Aladdin

Original Television Production

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by S. J. Perelman

Televised on February 21, 1958 (7:30 - 9:00 PM)
on CBS-TV's DuPont Show of the Month
Produced by Richard Lewine
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Costumes by Irene Sharaff
Settings by Robert Markell
Choreography by Rod Alexander
Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett
Music Direction by Robert Emmett Dolan

Cast

Cyril Ritchard (Magician), Sal Mineo (Aladdin), Dennis King (Astrologer), Basil Rathbone (Emperor), Anna Maria Alberghetti (Princess), Una Merkel (Aladdin's Mother), George Hall (Chamberlain), Akim Tamiroff (Wu Fang), and Alec Clarke (Prime Minister)

Musical Numbers

• Overture - Orchestra
• "Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking" - Magician and Male Chorus
• "Make Way for the Emperor" - Chamberlain and Male Chorus
• "Trust Your Destiny to Your Star" - Astrologer
• "Opportunity Knocks But Once" - Magician and Chorus
• "Aladdin" - Princess and Chorus
• "I Adore You" - Aladdin and Chorus
• "No Wonder Taxes are High" - Magician and Chorus
• "I Adore You" (reprise) - Aladdin and Princess
• Finale - Orchestra
• "Genie's Theme" [instrumental] - Orchestra [not on soundtrack release]

Cut Songs

• "Wouldn't It Be Fun" - Emperor [not televised but on the soundtrack release]

Soundtrack Recording

Recording produced by Irwin Townsend
Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC, 1957/58

Remastered Stereo Version
Reissue produced by Didier C. Deutsch
Remixed and remastered by Tim Tiedermann
[includes the studio demos for "Aladdin", "I Adore You", "Trust Your Destiny to Your Star", and "Opportunity Knocks But Once"]

 

Note: CBS also released a "private edition preview"
 

• "Aladdin"
• "Trust Your Destiny to a Star" (sic)
• "I Adore You"
• "Opportunity Knocks But Once"
   

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