Word: gorgeousity
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...operetta on the whole is pleasantly tuneful; it is diverting to a limited extent; it is satisfying in the greater part of its acting; gorgeous in some of its settings and pleasing in its spirit. It suffers chiefly in comparison with Straus' splendid former works...
...most brilliant French opera, and, even in Germany, the most popular of all operas, Bizet's "Carmen," was presented Tuesday night to a small but responsive audience by the Boston Opera Company in conjunction with the Pavlowa Ballet Russe. The gorgeous wealth of melody and the exquisite sensuous indulgence, to which the work owes its universal appreciation, taken together with its tragic climaxes, make "Carmen" extremely difficult to produce. Although the performance was uneven and disheartening at first, it improved immensely as the evening progressed, and the work may be said to have been on the whole extremely creditable...
...play was in four acts and was given a most gorgeous Oriental setting. Notably beautiful was the mountain scene in the third act with its atmosphere of eeriness and unreality. The simplest means were employed but the effect was all there. And, by the way, it is very significant that a practical manager like William A: Brady, who produced the play, should use the new settings...
...admirable stage management and lighting of the play is the work of S. Baird '03, who has coached the production. "The chorus sings with vigor and accuracy, and the dances are a blaze of gorgeous color. The six Spanish dancers who appear in the second act, make as handsome a group as has been seen on the Pudding stage in recent years. They are agile and spirited and go about their work with confidence; and it is difficult to watch the performance without forgetting that it is a piece of make-believe. Taken as a whole, "The Lotos-Eaters...
...prefers to deal. To him there is something fascinating in the luxe of modern civilization, which, if too often the hell of less fortunate mortals, can yet be considered the paradise of the rich. Hervieu has described with minute imagery the whole fabric of civilization as some great and gorgeous temple, and in this temple rules, he says, the idol of all time, woman...