Bonus recordings 1953–55 Night Of My Nights (Danny Kaye with Sonny Burke & His Orchestra) Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Peggy Lee with Victor Young’s Orchestra) Stranger In Paradise (Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra) Not Since Nineveh (Ross Bagdasarian with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra) Bored (Dolores Gray with MGM Studio Orchestra cond. André Previn [from film soundtrack]) Bazaar Of The Caravans (Percy Faith & His Orchestra)Kismet, with music adapted from the original Borodin by Robert Wright and George Forrest is an opulent musical set in Baghdad at the time of the Arabian Nights. Kismet was premiered by the Los Angeles-San Francisco Light Opera Company on August 17, 1953, in an opulent production by Edwin Lester which moved to Broadway on December 3 of that year, opening at the Ziegfeld Theater with the commanding Alfred Drake as Hajj, Doretta Morrow as Marsinah, and Richard Kiley as the Caliph. Though a newspaper strike delayed the news, Kismet was a resounding success, playing for 583 performances, and taking a Tony in 1954 for Outstanding Musical, before moving on to London for an even more successful run