Word: fausts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...support is rather uneven. Highest honors go to Gilberia Faust as Fulton's (the hero's) mother-in-law. Her vanity and crabbed selfishness are drawn to perfection. Jessamine Newcombe as Fulton's wife does well in a none too flashy role. Elaine Tilson acquits herself nobly in the slightly ludicrous role of the attractive young woman who sneaks into the stodgy hero's room at night to hear him read Tennyson and makes a pretty direct plea for his affections. But Francesea Lenni as Fulton's daughter, the center and cause of most of his troubles, is singularly awkward...
...wherein Dancer Paul Draper, as "Gohengrin, the Flying Dutch-man," arrived in an airplane instead of a swan-boat, twinkle-toed around his bride while the Orchestra played Wagner's Wedding March in swingtime. A chorus from New York's schools thundered the Soldiers' Chorus from Faust, climaxing it with a lunge towards the footlights and an unintentional Communist salute. Enthralled by Lucrezia Bori's excerpts from La Boheme and Baritone Tibbett's splendid singing, the huge party released itself in a loud Star-Spangled Banner, pressed backstage to admire a new $5,000 cyclorama...
...roster of incomparable artists, a brilliant chorus, the sensational corps de ballet, magnificent scenic productions and the famous San Carlo Opera Orchestra under the direction of the internationally renowned Carlo Peroni." However all that may be, they are giving "Lohengrin" tonight, "Madame Butterfly" on Thursday evening, "Rigoletto" on Friday, "Faust" on Saturday afternoon, and "Il Trovatore" on Saturday night. The scale of prices is low and a dollar can be put to good purpose in a ticket to one of the performances...
...Opus 64, No. 3) are to be performed. The San Carlo Opera Company is opening a week's engagement at the Opera House next Monday evening with "Carmen." "Aida" will be given the following night and the repertoire for the rest of the week includes "Lohengrin," "Madame Butterfly," "Rigoletto," "Faust," and "Il Trovatore...
Fifty members of the Glee Club will present a joint concert with Yale this evening in Woolsey Hall at New Haven, scheduled for 8:15 o'clock. This is the first performance away from home since the presentation of "Faust" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Providence last month...