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...final miracle of transformation takes place before us, we are a bit startled, as we are starled all through the other acts, but we are not long in finding ourselves quite at home in the new phantastic milien. With a surprise that George M. Cohan might envy, we find Harlequin King again and the ancient, beloved puppets of the commedia dill acte up to their pranks once more. "Hail the carnival!" shouts the resurrected Pierrot, "Beat the drums! Ring the bells! shine triumphantly, sun! Dance golden stars!" But when the play is over these puppets refuse to be packed away...
...numerous comedies of Goldoni, the "Liar" falls within a group in which the author retains among his personages some of the stock figures--such as Pantaloon, Harlequin and the Doctor--of the popular commedia dellarte, the "comedy of the profession." In this type of comedy the players, instead of having written-out parts, improvised them as they went along, merely keeping to a pre-arranged plot or scenario...
...Boston: 1. March from "Tannhauser" Wagner 2. Overture to "La Gazza Ladra" Rossin 3. Waltz, "Vienna Blood" Strauss 4. Fantasia, "Othello" Verdi 5. Rhapsody, "Midsomarvaka" Alfven 6. Reve Angelique Rubinstein 7. Norwegian Dance Grieg 8. Ouverture Solenelle, "1812" Tschaikovsky 9. Suite from "Carmen" Bizet 10. Serenade, "The Millions of Harlequin" Drigo 11. Slavonic Dance, No. 3 Dvorak
...follows: Overture to "Zampa" Herold Waliz. "Boi uns zu Haus" Strauss Letter of Manon Gillet Fantasia, "L'Oracolo" Leoni Norwegian Artists' Carnival Svendsen Violoncello Solo; Rondo (Mr. Joseph Keller) Boccherint Sextet from "Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti Overture to "Tannhauser" Wagner Finale of the Fourth Symphony Tschalkowsky Serenade, "Harlequin's Millions" Drigo American Patrol Meacham
...Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: Victor Herbert Night. 1. March, "Serenade,"Herbert 2. Selection, "The Red Mill," Herbert 3. Ballet, "Feramors," Rubinstein 4. Overture, "Sakuntala," Goldmark 5. Intermezzo, "Al Fresco," Herbert 6. a. "Minnehaha's Dream," Andre Maquarre b. Indian Serenade, Andre Maquarre 7. Waltz, "Harlequin's Wedding," Zach 8. Overture, "Le Roi d'Ys," Lalo Violoncelle Obligato, Mr. Josef Keller. 9. Polonaise in E, Liszt 10. a. "La lettre de Manon," Gillet b. Gavotte from "Mignon," A. Thomas 11. Selection, "It Happened in Nordland," Herbert 12. March, "The Ameer," Herbert