Talk:Fallen Fairies

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[edit] Fact tag

You added a fact tag, and I put in the cites.

Note that the Morrison link says, "The heavy accent on the 'vile' nature of mankind grows tedious and has no dramatic strength. German's music too, despite its artistry and thoughtful craftsmanship is not really a vehicle for satire. It has not the swashbuckling vigour of Sullivan, and his characteristic touches of harmony, and rhythmic change, the modulations and extended phrases argue a restraint and delicacy of feeling, at variance with Gilbert's bludgeoning attacks on everything and everyone."

Dunhill says, ":that ill-fated light opera, 'Fallen Fairies,' condemned to failure through being harnessed to a libretto which represented Gilbert at his weakest...."

The Morning Post remarked on the serious nature of the opera: "The public does not associate homilies with a libretto by Sir William Gilbert, and such are freely provided in the closing scene in which Selene endeavours to draw moral conclusions from the contact of the fairies with the wicked world." -- Ssilvers 12:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)