The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-25
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
"CrIspInO" I'm English.

prbinet put sometimes In her eTortS to add
good works to her repertoire she misoaloulates
The powers of her troupe. We think that this
was the case with regard to the Brother Ricci's
comic opera of OTSpfno and the Fairy, which
was given at the Arch Street Theatre last even.
Ing for the first time in English. Our only
English opera troupe has succeeded so well lust
when we least expected that they would, and
their performance as q rule, are of so high an
order OF merit, that 1t becomes us to be chari-
table in considering their comparative failures
That Orfspfno, as given last evening" did not
make favorable impression is attributable
mainly to the fact that the Rlchings troupe
does not contain enough good bttTo actors to fit
The half.dozen or so leading characters with
capable representatives. 1t Is but justice to the
artists to say that they appeared to exert them
selves to do their best, but the lively spirit OF
genuine fun and frolic. which is 80 contagious
with an audience was absent, and the per-
formanoe was consequently somewhat flavor
less. The cast too, did not include the full
strength OF the company, Mrs. Seguin and
Messrs. Campbell and Castle being absent.
These artists would have done much towards
making the affair pass Off with spirit. Mr..
Seguin, who is q much better actor than he rs
singer, gave very amusing personation o
'Crispino;" and Mrs. Bernard acted and sans
with much spirit as "Annetta." The dancing
duet between this couple, at the end Of the first
sstio encore which 1t obtained was due more to
the comical antics of Mr. Seguin than to the
vocal merits OF the duet. The quarrelling trio
between the doctors. in the third act; the "pan.
cake" song by "Annelta" in the fourth act and
similar bits here and there, were given In good
style. although it must be confessed that as a
whole. the performance suffered greatly in
comparison with that Of the italian Troupe last
winter at the Academy of Music. In the Ian.
al
failures"
MIR. Adams Reading.
Mr.. RUFUS ADAMS gave q reading last even
Ing at Musical Fund Hall, for the benefit of the
Knights OF Pythias. Mr. Adams gave a number
Of fine selections from Shakespeare and other
popular poets In style that excited the hearty
applause OF his audience. Mr.. Adams has made
the works Of Shakespeare his special study, and
his Interpretation of the passages selected for
last evenings entertainment shows that he has
studied understandingly and with an appre-
ciative spirit. Mr. Adams also read several
humorous pieces with fine effect; and "The
Ghost" the 1.-TWO Vagabonds," )" and the scenes
from Dickens were in a directly opposite vein
from scene from Macbeth, 'Clarence's Dream
.'Parrhasius," etc.
The City Theatres.
AT THE ARCH, Mrs. Bernard will have bene-
Mt this evening, when the Lily of Killarney will
be performed. At the Matinee tc- morrow Cyis-
pt''o and The Fairy will be repeated and to-mor-
row evening the season will conclude with the
Rose of Castle.
AT THE WALNUT, Mr.. Edwin Adams will
have farewell benefit this evening, and he
will appear as "Raphael' in the drama
OF the Marble Heart, and "Romeo Jaf-
fer Jenkins" in Too Much for Good Nature.
MI Adams Is good actor, and as he has a hos
Of friends in this city, we doubt not but that he
will be complimented by a full house.
AT THE CHEsNUT. the White Fa,On will be per- |
formed this evening, to- morrow eftornoon, ana |
tomorrow evening for the last times. On Mon
day the spectacular drama of Uhdi,e will be
produced.
AT HooLEYs OPERA House, this evening, Mr.
Joe Brown and Mr.. William Allen will have a
farewell benefit prior to their departure for
Europe. and they will appear in grand trial
Of skill for the championship in Jig dancing
They will have the aid of Hoo ey's minstrels In
the entertainment. The burlesque of the
Grand Duchess of GerolStei,l will be given, with
Ricardo as the "Duchess;" and j Joe Emmett, the
Dutch comedian, Archy Hughes, Cool White,
and other favorites will appear
Musical Notes.
Wagner, the musician of the future, appa-
rently has q rather poor opinion of Gounod.
He expressed himself recently as follows about
the Faust of the latter:-"A Paris composer
head to translate Goethes poem into the jargon
ever seeking for effect, which suits his public of
the boulevards-a nauseous salmagundi a
Bickish sweet platitude, in lorette's affected
style, with the music of man Of subordinate
talents, who would attain something, and in his
distress resorts to every means. After seeing
this opera played at Paris, one could not but say
TO himself. This time at least it will be impossi
BILE to re-begin in Germany with this opera that
which occurred with Rossini's WI aana Tel.
One was mistaken. Faust, in turn, inu adated
like bible of pleasure the heart of the ublic |
of German theatres"
All of which seems to indicate that the gall OF
bitterness is in the heart OF the composer of
TdnnhduSer.
La Grdnde Duchesse de Gero,sein is now
Being performed al one of the Lisbon theatres,
and it pleases the popular fancy there as much
as in other places where it has been produced.
Some bilious anti-Ofenbachers, however, have
entered protest in favor of high art by bring.
ing out at rival theatre a piece entitled Who
WI de.iuer us from La Grdnde DucheSse 1t
appears that the critics cannot agree about the
merits of opera boufa in Lisbon any more than
in Philadelphia.
A well.known and popular Partisan teacher
and writer on music, known as NJ. Stephen de la
MadelalDe, lie dead. His real name was Etienne
Jean Baptiste Nicolas Madelaine.
The Bateman opera bouffe company have
appeared, with great success, at Crosby's Opera
House, Chicago in La Grande Duchesse and La
Belle Helene.
MAX Maretzek will open with his opera
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