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NEW CD RELEASE FROM LOONY
bringing light opera out of the dark
The Only Girl
VICTOR HERBERT
FALL 2015 RELEASE
The
Only Girl
Revised edition by Michael Phillips
Kyle Erdos-Knapp
Antoni Mendezona
Natalie Ballenger
Sarah Best
Sarah Mossman
Ian McEuen
Adam Cannedy
Cameron Smith
★ Light Opera of New York new release. TROY 1590
The Only Girl—complete music and revised dialogue.
★ Victor Herbert’s 1914 comic operetta in a new performance
edition adapted for LOONY by stage director Michael Phillips.
★ Recorded Live in New York City, Gerald Steichen, conductor,
John Ostendorf, record producer.
Light Opera of New York
Gerald Steichen, conductor
TROY 1590
Victor Herbert
Gerald Steichen
Michael Phillips
Composer
Conductor
Stage Director
Victor Herbert‘s wonderful score—set in the bustling theatre world of Turn-of-the-Century New York, The Only Girl centers on a young
woman composer struggling against a curmudgeonly male librettist, with hilarious and unexpected results. A new performance edition
of the original Henry Blossom book was adapted for LOONY by stage director Michael Phillips. Recorded in Spring 2015 following live
performances at New York’s Symphony Space by a superb cast conducted by Maestro Gerald Steichen, and the latest in Albany’s
operetta series produced by John Ostendorf, The Only Girl features Victor Herbert’s great classic romantic melody “When You’re Away.”
The inspiration of LOONY president Carol Davis and vice-president David Kelleher-Flight, this CD project follows LOONY’s acclaimed
release last winter of Herbert’s Orange Blossoms.
VICTOR HERBERT
The Only Girl CAST:
Orange Blossoms
Revised edition by Michael Phillips
Glenn Seven Allen
Natalie Ballenger
Sarah Best
Sarah Callinan
Lisa Flanagan
David Kelleher-Flight
Jeanmarie Lally
Ben Liebert
Light Opera of New York
Evans Haile, conductor
Kyle Erdos-Knapp
Antoni Mendezona
Natalie Ballenger
Sarah Best
Kim
Ruth Wilson
Patsy
Jane
LOONY’s Spring 2015 smash-hit
CD recording of Victor Herbert’s
Orange Blossoms. TROY 1535
“The score is consistently
tuneful; it abounds with both
high spirits and romance;
LOONY’s performance proceeds at a delightfully buoyant
pace. Operetta buffs need not
hesitate!” OPERA NEWS
Sarah Mossman
Ian McEuen
Cameron Smith
Adam Cannedy
Reenee
Martin
Andrew
Blake
AVAILABLE at LIGHTOPERAOFNEWYORK.ORG or albanyrecords.com or at amazon.com and iTunes.