, 1873-12-09

liorat, md, last and yroatoHt,of a, AdaEinn Patti
tho world'a psilna donna, Who nu1lg 1t hero wllo
moro child !, and now n ss, Koogs Inns addotl
lior i,anlo to. lilo list. Tho last performance Of
1t hoto waa OH tho 3lst OF Oeso,er, l887,-ror
l!,o Drignoll iiasco in 1869. wllen tito resfdcn.
talemt formed tho awkward choral squad, Ia
hardly worth counting. Tho tlrat waa ut Nc
'lclor'n Tliontro. Fob H. 1S5! aud III tllis coll
,oction, tho caat ia worth recalling. It WIN Is
t."ba'to' ,Iohry H1urss
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Hrip Slso!a
Tho cant last oyaning was M follows:
t M!Fn Kellogg
.llhlennln
nsm.on Carlton
isaShluha.' Hail
Arthur. .Alrxan,ler
NnlAau' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .Fellch
Miss htatG1ra
pabl!itics Of tho troupe, rs its porform-
anco requires tiat oyory QUO elall ],o
Ut ls 6cnt anti calls for tho muxlmunl
Of powor rs wcl aa dramatic nl,ility and artistic
iEolnn IN tho rccltatyc M vol aE tho sot nun,-
bots. As wlo|o, the tronpo stood tho test well.
There wore weak paces horo aud tllore,
mainly In tlo minor roloa, but they wero com.
pcnsatot for by tho oxceetico Of 1loarly all tho
principals. aud by the evident effort Of MI on tho
stage to give 10 tho performance thoir most con-
Bcontious ondoayocs. ln this respect, A1ieB Kel-
logg Ia deserving Of tho highest praise. Sho has
mover cxortcd herself moro faithfully, aud her
exertona mover mot with handaomor H,1ccess.
Sho gave haraolf up to tho character with gcn,,-
inc artistic fidelity, mud. M it tested her voice in
az its power and to tho tornost note, 30, too it
called for hor best dramatic ability. It IL
perhaps tho best praise VIC can giYo
her to say that There is but one name in ths iiat
wo haye mentioned which can stand above hers
n n thla character: It was representation all
pfT1nF F1Yn3 hmm
such striking contrast with those around hor
who failed to roach her high standard. In tho
duog OF the first act, she Haug with more real
passion. than we haRo ever seem her exhibit bo-
foro aud IN tile aoxtette..the climax Of tile
opera, md tho graudest climax In tho whole
he'd OF Italian oltora-she seemed to
catch the very spirit of tho situation
and With her clear, ringing, and uncrring
tones, she held tho grind nua,bcr up, furnished
support to tue rcst, and animated them with
fine SUGGEST. Mr. Carleton. although hH voico
was rathor high for this number, satig his part
smoothly. and in finished stvlo, aud AIr. Halls
voice also told With good efroos. BIZ. IIabel-
effect, was struggling with tho English words,
and sang with 30 much effort AMI atrain upo,,
his voice that it did nut blend VOL,
..ntlo and vas nj, not always true. The Other
fecta, tho ensemble was rood, and tic einrinr Of
it handsome triumph Tor tic English stage. II
WAS pleasure to listen to aIian kellogg throngil-
out tue entire work, rs thc highly ombcllis(iod
vocas1n, ATr. Carleton. aIgo' VIVA yorv offootivo'
antl, in tho opouiue duos OF lilo aecon6 ac1'
mndo un what llo lacks in powor byv
his admirable method Of singing. and
smooth, clear voice: Mr., :lfa6olmann
vas unovoil aud ia ynco ,ullllled and ,,lcortain'
and this coupled with htB equally uucorlnin
English, spoiled tho sympathy which il essential
to lilo scccss OF h1s part, ns much Of it runs iu
dnos. NIr. Fonich, tic first tonor in tho chorus
was cast for tho ,luimportant part Of Norman,
but ho did that uuimportamt par. 10 fuo TINT l1c
might vol ho substituted ror otneru
in tho troupe who ,slaxo much
greater pro:opsions. The chorus did It's
nnwcll. With tho exception o! tho clarinet
woro given in hcItcr-skolter wny. Which was
very Unfortunate, as no much depends upon tho
tic opera, however, il Lucid, and i'd, wiz il Miss
KcElogsA representation it would bo l,yporcrit.-
cal to lind fa,llt and to Ior. and uor con-
acting And ningl,lg, mainly belong tic
aucccsa with which tho work was giyyon.
M'y1cKEHs.
"Old London IL tho titio Of q new n)ay pro-
tluced Inst evening at AloVicl;sr'R Will, Inttn M
the chief attraction. Why tho plav is calto{i
" Old London " is not explained. and ti,o s:ono
might as we'll be laid IN tie Tiyo ront. Nav
York, or iii tho Bums Of any largo city. It IL a
tale Of low lro aud it il ti,jscd wIh crime from
tho rising OF the curtain until thc final ronp
lt,wn OF tho san,n. Tho play Is SAID T to e3 hny3
baon takon from tue Trench, ant tic french aro
mono tho rooror. Tho story on which it is
founded niay DO interesting and brilliant.
but tho play itsolf is neitler. Thoro ia nj
plott ttat ID n,,,,arent. +, ira rrat
sceno. two chialrof, nre nwannoi untii Il vouiI
!, d :xlo Solomon himself tottell wlc', was tIa
o.,or. Ono of tIeBo il Dich lVasiy,nt Tottnls
the other Ralph lYVrcrn, 1Norriu>' D;cS.. L |
acomB was hor n,,naront tn lila Tnrk,r ia so;I
father having made iiyinr M Cn;'an If n CANT.
Of thioyes. The Cang claim D,cn III their 1sn pro,
togo. and, tcar,np lin from fho onhncn If n
fond mother train liz, IT, IN tho wav ho sIom,S
uot 20 until ho takes hln father'n pjacc % md
turns ont worso robber than '', tLn old
unun. 1Tvrcr,.c in heir to f"rtn,o ~ ,r,ri, |
Ills uncle. Rau1oioh I,roni '' Ta,ctS wnnIi w
like to got hold Of mid wom|id hayo |
e,,cce.tIo,l novora1 timaa ,1nr;,," 1',o |
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