Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Among the poems, the most ambitious is J. H. wheelock's "Paris and Oenone," a remarkably successful attempt to treat a Greek theme in a Greek manner, even to the Introduction of a chorus. The verse is somewhat uneven, but the poem as a whole is well sustained and the handling of the chorus and the difficult stichomythia is unusually good. As a minor point it may be noted that the characterization of Paris as the "husband of Helen of Troy, mortally wounded by the arrow of Philoctetes" and of Oenone as "a demi-goddess--who can heal mortal wounds...
...music of the opera showed a tendency to repetition, which sometimes became monotonous, but on the whole the airs were well constructed and original. The orchestration was excellent, the music being extremely difficult. The most agreeable feature of the performance was the grand chorus of 180 well-trained voices, which brought out strongly some of the most excellent parts of the music...
...John Knowles Paine 1969 will be sung in Symphony Hall, Boston, tonight at 8 o'clock, by the members of the Cecilia Society of Boston. Tickets at $2, $1.50, and $1, may be obtained at the box office at Symphony Hall. There will be about 180 people in the chorus, and about 10 principals. The music will be rendered by an orchestra of about 60 pieces, which will be led by Mr. B. J. Lang in his last appearance as conductor of the Cecilia Society, after 31 years of service...
...admirable stage management and lighting of the play is the work of S. Baird '03, who has coached the production. "The chorus sings with vigor and accuracy, and the dances are a blaze of gorgeous color. The six Spanish dancers who appear in the second act, make as handsome a group as has been seen on the Pudding stage in recent years. They are agile and spirited and go about their work with confidence; and it is difficult to watch the performance without forgetting that it is a piece of make-believe. Taken as a whole, "The Lotos-Eaters...
...address of the evening was written by Mr. W. D. Howells h.'67, but on account of Mr. Howell's illness, it was read by Professor Bliss Perry. In addition to the addresses of the evening a short cantata entitled "The Village Blacksmith" was rendered by an orchestra and chorus composed of pupils in the Cambridge public schools...