| + | Nation. 83: 445. N. 22, ’06. 390w. |
“The seeker after musical knowledge will find much that is entertaining and instructive in these pages and much that is suggestive; but we are constrained to say that he is also likely to find much that is misleading and unbalanced.” Richard Aldrich.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 149. Mr. 9, ’07. 380w. |
Kobbe, Gustav. Signora. †$1. Crowell.
7–21369.
The incidents of this sketch take place behind the scenes in the Metropolitan opera house, New York. They are associated with a little waif that was left at the stage entrance one stormy night when Calvé and other famous singers were rendering Carmen. The child is adopted by the company and grows up to be the central figure in a romance whose side-light touches reveal characteristics of well known singers who are seen under thin disguises.
“Is as interesting to the older people as to the children.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 110w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w. |
“It is a pleasant story of kindness, and is interesting from its original setting.”