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...plot and cast of characters have already been published at lenght. Little more need be said. The music is tuneful at all times, catchy in many places, and almost classical in others, and it is sung by a thoroughly competent cast and chorus. The work of the chorus both vocally and in groupings for stage pictures shows what earnest work will do. The gypsy dance made a distinct hit. The costumes, stage settings, and effects were all that could be desired...
...plot is of a rather more substantial character than that of most light operas. Don Manuel, the young and handsome Alcayde of Seville, is desperately in love with Farina, an orphan maid of lowly birth. As Farina is the ward of the Grand Inquisitor of Seville, it becomes necessary for Don Manuel to ask the consent of that pompous functionary before pressing his suit. The Inquisitor, however, has designs of a nuptial nature on Farina himself, and to put his rival out of the way he shows Don Manuel a prenuptial contract made with a fierce Moorish chieftain when...
...Alcayde is a two-act comic opera of a fairly legitimate order. The book is by George Stephens L. S., and the music by F. E. Barry '97, the authors of last year's play. The librettist has furnished a bright vigorous book. The plot has the merit of being substantial and connected, calling for plenty of lively situations and humorous complications, and giving the characters a wide range of acting, from serio-comic to pure burlesque, without departing from the central interest of the opera. Almost all the songs, dances, and bits of burlesque are closely allied...
...atmosphere is distinctly Spanish. The plot hangs on the ardent love of the young Alcayde for a fair maiden, the ward of the stern and pompous Grand Inquisitor of Seville. The latter dignitary has many schemes of his own which he puts into execution at the expense of the poor Alcayde, but not without involving himself in serious complications. The reckless projects of a wandering gypsy are accountable for a general misunderstanding on the part of all and cause grave difficulties before matters are finally straightened out. Spanish peasants, gypsies and Moors give the action a picturesque surrounding...
...most entertaining series of performances of "Lucia di Lammermoor," the Castle Square Lyric Company takes up Vincent Wallace's "Maritana," considered by many music lovers the best of the lighter operas. Its music is extremely graceful andpleasing and is full of fun, romance and pathos with little tragedy. The plot involves an amorous king, a crafty minister, a soldier of fortune, a country girl (the beloved of the king), soldiers, nobles, common people and gypsies. Its best songs are "Angels that Around Us Hover" "Of Fairy Wand I the Power," "Let Me Like a Soldier Fall," "There is a Flower...