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...vocalists are quite uneven. Only Mildred Allen in the feminine lead and Bernard Barbeau as one of the misers is vocally satisfying. Miss Allen displays a light, flexible soprano in her numerous arias, Mr. Barbeau an agile yet powerful bass. Anthony Giarraputo's characterization of the other miser is consistently funny. Peter Elvin's caricature of the hero perhaps goes beyond his intentions at times. Elizabeth Kalkhurst is appealing as the shrewd maid...
They were never actually present, it seemed, when the Handsome Dancer appeared, but they always had the story from a trusted friend who never missed a detail of manners, speech and bizarre costume. The Handsome Dancer has become one of the favorite characters of Ottawa's Dr. Marius Barbeau, the National Museum's famed folklorist...
...Curaçao. In Dr. Barbeau's records, the most detailed account of the Dancer is that of his supposed appearance at a party given by the Moreau family of L'Islet County on a Saturday night in 1917. The Moreaus were entertaining on their small farm outside Cap Saint-Ignace for their son Pierre, who had been lumbering in the U.S. for three years. After dinner the guests drank deep of rum, curaçao and whisky, and the fiddler struck up a lively tune. "Let's dance," a guest proposed. Everyone remembered that the village...