Word: opera
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...each case the reviewer has curiously reflected the actual language of the performance he witnessed. Thus the language of the reviews of "The Blue Bird" and of "Kathleen Ni Hoolihan" approaches critical dignity, while the dialect of the reviews of the musical comedies suggests the influence of comic opera lyrics. Mr. McMahon's letter on "The Playboy" capably presents one side of the discussion that has risen over that drama...
...opera has come "direct from its successes in Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg," but evidently most of the plot and most of the good lines were lost...
Miss Glaser did well in a rather limited part. The singing was above the comic-opera average and the scenery unusually attractive. The audience applauded with a suspiciously professional fervor...
...March, "Tannhauser,"Wagner 2. Waltz, "Les Chanteurs des Bois," Forbach 3. Selection, "Naughty Marietta," Herbert 4. Overture, "Rienzi," Wagner 5. Huldingung's March, Wagner 6. Albumblatt, Wagner 7. Selection, "Lohengrin," Wagner 8. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 9. Overture, "Tannhauser," Wagner 10. Night Fly Dance (from Isles Comic Opera), Far Away Maquarre 11. Waltz, "Espana," Waldteufel 12. Lichtenstein March, B. Triebel
...Opera Stories. By Henry L. Mason...