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The Futuristic Revue is a conventional grand opera singing turn. In the old acts of this type there sued to be three and four. In this they have eight. Four women and four men. The singing is mediocre. The three standbys of opera are given quartet from “Rigoletto,” sextet from “Lucia” and Toreador song “Carmen,” none handled over well. Leonardi, a woman violinist of ability if not greatest, as the billing outside the 58th Street stated, played two classical selections, executing each with a fine show of technical skill. The Futuristic Revue has a whole carload of scenery, which some how does not help the singing as much as might be expected. The main trouble is that there isn’t a voice above the ordinary in the act. Operatic music demands real vocal quality or else it is far from pleasant to listen to – and often painful.
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Variety Magazine, LVIII: 5 November 1920