. Programme . erors crown and sceptre. The firstscene is the lake, where the nightingale sings to the fisherman fishingfrom his boat in huge, tortuous, blue cardboard waves, while strangetrees twist their branches up to the sky. The courtiers, led by thekitchenmaid, find the nightingale at last, and command her to thepresence. Scene 2—The Emperors garden, a fantastic mass of strange flowersand trees, but not sufficiently well lighted. This defect will no doubtbe remedied. As it was, even on the dim stage, almost darker thanthe house, M. Alexandre Benoiss extraordinary Chinese dresses shonewith
. Programme . erors crown and sceptre. The firstscene is the lake, where the nightingale sings to the fisherman fishingfrom his boat in huge, tortuous, blue cardboard waves, while strangetrees twist their branches up to the sky. The courtiers, led by thekitchenmaid, find the nightingale at last, and command her to thepresence. Scene 2—The Emperors garden, a fantastic mass of strange flowersand trees, but not sufficiently well lighted. This defect will no doubtbe remedied. As it was, even on the dim stage, almost darker thanthe house, M. Alexandre Benoiss extraordinary Chinese dresses shonewith splendor. The Emperor in wonderful robes and with a fantasticcrown, takes his seat on his gold throne, and the nightingale singsperched on the top of a golden hoop held by a courtier. But theembassy from Japan arrives with the artificial nightingale of pearlsand diamonds, who sings better. The little brown Hving bird fliesaway and is banished. Scene 3 and the best: Alone in his fantastic chamber, among four. Telephone Connection. . IMPORTERS . .Violins, Fittings and Repairs 564 Washington Street. Rooms 527-528BOSTON MAIN OFFICE 33 STATE STREET COPLEY SQUARE BRANCH . 579 Boylston Street MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE BRANCH Corner Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS OF $300 AND OVER 262 gigantic columns, the Emperor lies dying on his couch, and Death sitsat the foot. The Kttle brown bird comes unseen, but is heard in themost rapturous melody of all, a melody to bring tears to an Emperorseyes. Charmed Death sKnks away, and the Emperor smiles drop-curtain falls. The courtiers in white, with black ornaments,holding great white tapers in their hands, file in funeral procession uponthe stage to kneel before their dead Emperor. The curtain march in. The Emperor rises smiling to receive them, and theyall fall flat on their faces with astonishment. — A short ballet Les Abeilles was produced at the Paris Opera onJanuary 10, 1917, with Mil
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