bacus

Updated: May 10, 2025

At dessert a bevy of pretty girls in classic costume distributed flowers and fruits to the guests, while Greek choruses sung by female choristers alternated with verses admirably recited by Bartel and Reichenberg. After the banquet Emma Calvé and Mme. Litoinne sang passages from 'Philémon et Bacus, and then there were Greek dances executed by the leading dancers of the Opera.

Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.