, 1870-04-13


At LAST the good people have in opera which
they can attend without any detriment to their
mornik It is Esther" Then why slonr tho good
people attend III II those poor puratns, the news
toys and boott'lAc1A, hare to depend for charity
ulson such audiences as were present on Mondhy
ard Tuesday evenings, at the Opera House, they
will 60 ragged for long time 70 come The per-
formancea adhere strictly to the scHpturai text
The music, Ike that which David made, has Al
unct1ous, solemn sound. 1t Is Played with sanctl-
rcd fdtllcs unsrottcd trombones, and irTeproAch-
n1ty moral cabinet organs. All the stage reEfoE7n-
ere aEc strictly solemn, sober, decorous, and as
orderly and cheerful Is II they were IN attendance
UPON afuneral Acrlecai, sitting at the kings gate,
IS az refresingy dismal As dinner OF hertls, and
dent grow any more cheerful when be gets up in
tic wbri1, llama1 goes TO the bad In strictly
correct manner. Mrz. HaMan tooks uron her
w.t!uwhood "a \ vain shom, and the GINNING little
10 p.ay with the Jew children EstheTs, Nh aud
:. ate magnificent enough for auytsAly's Queens,
md thu King IL less King than h tta1 good MN.
prared "Mag!c Fntr." .td 9roan over the w!ckc.l
" der fSelachut., stay away from "Es1her" It
is leo bad thst sweet charity should be thus showed
Icukfoy le compelled to retain his letter LII the
Pest Once, and the boo'olack come down to i've
Tie tantsta Of "Es,he. is 80 well known that
abort Il II met tnere s not
any singer, even OF mediocre abilities 1t suffers
In lrtny played upon large dramatic staxe, be-
causr It Eas written for concert-hal! purposes an1
aaa&,t II for such representations as hnvc been
given this wreck. It 4 tatlpole ailrtfs In the
ucean. It would be unfair 10 cf,tic.xe these peg
soiui,a.y, and arc given n I'D of an cxcelisut m M
charity; except to indicate few OF the merits
nna lass over the blcln!shes In silence, and these
merits are easily told. The orchestra Is gptM
unr OF t.s kind. md receives . very drelde4i aui
,ieasan1 h.iy nnsi hac ack-grounA Of tone fnm sIx
cabinet orrans. Played " stx es.imahle yuunS
.hse,ve. solcsao.y sooootns AMI %aln aupuous5y ss,
ufrase.L The solotsts deserve credit, especially
t:rntly correct knowlc.ler Of dramatic effects, q
tnc person, II that Is liot immoral and large,
IluEd, tteh vnce, which Is CAPABLE Of cxeeut:ng !
Mn: Brewer dlan,an's wife, has res3 powerful
Plays her par1 with considerable dramatic feeling.
icof Socc a1 SETS through bis soe s ssfy iaisiy.
although very disMaily- AE. Foots IL lii nnttSA
so't Of king, bat evidently knows bis huslness,
although too ID i;bi:sm 1os thc orehss.1s, soms,
timeA Nj. Smith T:iestt has q lass voice Of ex-
csllent qualify, md acted bis part we'll, except
tlat bis so!csnnss is somcttmcs oppressive Instead
and Mn Riley n'Eprhetcss) arr excellent In their
..tree;!Ec rpes, md Nj. Mcrwln tIlaman] Is az
What We have written above applies morc nar-
i:enlariy to The performance OF the urst evening
Last evening there wAa change Of cast, Mf1
1ce tAl!n2 the pArt Of Est<r- Tnts at least Eives
variety 70 the performance, for this EA<r lint
tx:hr. Mrs lice ia totally unlike N1a. Francis ID
the 1eIsolation. Sic has M admirable natural
oi aeT score, ana YER, pnFe and itssh s t IL
quality. In acting, she Is MOI ~ pronounced ns
The Aondas EsAer, and is evidently not NJ
rome the. less rlcasinr for ntus dif.
Clcuee, and considering the facts that Ete has to
p:af through at least sixteen atts, to cndurr a
to have the saIne phrases repeated over and oyc,
:tont t1trty-s1 times IL her ears and then to zs.
tcmt MI the duties Of fDyA1ty ani the rtaF.oest
ltll,y Of hanging Hanan, abe Gcts through 1t ven
crr,IliaAly. The choruses passed. OF very nicely,
the audience gut enthusiastic and even deynsnded
rome e11rUrrs, and everything went lorcly, only
there wcEc not half enough eooti lropie there.
say 70 the management, put NAM life into your
pcrle., Il is not Necessary for them To move
nla,ut the siaee ike numm.eA Reduce the nu-
Elerous wallis Also, stop the Individual beating
Ut time on tho staGe. The conductor Il employed
To do Thai, and has baton for thai purpose but
Il We have said before, We have no c4isr to cfttt
Iocd people 10 como oct for the sake OF charity,
md to ~ such we say, the performance will be
TT. aisd this afternoon. II your duty to 60. and
~
tcf1ton eau bc taken 10 these reEformAoo<a In 4
HofA Point Of view. They are Sc1ipturn1 and
s'e1Sn in he h!ehest derre and thciF obiec. is
eEant. Iherrtore, turn CIT this afternoon. Tho
Mutia people don't cart much for 4'Essher,- and
'us oo1acn. toefeio1c, Ia OIL yoer shouIdeza.
TIE 6kKAAStA N.xsSKRcuoe.
II u cheering siRn OF nusica1 pruers6s In the
sIt5, lha3 our German singing socieCes never ~.
| l0fe Ee1e pervat!el with ~ mnch rnIhnsi,sm
III Fae has nnsne Up tne
q the testimonial which they vii e1Te ths,r IN
ctent conductor this evening, aud have crnpnas
Their orows tnolv7dnaa5. aud collectively, vii,
| now comes the "Gesnania MHnncrrhor" ,rntn
nJtn8 all Us tsannefH; determined NOT to b. ont.
d9ne ana announcing nc beautiful nstlc epets
aud ''The Magic Flute" have ''1ne -, mor,
osshy coayneed = q ne resources Of Geinan 7'aa
Of "stradella arc Of charnc1cr 10 captiTnin an,
sns who ~ aDy music II HI. sSal Floto. e.tt
people. Its musc kppeals directly to the hear, i
is caally understood, intensely passionate, ant
asounds IN lively aira and cno!uscS The .Ger
| nacia" viii have an opportunity to show IN thi
opera what effect fine chorus can produce mi TIM
II will do Its duty In this respect, 40 ono WIG
k1ows its enthusiasm and nprI du eorta NIL
c"uht for a moment Since It's successful PEI
fo1manee ot"Dcr FrcIschuu7s the namocr O
seuFe members has fcen largely Increased, s
t1at We shall probably have the largest operate
eaetns which has ever lsecn Known here. Th5
tkits ase sll auspclous, and It only remains fo
n. ~, u.Sth-Spln2 public 10 wait for the good tifnt
.n,e X, 70 the meantime, We are authorized Z
f.uen,I Int ~, iae Gcrnlala will not rest upon II
WIN, ~ ~ MI 20 into active preparation fl
XII anm nn1 Ieh, Ro*sints masterpiece.
mxnfs ieens S ssS.A!e A!e The Coneor1iA: The Ger
| tfIMr7 "e0 l. 1ooo" eHiA VI
The Ptr4t 6sncrrs11nn - 1aos.
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! 9nuuent7 Jacob Schlodtngcf: ylce PrcStdont
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