Word: destino
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...each classic a treatment worthy of singers of the highest rank. Besides the works, with which American audiences are better acquainted, they have put on "La Boheme", one of Puccini's greatest masterpieces, sung far too seldom on this side of the water, and more recently "La Forza del Destino" by Verdi, an unusual product, which has only been sung twice in Boston. The latter in particular shows that the company is not content to tread the ordinary paths of operatic routine. Discarded compositions of other days that have merit in them, they seem willing to bring to light...
...Forza del Destino: unfortunately is clumsily put together. The plot is dull, the music to a great extent uninteresting. The revival was entirely justified, however, by two exceeding impressive pieces of composition. The overture, which preceded the prologue, was a gloriously romantic combination of contrasting motifs, which in itself told the story of the opera, more interesting than the piece itself. The second act, a scene in a monastery, was both musically and dramatically effective. The composition here was in Verdi's more religious vein, and this, through the medium of a well trained chorus was presented most satisfactorily...
...program for the Pops concert at 8 o'clock tonight, Simmons College night is as follows: Marche Militaire, Schubert Overture, "Le Forza del Destino", Verdi Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", Strauss Simmons College Songs, Simmons Marching Song, Emma Burchenal Our Alma Mater, Marion Fitch '19 Stand by Simmons, Marion Fitch '19 (Words by Louise Andrews Kent) Fantasia, "Carmen", Bizet "Hindu Song" from the Opera, "Sadko", Rimsky-Korsakoff Ave Maria, Solo Violin, Harp, Organ and Strings, Bach-Gounod Rhapsody, "Espana", Chabrier College Hymn (Words by Sarah Louise Arnold) Selection, "Lady Billy", Levey Song of the Volga Boatman, Arr. by Agide...