Chin-Chin is a musical fantasy with book by Anne Caldwell and R. H. Burnside, lyrics by Anne Caldwell and music by Ivan Caryll. Produced at the Globe Theatre, New York, on 20 October 1914.
Dramatis Personæ
CHIN HOP LO THE WIDOW COOLIE CLOWN GENDARME |
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David C. Montgomery |
CHIN HOP HI PADEREWSKI VENTRILOQUIST MLLE. FALLOFFSKI GENDARME |
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Fred A. Stone |
ALADDIN | Douglas Stevenson |
ABANAZAR | Charles T. Aldrich |
CORNELIUS BOND | R. E. Graham |
TZU YUNG | Eugene Revere |
LI-DRAGON FACE | Edgar Lee Hay |
RING MASTER | Charles Mast |
VIOLET BOND | Helen Falconer |
GODDESS OF THE LAMP | Belle Story |
WIDOW TWANKEY | Zelma Rawlston |
SEN-SEN | Juliette Day |
FAN-TAN | Violet Zell |
SILVER RAY | Marjorie Bentley |
MOON BLOSSOM | Lola Curtis |
LILY PETAL | Evelyn Conway |
LOTUS LEAF | Hazel Lewis |
CHERRY BLOOM | Lorayne Leslie |
LITTLE WING WU | Agnes McCarthy |
LITTLE LEE TOY | George Phelps |
THE FOUR BEARS | Misses Breen |
SPIRIT OF NEW YEAR | Mildred Richardson |
POPPY BUD | Eleanor St. Clair |
SPRING FLOWER | Tot Qualters |
WISTARIA | Margaret St. Clair |
HONEYSUCKLE | Lillian Rice |
MIDI Files
ACT I - Scene 1 - The Toy Bazaar, Scene 2 - The way to the Tea Shop,
Scene 3 - The Tea Shop.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus of Tin Soldiers and Dolls - "Hurrah! Hurrah! How glad we are to be out again..."
- No. 2 - Duet - Sen-Sen, Tzu-Yung and Chorus - "Shopping in the Orient is a singular event..."
- No. 3 - Song - Chin-Hop-Hi and Chin-Hop-Lo - "We're slaves of young Aladdin's lamp, our present master is a scamp..."
- No. 4 - Pekin March - Chorus - "Chipper China chap, pretty maid of Pekin, eyes that are bright and black, black, black..."
- No. 5 - Song - Aladdin and Girls - "I'm the happiest lad in all the Flow'ry Kingdom. A miracle has come into my life..."
- No. 6 - Chorus and Solo - Moon Blossom - "Here today in a semi-Oriental way, to a tune that's Tango-ese we sway..."
- No. 7 - Song - Goddess of the Lamp, and Chorus - "There is a lovely land, far, far away; beautiful Isle of Dreams..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Aladdin and Violet - "There's a story olden of a maid who would go a-straying through the shade..."
- No. 9 - "Ragtime Temple Bells" - "On a great big Yankee man-o'-war was a great big Yankee black Jack Tar..."
- No. 10 - Finale Act I - "Where is my daughter, pray, tell me without delay, answer me truthfully without disguise..."
ACT II - Scene 1 - The Palace Terrace, Scene 2 - Outside the Dressing Tent,
Scene 3 - Inside the Circus.
- No. 11 - Ballet Divertissement - Will O' the Wisp
- No. 12 - Chorus, and Song - Goddess of the Lamp - "Wedding gifts of silver, and wedding gifts of gold..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Aladdin, Violet and Chorus - "Through the long night I dream of you, of you, my own..."
- No. 14 - Incidental Music
ACT III - In the Park.
- No. 15 - Opening Chorus (omitted from my score)
- No. 16 - Song - Goddess and Chorus - "Each man who has a heart, in life will make a start..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive.
Page modified 6 November 2016