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92 DRAMATIC AND LYRIC INTERPRETATION
or could arrange, a dressing room in which I could put on or change a costume.
I have seen on the concert platform exhibitions of bad taste which made me suffer, not so much for the artist' or for art' sake as for the public' sake, to whom I think the most complete art should be offered, not as a return for his money but for his education, of which art and artists benefit more than they imagine. I have seen a very famous singer (quite aged) in an attire which she considered probably of a simple elegance. Simple it was. But simplicity does not create atmosphere. She looked like a cook in her Sunday dress.
I have seen on the concert platform another singer, a very charming young woman, dressed in a tea-gown of the latest, most absurd style. The skirt ended just below the knees. Certainly it was the latest style, but is it good taste? Does such style create an artistic atmosphere ?
There are other artists who, if they choose a costume, do so rather for the sake of a disguise, than for the sake of creating an atmosphere in accordance with their song.
I have seen on the program of a singer a poem of Victor Hugo's, announced as a song of the fifteenth century and sung in a costume |
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