ROYAL COMIC OPERA CO.
BOX PLANS OPEN MONDAY The .complete company, principals, chorus and orchestra that created such a furore for 20 weeks at His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, are coming:, is the announcement of the J. C. Williamson firm in presenting to theatregoers at His Majesty’s Theatre on Wednesday, May 23, for an extended season, the Royal Comic Opera Company. The opening production is the comic opera adaptation of the delightfully romantic old geriod drama “Old Heidelberg,” which is played under the title of “The Student Prince.” It is a product of the new style of comic opera. Segmund Romberg is the composer, and Dorothy Donnelly the libretto. It is said that Dorothy Donnelly has written* beautiful lyrics and Romberg’s music is far above the present-day standard of
comic opera. There are times when it it is marked by a smart and lilting simplicity. Romberg gets his effects verges on grand opera, and others when with a florid score which calls for brilliant musicianship from the orchestra, and makes even greater demands on the singers and the 40 singing students. The company includes Beppie de Vries, as Kathie, James Teddy as Prince Karl, also prominent people are Arthur Stigant, Frank Webster, Hedley Hall, Leslie Holland, Vera Spoull, Adele Crane and others. The company’s second production is “Madam Pompadour,” the famous musical comedy scenery by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham. The play is based on the beautiful story of La Pompadour, who held the lives .of statesmen in her pretty hands because of a king’s pleasure in her pretty face. The preferential box plans for the season open on Monday at Lewis Eadv, Ltd.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 351, 11 May 1928, Page 14
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