Word: operettas
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...digress no longer, "The Silver Swan" is first-rate musical entertainment. It is the only commendable "operetta" we have seen in several moons. It has much better than average singing, catching tunes, and a pleasant eyeful of costumes and sets. The humor is well carried off by Florenz Ames, assisted from time to time by the above-mentioned Mr. Woods. As the leading lady Myrtle Clark is all that could be desired...
...operetta" of this type owes a debt to Gilbert and Sullivan. The present composer, Mr. Maurice Jacquet, puts his opus in that debtor class though, no doubt, unintentionally. Traces of those British gentlemen and of Johann Strauss abound. But in spite of these resemblances, the songs have a freshness and a catchy quality not to be credited most other imitators...
Along with its faults, however, the "romance"--one hesitates to say operetta--has certain strong points. The voices of the main characters are with out exception remarkably good, and while the acting and directing leave much to be desired in the way of smoothness, the two leading ladies are a pleasure to watch--particularly, we thought, Miss Brinkley in the part of Delphine. And then of course De Wolfe Hopper is in the cast. But on the whole "White Lilacs" is neither fish, flesh nor fowl nor, as the name might imply good, erotic, red herring...
...Robe. It is not customary, when the Shuberts produce a good operetta, for the public to howl so loudly with joy as when "Ziggy," the maestro and artist, produces a mediocre one. Thus The Three Musketeers, last spring, an elaborate musicale, provoked more ardent cheers than The Red Robe, last week, which was just as good...
Unfortunately for news purposes it missed being a non-stop flight. Singer Hampton, too, had tried a turn in operetta-first in Madame Pompadour and then in My Princess. She had married profitably-one Jules Brulatour, who has sympathized generously with her operatic ambitions. There was a two years' intensive course in singing, an advertised Boheme canceled by laryngitis. Then came the debut as Manon which won her such verdicts as "pleasing," "promising," and the noisy approval of some 200 guests who went from Manhattan on a special train as special guests of Husband Brulatour...