Word: operettas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Choral Society of Radcliffe College will present Vincent's operetta "The Egyptian Princess" in Agassiz House on Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29. The Friday performance will begin at 8 P. M., and there will be two performances on Saturday, one at 2.30 P. M. and the other at 8 P. M. Tickets at $1.75, $1, and 50 cents may be purchased of Miss Elsa W. Stone. The proceeds from the three performances will go to the Scholarship Fund of the College...
...friends are at the Colonial this week, most of the cast of "The Siren" having been chosen from the companies formerly playing in "The Arcadians" and "The Dollar Princess." Their present setting is not quite so charming as the former operetta, but it fully equals the latter...
...ungraceful person in the cast. Julia Sanderson is most engagingly sweet, Ethel Cadman pleases greatly with her clear high notes, Mr. Brain dances with his usual elegance, and Mr. Mudie with astounding agility. Will West and Florence Morrison supply plenty of rollicking fun. Altogether, a bright, melodious operetta, well acted and exceptionally well danced...
...Sylva, who sings the part of Zorika, comes here heralded by a deserved operatic reputation, the vocal honors of the performance go to Mr. Albro as Joszi; his rich baritone, to say nothing of his versatile acting, entitles him to be considered the best male singer heard here in operetta for the past few years, with the exception of Orville Harold. The other members of the cast are familiar musical-comedy figures. It is a distinct relief to find a piece, the libretto of which does not suffer from the injection of slap-stick and futile appeals to the powers...
Last night revealed to a large audience at the Colonial Theatre a newly imported musical entertainment. The operetta which Messrs. Werba and Luescher produced, with much expenditure for scenery and costumes, and all too little for talent, is one of those highly seasoned delicacies of Viennese manufacture which have been twisted and pulled by the managers in New York to suit what is believed to be the tast of the king of the "Gay White Way," i.e. the man who buys the tickets. Whether it will suit or not is a question which the future will decide...