MusicalOperaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 13, 1909
Closing Date
May 28, 1910
Performances
295
MusicalOperaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Lyric Theatre
(Sep 13, 1909 - Oct 23, 1909)
Herald Square Theatre
(Oct 25, 1909 - Nov 20, 1909)
Lyric Theatre
(Nov 22, 1909 - Dec 18, 1909)
Casino Theatre
(Dec 20, 1909 - May 28, 1910)
Description
An opera bouffe (comic opera) in three acts
Setting
Near the Dragoman Pass, Bulgaria, in 1885.
Produced by F. C. Whitney
Music by Oscar Straus; Original Viennese book and lyrics by Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson; Based on "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw; American book and lyrics by Stanislaus Stange; Music arranged by Al Holbrook
Staged by Stanislaus Stange; Choreographed by Al Holbrook
Settings by Hugo Baruch, Edward G. Unitt and Joseph Wickes; Costume Design by Hugo Baruch
Conducted by Antonio DeNovellis
Flavia Arcaro
Aurelia Popoff
Nadina's mother
Edith Bradford
Mascha
Aurelia's cousin
Jack E. Gardner
Lieutenant Bumerli
"The Chocolate Soldier"
Ida Brooks Hunt
Nadina Popoff
Col. Popoff's daughter
Henry Norman
Captain Massakroff
member of the Bulgarian Army
George C. Ogle
Stephen
Popoff's servant
Lillian Poli
Louka
Popoff's servant
William Pruette
Col. Kasimer Popoff
member of the Bulgarian Army
George Tallman
Major Alexius Spiridoff
member of the Bulgarian Army, betrothed to Nadina
music by Oscar Straus
Act 1
Sung By
My Hero
Nadina Popoff
Sympathy
Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
Seek the Spy
Captain Massakroff, Nadina Popoff, Mascha, Aurelia Popoff, Lieutenant Bumerli and Bulgarian Soldiers
Act 2
Sung By
Thank the Lord the War Is Over
Ensemble
Never Was There Such a Lover
Nadina Popoff and Major Alexius Spiridoff
The Chocolate Soldier
Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
Tale of the Coat
Nadina Popoff, Mascha, Aurelia Popoff, Lieutenant Bumerli, Major Alexius Spiridoff and Col. Kasimer Popoff
That Would Be Lovely
Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
Act 3
Sung By
Sweetheart
Ensemble
Falling in Love
Mascha and Major Alexius Spiridoff
The Letter Song
Nadina Popoff
The Letter
Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
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