Title
"Basilica Male Choir Meets With Success at the Regent" [newspaper article]
Date
1924
Description
A positive review of the Regent Orchestra and the Notre Dame Basilica Male Choir's performance alongside The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1924 noting.
Inscription: Basilica Male Choir Meets With Success at the Regent | Synchronizing of Choir Voices With Action of Picture Proves Decided Novelty during Presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
One of the best musical innovations ever presented in any motion picture theatre in Ottawa was introduced by Manager Cloakey in securing the Basilica Notre Dame Cathedral Male Choir, which delighted though sands of music lovers all week at this popular photoplay house, in conjunction with the local premiere of Victor Hugo's immortal drama, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
The beautiful quality and blending of the voices must be heard to be fully appreciated, which is enhanced by the arrangement of the prologue to the feature attraction. The atmosphere created by the choir is perfect, and the sychronizing of the voices to suit the action of the picture is arranged in a most novel manner. The Basilica choir has been engaged of the second week of the presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and all those who have not seen this production or heard the choir will have the opportunity of doing so all next week.
Special mention might also be made of the special musical score which is interpreted by the Regent Concert Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Rudolph Pelisek. It is one of the most difficult scores ever written for a picture, and the Regent Orchestra has the distinction of playing from the original score that was used on Broadway for the first presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
One of the best musical innovations ever presented in any motion picture theatre in Ottawa was introduced by Manager Cloakey in securing the Basilica Notre Dame Cathedral Male Choir, which delighted though sands of music lovers all week at this popular photoplay house, in conjunction with the local premiere of Victor Hugo's immortal drama, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
The beautiful quality and blending of the voices must be heard to be fully appreciated, which is enhanced by the arrangement of the prologue to the feature attraction. The atmosphere created by the choir is perfect, and the sychronizing of the voices to suit the action of the picture is arranged in a most novel manner. The Basilica choir has been engaged of the second week of the presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and all those who have not seen this production or heard the choir will have the opportunity of doing so all next week.
Special mention might also be made of the special musical score which is interpreted by the Regent Concert Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Rudolph Pelisek. It is one of the most difficult scores ever written for a picture, and the Regent Orchestra has the distinction of playing from the original score that was used on Broadway for the first presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Source
“Basilica Male Choir Meets With Success at the Regent: Synchronizing of Choir Voices With Action of Picture Proved Decided Novelty During Presentation of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’,” Ottawa Journal, February 9, 1924: 16.
Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library