De Koven: Robin Hood

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All Music Guide - Patsy Morita
Reginald de Koven's operetta "Robin Hood" was a hit with audiences when it premiered in 1891, although critics found the music to be derivative. After Hollywood started churning out versions of the story, the operetta fell to the wayside. The Ohio Light Opera has resurrected it, finally giving modern listeners a chance to judge for themselves. The music does sound most of the time like Gilbert and Sullivan, especially in the choruses, but there are also arias that reflect de Koven's Paris training and elements, such as the waltzy end of the Act Two Sextet. The libretto does not always mesh well with the music. Often, within one musical phrase, a sentence ends and another ...
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All Music Guide - Patsy Morita
Reginald de Koven's operetta "Robin Hood" was a hit with audiences when it premiered in 1891, although critics found the music to be derivative. After Hollywood started churning out versions of the story, the operetta fell to the wayside. The Ohio Light Opera has resurrected it, finally giving modern listeners a chance to judge for themselves. The music does sound most of the time like Gilbert and Sullivan, especially in the choruses, but there are also arias that reflect de Koven's Paris training and elements, such as the waltzy end of the Act Two Sextet. The libretto does not always mesh well with the music. Often, within one musical phrase, a sentence ends and another begins. The second act Finale is almost absurd as the joyful-sounding company puts the Sheriff of Nottingham in stocks. However, it is hard to judge the quality of the music when the performance and recording are less than ideal. Most of the singing is fine, with the exception of Maid Marian, Dominique McCormick, who is painfully not up to the demands of the high, florid arias. The famous "O Promise Me," sung by Sandra Ross in the trouser-role of Allan-a-Dale, would be better if this were a studio recording rather than a live, stage recording. Everyone, including the orchestra, seems to have been recorded with stationary microphones placed at a slight distance. This makes the musical performance sound flatter, but there still is a shortage of enthusiasm in it. The occasional flubs in timing and intonation in the orchestra could be forgiven if the music were more deeply felt. Overlapping with this, and what really reduces the impact of this production, is the acting. The cast, especially Frederick Reeder, the Sheriff, is Acting with a capital "A." Speeches are broadly drawn out, carefully enunciated, and so unnatural-sounding that all the humor falls completely flat. The general sound and story of "Robin Hood" must have appealed to audiences who were fans of Gilbert and Sullivan, but the affectedness of this production makes it hard to appreciate its merits.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/30/2004
  • Label: Albany Records
  • UPC: 034061071228
  • Catalog Number: 712/13

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1–37 Robin Hood, operetta - Reginald de Koven & Oliver Henderson (132:24)
    Composed byReginald de Koven
    Conducted byJ. Lynn Thompson
    Performed byOliver Henderson, Ohio Light Opera Chorus, Sandra Ross, J. Lynn Thompson, Brian Woods, Alta Boover, Greg Brookes, Danielle McCormick, Anabelle McCormick, Dominique McCormick, James Mismas, Ohio Light Opera 2004 Festival Orchestra, Timothy Oliver, Frederick Reeder
    1. 1Act 1. Overture
    2. 2Act 1. Opening. Holla!
    3. 3Act 1. Song. As an honest auctioneer
    4. 4Act 1. Dialogue. Now, how comes it?
    5. 5Act 1. Chorus. When chanticleer
    6. 6Act 1. Dialogue. Thou pert minx
    7. 7Act 1. Scene. Come the bowmen
    8. 8Act 1. Dialogue. I say, young fellow
    9. 9Act 1. Duet. Though it was within
    10. 10Act 1. Scene. I am the Sheriff
    11. 11Act 1. Dialogue. You may get up
    12. 12Act 1. Trio. When a peer
    13. 13Act 1. Trio. Scene. And now at last
    14. 14Act 1. Finale. What ho?
    15. 15Act 2. Chorus. Oh cheerily
    16. 16Act 2. Dialogue. A jolly good song
    17. 17Act 2. Song. And it's will ye quaff
    18. 18Act 2. Song. Oh, promise me
    19. 19Act 2. Dialogue. Here we are
    20. 20Act 2. Chorus. Tis merry journeymen
    21. 21Act 2. Dialogue. Ho! What say you
    22. 22Act 2. Sextet. Oh, see
    23. 23Act 2. Dialogue. What's this?
    24. 24Act 2. Scene. Sherwood Forest
    25. 25Act 2. Dialogue. I've come in search
    26. 26Act 2. Serenade. A troubadour
    27. 27Act 2. Dialogue. There he is
    28. 28Act 2. Finale. Put the Sherriff
    29. 29Act 3. Song. Let hammer
    30. 30Act 3. Dialogue. Friend
    31. 31Act 3. Song. When a maiden weds
    32. 32Act 3. Dialogue. Well, what?
    33. 33Act 3. Ensemble. In olden times
    34. 34Act 3. Scene. Ho, Captain!
    35. 35Act 3. Dialogue. What's this?
    36. 36Act 3. Quintet. When life seems
    37. 37Act 3. Finale. Happy day!
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Ohio Light Opera Primary Artist
Reeder Primary Artist
Robert McCormick Primary Artist
Thompson Primary Artist
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