Word: libretto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...often thought," said Professor Spalding, "that to listen to opera with its instantaneous appeal to the music lover needs no preparation. Such is not the fact. To know the plot, the libretto, the national school by which the opera is produced, whether it be Italian, French, German, or Russian--these things make all the difference between passive enjoyment or keen active cooperation. So much emphasis is laid nowadays on intelligent appreciation. Mr. Isaacson's talk will offer a wonderful opportunity for all lovers of opera to get much more out of hearing it than would be the case without...
...Russian producer Danchenko announced that he will " modernize " Carmen. That is, he will retain the present musical form as much as possible, but will change the libretto to make it more realistic and conform it as far as possible to the original novel, Carmen, by Prosper M´erim...
...libretto of the opera, Carmen, has been regarded for a long time as one of the best. It is, indeed, coherent and dramatic, and far better than most operatic libretti, But it must be said that it cheapens in many places the magnificent story...
There will be a meeting for all interested in the possibility of writing a libretto for the Hasty Pudding Play next year, in Randolph 47 next Tuesday, May 22, at nine o'clock P. M. The authors of this year's book will explain to the candidates what sort of a play is wanted, and some general rules for writing...
...produced by men of stereotyped minds and artistic ignorance who follow the same formulae year after year in the same unimaginative way. Its resistance to change and innovation is stronger than that of a Buddhist Llama and its prevailing keynote is a dreary monotone. Not that the plot, libretto, " novelties," lyrics, jokes and chorus numbers of the same musical comedy that has been masquerading on Broadway 20 times a season for the last ten years under various aliases was not once pretty good stuff; the trouble is that it will not cease its "damned iteration." Consequently those reviewers who must...