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The Orchid

First line:

There's a Yorkshire town, very bleak and brown

composer

Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)

first performed on 28 October 1903 at the Gaiety Theatre

author of text

Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)

under the pseudonym Leslie Mayne

Recordings

Monckton: Songs from the shows

New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

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Details

No 16: Liza Ann There's a Yorkshire town, very bleak and brown

Catherine Bott (soprano), Richard Suart (baritone), New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

Track 11 on CDA67654 [3'43] Last few remaining

English

The Orchid

The Orchid (Gaiety, 28 October 1903) was the show that opened the new Gaiety Theatre in the Aldwych. It concerned the quest to preserve a rare orchid, with Gertie Millar playing Lady Violet Anstruther, principal pupil at a horticultural college. The setting for Act 2 is Nice, where Gertie Millar somehow contrived to appear in clogs and shawl to sing with Fred Wright junior (as Zaccary, a professional orchid hunter) the duet Liza Ann, designed to show off her northern roots.

Track-specific metadata

Details for CDA67654 track 11

Liza Ann

Artists

Catherine Bott (soprano)

Richard Suart (baritone)

New London Orchestra

Ronald Corp (conductor)

ISRC

GB-AJY-08-65411

Duration

3'43