Give My Regards to Middletown/
St. Marys
Saturday, september 9, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sorg Opera House, Middletown, Ohio
Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 2:00 Pm
Grand Opera House, St. Marys, Ohio
Hear the music that Paul J. Sorg himself enjoyed at his grand theatre as we take a musical journey back to the beginnings of the Sorg Opera House. In celebration of our 131st anniversary, this “living history” concert will recreate songs and scenes from the Broadway musical hits that graced the Sorg’s stage from 1891-1918. Featuring selections from the premiere performance at the Sorg, The Little Tycoon, as well as favorites from Victor Herbert’s Babes in Toyland, the original 1902 The Wizard of Oz, George M. Cohan’s Little Johnny Jones, Jerome Kern’s Oh Boy! and many more. American Musical Productions’ Joseph Rubin conducts three sensational vocal soloists and a 15-piece orchestra performing newly-discovered historic orchestrations for the first time in over a century.
CONCERT SONG LIST
Length: Two hours with a fifteen minute intermission
The Little Tycoon (1886) Music & Libretto by Willard Spenser
Overture
El Capitan (1895) Music by John Philip Sousa Libretto by Charles Klein
Behold El Capitan
Wang (1890) Music by Woolson Morse Libretto by J. Cheever Goodwin
A Pretty Girl
The Fortune Teller (1898) Music by Victor Herbert Libretto by Harry B. Smith
Romany Life
Gypsy Love Song
King Dodo (1902) Music by Gustav Luders Libretto by Frank Pixley
The Tale of a Bumblebee
The Prince of Pilsen (1903) Music by Gustav Luders Libretto by Frank Pixley
Overture
The Wizard of Oz (1902) Music by Paul Tietjens and others Libretto by Glen MacDonough
The Scarecrow
Sammy
Babes In Toyland (1903) Music by Victor Herbert Libretto by Glen MacDonough
March of the Toys
Toyland
Little Johnny Jones (1904) Music and Libretto by Geo. M. Cohan
The Yankee Doodle Boy
INTERMISSION
The Isle of Spice (1904) Music by Paul Schindler and Ben M. Jerome Libretto by Allen Lowe and George E. Stoddard
Overture
Three Twins (1908) Music by Karl Hoschna Libretto by Otto Hauerbach
Cuddle Up A Little Closer
Yama-Yama Man
The Merry Widow (1908) Music by Franz Lehar English Libretto by Adrian Ross
The Merry Widow Waltzes
Madame Sherry (1910) Music by Karl Hoschna Libretto by Otto Hauerbach
Every Little Movement
The Pink Lady (1911) Music by Ivan Caryll Libretto by C.M.S. McLellan
My Beautiful Lady
The Only Girl (1914) Music by Victor Herbert Libretto by Henry Blossom
Entr’acte
Very Good Eddie (1916) Music by Jerome Kern Libretto by Guy Bolton and Philip Bartholomae
Some Sort of Somebody – Heidi and Mark
Oh, Boy (1917) Music by Jerome Kern Libretto by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton
Flubby Dub the Caveman
Little Johnny Jones (1904) Music and Libretto by Geo. M. Cohan
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