Word: pavlowa
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Dates: during 1915-1915
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...years ago the membership of the Opera Association totalled almost twelve hundred; but at present, in spite of the added attraction of the Pavlowa Ballet, and the absence of opera last year, only about one hundred men have purchased membership tickets...
...most brilliant French opera, and, even in Germany, the most popular of all operas, Bizet's "Carmen," was presented Tuesday night to a small but responsive audience by the Boston Opera Company in conjunction with the Pavlowa Ballet Russe. The gorgeous wealth of melody and the exquisite sensuous indulgence, to which the work owes its universal appreciation, taken together with its tragic climaxes, make "Carmen" extremely difficult to produce. Although the performance was uneven and disheartening at first, it improved immensely as the evening progressed, and the work may be said to have been on the whole extremely creditable...
Ballet Russe in place of the Spanish ballet was a fortunate exchange for those who were anxious to see Pavlowa, though it was a peculiar anachronism nevertheless. The spirit of Russia which Pavlowa seems to embody so wonderfully was a little out of season, but her performance was of such perfection that it was complete in itself. With what subtlety and marvelous grace she expresses that terrible Russian contrast a wild, rhapsodical indulgence, and an all-impregnating, heart-rending despair...
...return of grand opera to Boston after an absence of two years was marked last evening by the appearance of Montemezzi's new work "The Love of Three Kings." This year's season is introductory to a precedent in local operatic staging in that Mlle. Pavlowa and her entire "Ballet Russe" have been secured to co-operate with the Boston Grand Opera Company in their productions. Thus, in "Carmen," which is being given tonight, the complete ballet will be introduced as originally composed by Bizet. This ballet has never before been given in its entirety in this country. In cases...
...opera known as "The Dumb Girl of Portici" will be given Thursday evening with Mlle Pavlowa as the Dumb Girl. "Carmen" will be repeated Friday, and on Saturday afternoon Maggie Teyte will be heard in "Pagliacci" followed by the "Coppelia" ballet by the Pavlowa company...