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The Wizard of the Nile was a burlesque
Burlesque (genre)

Burlesque is a genre of entertainment also known as Travesty. Prior to Burlesque becoming associated with striptease, it was a form of Parody music in which an opera or piece of classical theatre is adapted in a broad, often risqu? style very different from that for which it was originally known....
 operetta
Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
 in three acts, composed by Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert

Victor August Herbert was an Ireland-born, German-raised United States composer, cellist and conducting who is best known for his many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway theatre....
 to a libretto by Harry B. Smith
Harry B. Smith

File:Victor Herbert - Alice Nielsen - The Fortune Hunter.pngHarry B. Smith was a prolific writer, lyricist and composer. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composer Victor Herbert....
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Herbert's second operetta after Prince Ananias
Prince Ananias

Prince Ananias was the first operetta composed by Victor Herbert, to a libretto by Francis Neilson. It was produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians" at The Broadway Theatre in 1894 and remained in their repertoire for three seasons and was given more than 300 performances in all....
, The Wizard of the Nile was his first real success. It was given 105 performances on Broadway at the Casino Theater, opening on November 4, 1895, starring the comedian Frank Daniels
Frank Daniels

Frank Albert Daniels was a comedian, an actor on stage and in early black and white films, and a singer.Frank Daniels was born on August 15, 1856 in Dayton, Ohio to Balinda and Henry Daniels....
 (and his Comic Opera Company), and enjoyed productions in Britain and on the European continent -- a rare achievement for an American work of the period -- as well as a revival in New York.






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The Wizard of the Nile was a burlesque
Burlesque (genre)

Burlesque is a genre of entertainment also known as Travesty. Prior to Burlesque becoming associated with striptease, it was a form of Parody music in which an opera or piece of classical theatre is adapted in a broad, often risqu? style very different from that for which it was originally known....
 operetta
Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
 in three acts, composed by Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert

Victor August Herbert was an Ireland-born, German-raised United States composer, cellist and conducting who is best known for his many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway theatre....
 to a libretto by Harry B. Smith
Harry B. Smith

File:Victor Herbert - Alice Nielsen - The Fortune Hunter.pngHarry B. Smith was a prolific writer, lyricist and composer. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composer Victor Herbert....
.

Herbert's second operetta after Prince Ananias
Prince Ananias

Prince Ananias was the first operetta composed by Victor Herbert, to a libretto by Francis Neilson. It was produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians" at The Broadway Theatre in 1894 and remained in their repertoire for three seasons and was given more than 300 performances in all....
, The Wizard of the Nile was his first real success. It was given 105 performances on Broadway at the Casino Theater, opening on November 4, 1895, starring the comedian Frank Daniels
Frank Daniels

Frank Albert Daniels was a comedian, an actor on stage and in early black and white films, and a singer.Frank Daniels was born on August 15, 1856 in Dayton, Ohio to Balinda and Henry Daniels....
 (and his Comic Opera Company), and enjoyed productions in Britain and on the European continent -- a rare achievement for an American work of the period -- as well as a revival in New York. None of Herbert's later shows would achieve as much international success.

Daniels played Kibosh, the Persian Magician. His phrase, "Am I a wiz?" became a popular expression. Adele Ritchie and Edwin Isham also starred. Famous songs include the waltz "Star Light, Star Bright", "My Angeline" and "In Dreamland". A recording of this piece is available .

Musical numbers

  • Overture
  • Father Nile
  • Song Of the Optimist
  • I Am The Ruler
  • That's One Thing A Wizard Can Do
  • Pure And White Is The Lotus
  • I Have Been A-Maying
  • What Is Love?
  • When The Bugles Are Calling
  • Strew The Way Into Bang, Bang, The Most Harmonious Song
  • Incantation
  • Finale Act One
  • Opening Serenade
  • If I Were King
  • On Cleopatra's Wedding Day
  • My Angeline
  • Finale Act Two
  • Stonecutter's Song
  • In Dreamland
  • Star Light, Star Bright