Kismet

• Original Broadway Production (1953)
  New York, NY
• K
  London Production (1955)
  London, England
• 1st National Tour (1955)
  New Haven, CT
• 2nd National Tour (1955)
  USA
• Film Version (1955)
  unknown location
• Lincoln Center Revival (1965)
  New York, NY
• National Tour (1965)
  USA
• K
  Television Production (1967)
  unknown location
• K
  London Revival (1978)
  London, England
• K
  New York City Opera Revival (1985)
  New York, NY
• K
  New York City Opera Revival (1986)
  New York, NY
• K
  Equity Library Theatre Revival (1987)
  New York, NY
• K
  Radio Production (1994)
  unknown location
• Encores! Concert (2006)
  New York, NY
• English National Opera Production (2007)
  London, England

There are a total of 26 productions in Ovrtur's database.

Click on the title for info on the song.

• Original score

  • Sands of Time
  • Rhymes Have I
  • Fate
  • Bazaar of the Caravans
  • Not Since Nineveh
  • Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  • Stranger in Paradise
  • He's in Love
    • a.k.a. He's in Love!
  • Gesticulate
  • Night of My Nights
  • Was I Wazir?
  • Rahadlakum
  • And This Is My Beloved
  • The Olive Tree
  • Ceremonial of the Caliph's Diwan
  • Presentation of Princesses
  • Damascus
    • a.k.a. Zubbediya
  • Bangalore
    • a.k.a. Samaris' Dance
  • Ababu

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• In score but usually not listed in playbills

  • Ababu Dance I

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• Cut prior to opening

  • My Magic Lamp
  • The Oasis of Delightful Imaginings
  • Bored

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• Added to revised version

  • In the Beginning, Woman
  • Golden Land, Golden Life
  • Power!
  • The Mansa Marries Tonight
    • a.k.a. Nuptial Celebration

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Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• Demo Recording (unknown year) - audio

Based on the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock

The following Borodin music was used:

• In the Steppes of Central Asia ("Sands of Time")
• Symphony No. 2, Movement 1 ("Fate")
• "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor ("Bazaar of Caravans," "Stranger in Paradise," "He's in Love," "Samaris' Dance")
• String Quartet No. 2, Movement 2 ("Baubles, Bangles and Beads"), Movement 3 ("And This Is My Beloved")
• String Quartet No. 1, Movement 4 ("Was I Wazir?")
• Symphony No. 1, Movement 4 ("Gesticulate")
• "Serenade" from the Petite Suite ("Night of My Nights")
• Act III trio from Prince Igor ("The Olive Tree")
• Aria of Vladimir Galitsky from Prince Igor ("Zubbediya")

The music for "Rhahadlakum" was not taken from Borodin. It was borrowed from a song title "I'm Going Moroccan for Johnny," which Wright and Forrest had written for a nightclub act. Several of the Borodin-derived numbers use only a melodic cell from the source music, upon which Wright and Forrest greatly expanded, while others stick more closely to the source music.