The Comic Opera That Is Needed

THE COMIC OPERA THAT IS NEEDED

By Miss GRACE VAN STUDDIFORD, Soprano of the Bostonians

BELIEVE that the future of the comic opera as we have chiefly known it for the last few years will be brief.

I BELIEVE THAT A BETTER DAY IS COMING A DAY THAT WILL SEE THE PUBLIC DISSATISFIED WITH COMIC OPERA THAT IS NOT MUSICAL, THAT IS NOT WELL SUNG, THAT IS NOTHING BUT A STRING OF VARIETY ACTS.

People outside of New York are more critical than New Yorkers.They like good music well sung and are getting tired of sextets and silliness. A fresh demand for legitimate light opera is arising, and the composers and bookmakers are going to arise to meet it.