Liliputaner

“Given by 80 children of the Beethoven Mannerchor Singing School.”

“An entertainment of a novel and very interesting character took place last Friday evening at the Stadt Theatre. The representation was an operetta entitled ‘Die Liliputaner,’ composed for children’s voices by Carl Traeger, who was also the conductor. The singers, about sixty in number, were chosen from the members of the Singing School, which is under the direction and patronage of the Beethoven Männerchor. The plot of the play is laid for the most part among the fairies, and the dialogue is admirably adapted to the innocent, unaffected acting of children. Such names as Dew-drop, Rose-thorn, Lily, and Mignonette will convey a general idea of the nature of the piece. The music is bright and pretty, with occasional songs of much merit and a few passages of considerable intricacy for the chorus.

Much praise can be awarded to the singers and their teachers, for both soloists and chorus kept in time and tune with an accuracy that would be creditable to a company of much higher pretensions. Not a false movement was made, and not a child seemed to be at a loss for a word throughout. The entertainment was, as a whole, happily conceived and prettily and successfully carried out, to the manifest delight of the little performers themselves and their many friends, big and little, in the audience.”