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The original production opened at the [[Broadway Theatre (41st Street)|Broadway Theatre]] on November 16, 1903, and closed on January 9, 1904, after 59 performances.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |title=Babette – 1903 Broadway – Backstage & Production Info |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=3344 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref> |
The original production opened at the [[Broadway Theatre (41st Street)|Broadway Theatre]] on November 16, 1903, and closed on January 9, 1904, after 59 performances.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |title=Babette – 1903 Broadway – Backstage & Production Info |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=3344 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref> |
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In 1976 Bel Canto Opera staged an [[off-Broadway]] revival of the show, which opened on May 21 and ran for four performances.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Babette – 1976 Off-Broadway – Backstage & Production Info |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=9072 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref><ref name=”:1″>{{Cite news |last=Ericson |first=Raymond |date=1976-05-23 |title=Opera: Rare Herbert by the Bel Canto |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/23/archives/opera-rare-herbert-by-the-bel-canto-babette-first-staged-on.html |access-date=2023-02-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
In 1976 Bel Canto Opera staged an [[off-Broadway]] revival of the show, which opened on May 21 and ran for four performances.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Babette – 1976 Off-Broadway – Backstage & Production Info |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=9072 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref><ref name=”:1″>{{Cite news |last=Ericson |first=Raymond |date=1976-05-23 |title=Opera: Rare Herbert by the Bel Canto |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/23/archives/opera-rare-herbert-by-the-bel-canto-babette-first-staged-on.html |access-date=2023-02-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 00:20, 25 October 2025
Babette is an operetta with a libretto by Harry B. Smith and music by Victor Herbert, which premiered on Broadway in 1903.[1]
The original production opened at the Broadway Theatre on November 16, 1903, and closed on January 9, 1904, after 59 performances.[2] John Lund was music director for the production.
In 1976 Bel Canto Opera staged an off-Broadway revival of the show, which opened on May 21 and ran for four performances.[2][3][4]
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Babette, the letter-writer of a small Flemish village, travels with a group of Flemish patriots to Versailles to seek help from the French king in their desire for freedom from the Spanish.[4]
- Opening Chorus (Ensemble)
- My Honor and My Sword (Mondragon and Chorus)
- On the Other Side of The Wall (Mondragon and Vinetta)
- Entrance of Babette (Ensemble)
- Letter I Write all day (Letter-writing Song) (Babette)
- He Who’d Thrive (Clockmaker’s Song) (Van Tympel and Chorus)
- I’ll Bribe the Stars (Picture Painting Song) (Babette and Marcel)
- Finale I (Ensemble)
- Opening Chorus Act II (Ensemble)
- Tony the Peddler (Mondragon and Chorus)
- Hear the Coachman Crack His Whip (Ensemble)
- We’re Very Highly Polished at the Court (Baltazar and Vinetta)
- To the Sound of the Pipe and the Roll of the Drum (Babette, Vinetta, Eva and Chorus)
- On The Stage (Van Tymple)
- Be Kind to poor Pierrot (Babette)
- There once was an owl (Marcel, Vinetta, Eva, Mondragon, Katrina, Theresa)
- My Lady ‘Tis For Thee (Marcel)
- The Life of a Bold Free Lance (Captain Guzman and Chorus)
- Finale II (Ensemble)
- Opening Chorus Act III (Ensemble)
- It’s A way we have in Spain (Van Tromp, Eva, Mondragon, Marcel and Chorus)
- My Lady of the Manor (Vinette, Eva, Marcel and Mondragon)
- Where the Fairest Flow’rs (Butterfly Waltz) (Babette)
- Finale III (Ensemble)[5]
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Babette | Fritzi Scheff |
| Mondragon | Eugene Cowles |
| Eva | Josephine Bartlett |
| Katrina | Florence Belleville |
| Vinette | Ida Hawley |
| Marcel | Richie Ling |
| Van Tympel | Louis Harrison |
| Baltazar | Edward J. Connelly |
| Laurent | Gertrude Adams |
| Count de Courville | Arthur Blanchard |
| Jan | Frank Boyle |
| Henri | Rita Dean |
| The King of France | Erroll Dunbar |
| Margot | Rosa Earle |
| Captain Waither | Alfred S. Ely |
| Mlle. de Fontanges | Mildred Forest |
| Greta | Edna Luby |
| Teresa | Emily Montague |
| Joan | Adele Nott |
| Gaston | Helen Planchet |
| Jacque | Aline Redmond |
| Mlle. de Rohan | May Seeley |
| Schnapps | William Sissons |
| Guzman | Madison Smith |
| Coachman | J. T. Chaillee |
| A Court Lady | Mary Smith |
| Footman | Charles Emerson |
| Duc de St. Michel | Henry Wilkinson |
| Marquis de Villette | George Williamson |
| Mlle. de la Motte | Bertha Willoughby |
The 1903 production received positive reviews for Scheff in the lead role and Herbert’s music, but generally negative reviews for the show’s book.[6]
