Word: opera
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fifth in the series of historic operatic concerts under the auspices of the Boston Opera Company and the Department of Music in Harvard University will be given in Sanders Theatre this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Mr. E. B. Hill will speak on the life and works of certain French composers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the musical program will be presented by the following artists: Mlle. Madeline d'Olige, soprano; Mme. Florence de Courcy, contralto; Mr. Fernand De Potter, tenor; Mr. Jean Riddez, baritone; Mr. Gaston Barreau, baritone...
...fifth in the series of historic operatic concerts under the auspices of the Boston Opera Company and the Department of Music, will be given in Sanders Theatre tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. Mr. E. B. Hill will speak on the life and works of certain French composers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the musical program will be presented by the following artists: Mile, Madeline d'Olige, soprano; Mme. Florence de Courcy, contralto; Mr. Fernand De Potter, tenor: Mr. Jean Riddez, baritone; Mr. Gaston Barrean, baritone...
...wife. and now will drink cocktails on the sly in spite of her; an English lord wanted by Mama for Marjorie; a mock-English lord to do the confusion-of-identity stunt;--all these and more are tangled up in Cook's Office in Paris with the Opera standing bravely in an empty square outside. All of a sudden you find it isn't Cook's; the ubiquitous Thomas has moved out and a female restaurateur has moved in. This produces a pretty confusion, especially since Cook's sign is still up. Various people come in to buy tickets...
Concerning our recent editorial on "The University and the Opera" a member of the class of 1908 writes as follows: "I personally feel keenly the lack of having just such an opportunity as you suggest, and am sure that I should not have been alone in the appreciation of it, had this movement been on foot a few years ago. Harvard should ally herself with the opera in some way. I am sure if you follow up the discussion you have ..... started, you will receive the hearty support of the entire University...
...elements of success, in that it has the enthusiastic backing of music-loving graduates and undergraduates. Just how many such there are, or how strong is their influence, we cannot say. However, we should be glad to receive communications on the subject, for we firmly believe that the opera is one of the fields which Harvard should cultivate for the maximum benefit to its students. The Department of Music has made a good start with the historic operatic concerts. If the support is strong enough to warrant it, the Department will, we hope, expand the excellent policy it has adopted...