MUSICAL COURIER
February 9, 1922
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New York World:
Rosa Raisa, slender and charming to look upon, played the role of Minnie in a manner easily comparable to Blanche Bates’s work in the original production. She made the poker game at the end of the second act SO THRILLING THAT EVEN DAVID BELASGO, who was in the audience, JOINED IN THE CHEERS THAT REWARDED HER PERFORMANCE.
Evening Mail:
Raisa was a girl who made the drama vital. She WAS SUPERB. * * * *
New York Evening Post, Henry T. Finck:
Mme. Raisa has done many FINE THINGS in this town, but none that quite equaled her Girl of the Golden West. In the first act she wins the hearts of the miners. * * * In the second act, Mme. Raisa showed how far Emmy Destinn, with all her glorious voice, fell short of doing justice to the Belasco-Puc-cini creation of Minnie. Her card scene was equal to that in “Carmen” as done by Emma Calve, who, by the way, sat in a box last night and led the applause after the second act. The PASSIONATE VEHEMENCE of her ACTING and her SINGING were THRILLING. I have SELDOM, IN FORTY YEARS, HEARD DRAMATIC SINGING SO EMOTIONAL. GREAT IS ROSA RAISA.
The applause following this act was, with the exception of that bestowed repeatedly on Chaliapin at the Metropolitan, the MOST ENTHUSIASTIC I have heard this season. A great shout went up from the whole audience—a shout as thrilling in its way as the performance itself, for it was equally emotional.
Mason and Hamlin Piano
PAULO LONGONE, Associate
New York City

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