Word: figaro
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. Bocher will read the first half of Beaumarchais' "Le Mariage de Figaro" tomorrow at ten o'clock, in his room at Sever. he will finish it on the following Friday...
...Aria (Figaro) Mozart...
SOLOIST, MISS HENRIETTA BEEBE.Every number was thoroughly enjoyable, but the singing of Miss Beebe was especially noteworthy. The aria from "Figaro" was well fitted to display the flexible and mellow qualities of the singer's voice, and was rendered with a richness of expression that held the attention of every listener. The orchestral accompaniment was, in one or two passages, a little too heavy for the voice, but this fault was barely noticeable. The rendering of the two songs to Mr. Henschel's accompaniment was exquisite, and the audience responded with enthusiasm, calling Miss Beebe out four times - a thing...
English operatic performances will probably be given in Boston during the season by the Ideals (who promise some novelties, "The Marriage of Figaro" among them), the Strakosch troupe, of which Mme. Hauk will be the leading lady, and the Emma Abbott Company...
...orchestra did excellent work in the performance of this number, as also in their rendering of the Andante and Menuet from Mozart. Miss Ita Welsh sang "The Captive" by Berlioz, and an Aria from Mozart's Figaro, in a very tasteful manner; the last of these was particularly appreciated by the audience, and won a merited encore. The first is a very remarkable piece of tone-painting, in which the orchestration of the accompaniment plays an prominent part as a means of interpreting the text...