A Night in Old Paris
Music by Henry Kimball Hadley · libretto by Frederick Truesdell · premiered 1924
A Night in Old Paris is a short dramatic opera by American composer Henry Kimball Hadley with an English libretto by Frederick Truesdell, based on a play by Glen Macdonough.
It premiered on December 14, 1924, in a private performance at the Metropolitan Opera House as part of a "Lambs Gambol", a meeting of the Lambs Club, a theatrical club in New York City.
About 700 invited guests attended, including Will Rogers. It was first performed for the public in a radio performance on January 20, 1933.
Never published, its manuscript full score, vocal score, and orchestral parts are all in the collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The original working title of the opera was Knights of the Hemp.
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About the Composer
Henry Kimball Hadley (20 December 1871 – 6 September 1937) was an American composer and conductor.
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Other Operas by Henry Kimball Hadley
- Cleopatra's Night (1838)
- Azora, the Daughter of Montezuma (1917)
- Bianca (1917)