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Music
Haggin, B. H. | March 17, 1956 issue

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The American Opera Society ended its season with Jacques Offenbach's La Perichole, which reminded one of the remarkable gifts this composer employed to entertain his public. Offenbach may not be "the founder of the modern school of musical comedy" that the society's program notes say he was, but he was one of the first composers of the genre and remains one of the most brilliant to this day. In dealing with serious opera the society has modified concert performance to the extent of having the singer make entrances and exits and do a little miming.

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MUSIC -- Performance; OFFENBACH, Jacques, 1819-1880; OPERAS; COMPOSERS; MUSICIANS; MUSIC
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