Henry Theophilus Finck
Published: 2015-06-17
Total Pages: 297
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Excerpt from Massenet and His Operas In The annals of music in America, the name of Oscar Hammerstein will be inseparably associated with that of Jules Massenet. Previous to the opening of the new Manhattan Opera House in New York, on December 3, 1906, several of the Massenet operas (Manon, Werther, Le Cid, La Navarraise) had been sung at the Metropolitan Opera House, or at the old Academy of Music; but, although eminent singers appeared at some of these productions, they were not usually carried out in the true Gallic spirit, and hence failed to make a lasting impression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.