Word: opera
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Tickets for the opera. "Orpheus" by Gluck, to be given by the University Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society in Agassiz House, Radcliffe, on January 17 and 18, may now be obtained from D. H. Ingram '16, Matthews 5, at 75 cents. $1.00, $1.50, and $2.00 each. The proceeds from the two performances will be devoted to the Radcliffe Choral Society Scholarship Fund...
...Casey makes some thoughtful remarks, under the caption "Opera, Owned and Borrowed," on the ever fresh problem of opera in Boston, one which should be solved if that community is to retain its position in the musical life of the country. Comments on an editorial from the "Opera Magazine," and reviews conclude a number of high standard which must re-affirm the consideration to which the "Musical Review" is entitled as a genuine contribution to the critical activity of our country...
...curious belief is prevalent, especially among men who have never attended an operatic performance, that in order to enjoy the opera one must be gifted with extraordinary musical talent. But in fact, the opera, combining as it does music and drama, thus furnishing aesthetic enjoyment not only to the ear but to the eye, presents a far easier opportunity to the so-called unmusical to enjoy music, than does a concert or recital. By going to an opera and flixng his attention on the dramatic element, as he would in the case of an ordinary play, the man who knows...
...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...
...George Baklanoff the Boston Opera Company has a dramatic tenor of the first order. His rendering of Escamillo was certainly all that could be desired, and his personality is such that when he steps upon the stage the audience feels the presence of a great artist...