Word: captious
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...shown by the fact that it has been found necessary to announce the opera for a third week in order to meet the enormous demand for seats from the patrons of this operatic enterprise. The production of this popular romantic opera of Wagner has been commended by the most captious critics and the audiences which have attended during the last two weeks have given unmistakable evidence of their appreciation of the work done. The opera is splendidly staged and Mr. Hirschfeld has good reason to take pride in the admirable work done by the principals, chorus and orchestra under...
...Century bill-of-fare for March is varied enough to suit the most captious magazine reader. Unusually entertaining is the third installment of the famous Talleyrand Memoirs, containing, as it does, comments on the luxury and vice of Napoleon's court, which derive a peculiar flavor, coming, as they do, from the pen of Talley-rand...