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...complicated as most of Gilbert's plots, with two stalwart boatmen marrying three maids, one of the gondoliers to be a king who is legally married to a duchesses' daughter who loves a drumboy, and so on. Elizabeth Kalkhurst, one of the maids, catches the lighthearted spirit of the operetta perfectly. She sings as usual, with a full, beautiful voice, but this is the first time I have seen her completely relax in her acting--and the result is most charming. Her sister is played by Linda Latter, whose singing is clear without being shrill, and who is perhaps best...
Arabella is basically an old-fashioned Viennese operetta-the sort that Johann Strauss really did much better than Richard†-without the courage of its corn. In Arabella, the waltz and schmaltz have been refined and intellectualized. Composer Strauss wrote this score in the tragically arid last third of his life, and he filled it with hints and quotations reflecting other works. His hand had lost none of its craft, and all the score lacks is inspiration. The Met postured prettily in its new hat; actually, Arabella was just an old toque...
...House functions will be closed except the Lowell House operetta, which will be open to all members of the College. However, Lowell House students will not be allowed to attend a function of any other House...
Perkins Approves Operetta...
Perkins agreed last night with the Lowell House decision to stage their operetta on the weekend. "Judging from the small number of Lowell House men at our dance last Saturday, I don't imagine you'd get more than a 'ho-hum' out of any Lowell man now if you told him we are not going to have a dance that weekend," he said...