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Reviews — The New York Times

From the New York Times November 28, 1911

MARY GARDEN WELCOMED.
Her Toothache Over, Prima Donna
Sings Prince Charming in Chicago.

Special to The New York Times.
     CHICAGO, Nov. 27. - The toothache that has kept Mary Garden in misery for several days and which prevented her from singing Carmen last Thursday night vanished to-day, and to-night she sang before an audience that packed the Auditorium Theatre. The opera was the first performance in Chicago of Massenet’s “Cendrillon,” and as fashionable as on the inauguration night of the Chicago Opera.
     Miss Garden in the fascinating garb of Prince Charming sang as if there was no such thing as toothache, and her success was one of the most pronounced that she has had in Chicago. Maggie Teyte, the diminutive English soprano, sang in splendid style the attractive rôle of Cinderella. Jenny Dufau, the new French soprano, made her Chicago début as the fairy godmother. Hector Dufranne was the father and Louise Berat the mother. Campanini directed.
     Mr. Dippel gave the opera an elaborate and colorful mounting, and the costumes were unusually rich.

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