson, Company - Paradise Garden
Valerie Masterson, Stifyn Parri - Stranger In Paradise
Valerie Masterson, David Rendall - He's In Love
Bonaventura Bottone, Chorus - Gesticulate
Donald Maxwell, Judy Kaye, Richard Van Allan, Men - Finale Act One
Donald Maxwell, Judy Kaye, Chorus
- Entr'acte
Philharmonia Orchestra - Night Of My Nights
David Rendall, Chorus - Stranger In Paradise (Reprise)
Valerie Masterson - Was I Wazir?
Richard Van Allan, Men - Rahadlakum
Judy Kaye, Donald Maxwell, Rosemary Ashe, Chorus - Rahadlakum Dance
Judy Kaye, Donald Maxwell, Rosemary Ashe, David Rendall - And This Is My Beloved
Valerie Masterson, David Rendall, Donald Maxwell, Richard Van Allan - The Olive Tree
Donald Maxwell - Zubbediya
Rosemary Ashe, Men - Samaris Dance
Philharmonia Orchestra - Finale Act Two
Donald Maxwell, Valerie Masterson, David Rendall, Chorus - Bored (from film of Kismet)
- In The Beginning Woman (from Timbuktu)
Rosemary Ashe - Golden Land, Golden Life (from Timbuktu)
Bruce Hubbard, Simon Green - My Magic Lamp (from Timbuktu)
Valerie Masterson - Power (from Timbuktu)
Bruce Hubbard, Simon Green, Men - Golden Land, Golden Life (from Timbuktu)
Bonaventura Bottone, Edmund Barham, Men