The cause of woman took an immense stride forward... There is not a weak or effeminate note in Der Wald.
Woman with all her intuition cannot penetrate... It is just the one thing in life she can never know, unless she ceases to be a woman.
The first opera written by a woman ever to be performed by the Metropolitan Opera... was well received by 'one of the largest and most brilliant audiences' of the season.
Smyth may have been disappointed with the reviews, but she could not have been surprised they made an issue of her gender.
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