Word: songe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Miller's Song...
Wine, Women and Song, Strauss...
...Hall last evening. Freedom from noticeable hitches and a general improvement in the acting of both principals and minors in the cast made the performance a decided success. E. M. Waterhouse '97, again filled the role of Farina with marked ability in both singing and acting. In the topical song by J. A. Loud '98, N. H. White was encored again and again. With his funny acting as the Gentle Prince of Fez, Arnold Scott '97, kept the audience continually laughing. In the minor role of Mocha, versatile valet to the Grand Inquisitor, F. Winchester '97, carried off his part...
Barry's music is decidedly good. Farina's entrance song, the tricycle song and the trio are perhaps the best numbers in the opera, and show decided originality. But in his effort to sustain the Spanish atmosphere in the music throughout the play, the composer has scarcely escaped a certain amount of monotony and lack of definite melody. The solo numbers are all effective, but the choruses show the same fault as last year, in that they are for the most part of rather low range to be effectively sung...
Much credit is due N. H. White, L. S., for his lively impersonation of the Grand Inquisitor. His rendition of the topical song at the end of the second act was deserving of the applause with which it was received. At no time did he overdo the part...