Victor First Nighter Orchestra

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1909 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group, Musical group

Notes: The name, Victor Light Opera Company, was broadly used by the Victor Co., both as a pseudonym for performers on imported Gramophone Co. masters, and for its own "house musician" vocal ensembles.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 201-225 of 244 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor CS-026849 12-in. 9/9/1938 Cat and the fiddle Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble Vocal group  
Victor CS-026850 12-in. 9/9/1938 Sweet Adeline Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble Vocal group  
Victor CS-026851 12-in. 9/9/1938 Sally Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble Vocal group  
Victor CS-026852 12-in. 9/9/1938 Medley of Kern hits Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble Vocal group  
Victor CS-026853 12-in. 9/9/1938 The girl from Utah Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble Vocal group  
Victor CS-026854 12-in. 9/9/1938 Oh boy Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble Vocal group  
Victor BS-071729 10-in. 1/29/1942 Pinafore Emile Coté ; Mary Hopple ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071730 10-in. 1/29/1942 Pinafore Emile Coté ; Frederick Hufsmith ; Walter Preston ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071731 10-in. 1/29/1942 H.M.S. Pinafore Lois Bennett ; Crane Calder ; Emile Coté ; Paula Hemminghaus ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071732 10-in. 1/29/1942 H.M.S. Pinafore Crane Calder ; Emile Coté ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071733 10-in. 1/29/1942 H.M.S. Pinafore Emile Coté ; Mary Hopple ; Walter Preston ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071734 10-in. 1/29/1942 H.M.S. Pinafore Lois Bennett ; Crane Calder ; Emile Coté ; Walter Preston ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071735 10-in. 1/29/1942 H.M.S. Pinafore Emile Coté ; J. Alden Edkins ; Frederick Hufsmith ; Walter Preston ; Kenneth Schon ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-071736 10-in. 1/29/1942 H.M.S. Pinafore Lois Bennett ; Emile Coté ; Mary Hopple ; Frederick Hufsmith ; Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor BS-073890 10-in. 5/12/1942 Give my regards to Broadway Leonard W. Joy ; Brad Reynolds ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Musical group, Vocal group  
Victor BS-073891 10-in. 5/12/1942 Forty-five minutes from Broadway Leonard W. Joy ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra ; Ann Warren Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Musical group, Vocal group  
Victor BS-073892 10-in. 5/12/1942 Mary's a grand old name Leonard W. Joy ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra ; Ann Warren Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Musical group, Vocal group  
Victor BS-073893 10-in. 5/12/1942 You're a grand old flag Leonard W. Joy ; Brad Reynolds ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Musical group, Vocal group  
Victor BS-073894 10-in. 5/12/1942 The Yankee Doodle boy Leonard W. Joy ; Brad Reynolds ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra ; Ann Warren Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra Musical group, Vocal group  
Victor BS-073895 10-in. 5/12/1942 Over there Leonard W. Joy ; Brad Reynolds ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra ; Ann Warren Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra and crowd noise Musical group, Vocal group  
Victor BS-075411 10-in. 7/7/1942 My hero Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra Vocal group, Musical group  
Victor BS-075412 10-in. 7/7/1942 Serenade Victor First Nighter Orchestra Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra Vocal group, Musical group  
Victor BS-075413 10-in. 7/7/1942 Will you remember (Sweetheart) Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra Vocal group, Musical group  
Victor BS-075414 10-in. 7/7/1942 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra Vocal group, Musical group  
Victor BS-075415 10-in. 7/9/1942 Thine alone Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra Vocal group, Musical group  
(Results 201-225 of 244 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor Light Opera Company," accessed April 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100421.

Victor Light Opera Company. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100421.

"Victor Light Opera Company." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100421

External Sources

Discogs: Victor First Nighter Orchestra

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Victor Light Opera Company - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001078793

Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q61325397

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/150286623

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1567650

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