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...treatment worthy of singers of the highest rank. Besides the works, with which American audiences are better acquainted, they have put on "La Boheme", one of Puccini's greatest masterpieces, sung far too seldom on this side of the water, and more recently "La Forza del Destino" by Verdi, an unusual product, which has only been sung twice in Boston. The latter in particular shows that the company is not content to tread the ordinary paths of operatic routine. Discarded compositions of other days that have merit in them, they seem willing to bring to light, and this revival...
...composition. The overture, which preceded the prologue, was a gloriously romantic combination of contrasting motifs, which in itself told the story of the opera, more interesting than the piece itself. The second act, a scene in a monastery, was both musically and dramatically effective. The composition here was in Verdi's more religious vein, and this, through the medium of a well trained chorus was presented most satisfactorily...
...program for the Pops concert at 8 o'clock tonight, Operatic Night, is as follows: 1. Cortege from "The Queen of Sheba" Gounod 2. Overture to "The Sicilian Vespers" Verdi 3. Waltz from "Eugen Onegin" Tschaikowsky 4. Fantasia, "Madame Butterfly" Puccini 5. Prelude to "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" Wagner 6. Dance of the Priestesses from "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens 7. Ballet Music from "La Gioconda" Ponchielli 8. Intermezzo from "Cleopatra's Night" Hadley 9. Selection, "Carmen" Bizdt 10. Intermezzo, "Cavalleria Rusticana" Mascagni 11. Coronation March from "The Prophet" Mayerbeer
...program for the pops concert this evening is as follows: 1.Coronation March from "Le Prophete" Meyerbeer 2. Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart 3. Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" Strauss 4. Fantasia, "Mephistofele" Bolto 5. Tempest Scene from "Othello" Verdi 6. "Spring" Grieg 7. Aragonaise from "The Cid" Massenet 8. Overture to "Sakuntala" Goldmark 9. Excerpts from "Carmen" Bizet a. Toreador's Song b. Gypsy Dance 10. Marche Miniature Tschaikowsky 11. Cortege from "The Queen of Shebn" Gounod
...Right", 1921, A. Steinert b. "The Voodoo Dance" from "Wetward Ho" 1921, A. Steinert 7. Bacchanale (Der Venusberg) Act 1, "Tannhauser" Wagner 8. Harvard Glee Club: Love Songs Brahms Chorus of Bacchantes from "Philemon and Baucis" Gounod Cavalier Song Stanford (Dr. Archibald T. Davison, Conductor.) 9. Fantasia, "Rigoletto" Verdi 10. Invitation to the Dance, Weber-Berlioz 11. Cruiser Harvard Strube