Word: comic
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...surpass the first in attracting and holding public patronage. When one considers that here are produced all the favorite operas that have stood the test of time, in the coolestand handsomest theatre in the country, by a stock company which has never been excelled in the history of comic opera, and at prices of 25 cents to 50 cents for seats, is it surprising that all Boston and its environs flock there to be entertained? The patronage is distinctly high class, as would be expected from the singing of the best music, with every feature of the stage show above...
...COMIC opera returns to the Castle Square Theatre next week after a long absence in the welcome form of Millocker's "Beggar Student." This was the opera given by the company when it opened its season 54 weeks ago, and its return will be hailed with delight by those who remember the production then. That for the coming week will be vastly superior in every way, for the singers have gained a great deal by their year's training, and the staging will be of that very high excellence which has been attained only by months of arduous effort...
...play is well worth going to see, being a decided improvement over last year's performance. The plot is good, but it is worked out in the conventional comic opera style. The dialogue contains few novelties and becomes rather monotonous toward the end. Moreover the play does not seem to be evenly balanced, all of the action excepting the denouement itself coming in the first act. For this reason the second act fails to retain the interest of the spectator, and seems almost an anti-climax...
...final denouement, the fierce Abu Abdela, at the point of the sword, makes the Grand Inquisitor take Kazooka for his bride, much to the stately official's chagrin, while Gitana and her mother lead off poor Carlos by the ears. The ending, like that of all comic operas, is, of course, most happy, and Don Manuel, the virtuous Alcayde finally wins the hand of the orphan maid, Farina...
...Alcayde is a two-act comic opera of a fairly legitimate order. The book is by George Stephens L. S., and the music by F. E. Barry '97, the authors of last year's play. The librettist has furnished a bright vigorous book. The plot has the merit of being substantial and connected, calling for plenty of lively situations and humorous complications, and giving the characters a wide range of acting, from serio-comic to pure burlesque, without departing from the central interest of the opera. Almost all the songs, dances, and bits of burlesque are closely allied...