The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-10
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

FAUST.
| The Adelaide Phillips Opera Troupe pre-
sented Gounod's Faust at the Portland Theatre
last might to a full but not crowded house.
The opera was fairly presented and well sung.
The usual effects such as appertain to large
and well drilled orchestra and chorus, and a
spacious stage, were of course, lacking, bnt
with the material afforded, very pleasing
entertainment resulted.
Miss Adelaide Phillips as Siebal, sung the
Flower Song with grace and artistic finish,
although she hurried it somewhat She
received the compliment of an encore, but
declined to respond other than by bow. Miss
Stone acted Marguerite with m aidenly simpli-
city, while shs interpreted her music very well
despite few occasional lapses that were
scarcely noticeable The jewel song was
rendered with animation, and the whole scene
with Faust, in the third act-eommencng with
the beautiful duet Sempre anar"-was
rendered with f7rvor aud much expression on
the part of both, and the curtain was raised in
response to the demand. Mr.. Karl acted with
spirit, and we never heard him sing so we'll.
Mr.. Stoddard is entitled to praise for his inter-
probation Of his aria just prior to the duel, and
the trio by Messrg. Karl, Macdonald and
Stoddard was worthy of mention. Mr..
Macdonald acted and suog the music Of
MephistOphelss much better than we ahtci-
pated it is the fortune of but few men to be
Hermanns, or to render the 'Ha! hap solo
as he could. The chorus was strong in voice,
If lacking in shadiEg, The ',KdnanaeraSse"
was taken with rush, while the choral in the
second act in which the villagers cause
Mephistopheles to retire. was we'll given. The
f4vOrite waltz lost somewhat Of its delicacy in
the vOcaliZatiOn and Instrumentation, but let
us not bs too critical. The foot of the con.
du ctor was heard rather too frequently, but
then it was when he could not use his baton
because he had to accompany the singer The
pictures of Marguerite at the spinning wheel
in the first act and at the window in the third
act, are very pretty. The military band in the
Soldiers chorus" was omitted, and the army
of six exchanged the sword for the pruning
hook amidst the joyful demonstration of the
six maidens Of the Rhine.
We are requested to state by the manage
ment that the delay in the arrival of their
piano was owing to the delay of an hour and
half in the arrival of the D. m. train from
Boston. Another piano had been procared but
it was too low-toned for the purpose.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
Tonight Uncle Toms Cabin will bs pre-
scented by Anthony & Parsons company at
City Hall. Miss Minnie Fostor as Topsy, Miss
LOrbid AlU6o as LNd u. L. EauDIpg aS UNCLE
Tom. and G. I'll. Clark as Phineas Fletcher are
highly spoken Of their respective roles. The
Manchester Mirror says Of the performance in
that city:
Whew! What house Uncle Tom had .last eve
ming in Smyths Opera House. Every seat in the
spacious building was occupied and people were sat
ised to obtain standing room in the of the hail.
along the aisles and in the galleries, many people
being unable 10 secure seats obliged to give up
to disappontment-2,1i 10 tickets were sold. Pom
lar prices are certainly popular in Manchester 70
say that the play excellent and well appreciated
by all would be but faint praise of such finished and
artistic acting All of the parts well sustained
Topsy, Uncle Tom. Eva, Phneas Fletcher and Marks
being exceptionally good.
HOMER D. COPE.
OF course there will be great curiosity to
hear Mr.. Homer D. Cope in the play Of Damon
and Pythias at the Portland Theatre to-
morrow evening. A Western journal TINS
speaks of him:
night, in his readings and representations The
commentators quoted in the Review were no idle
spec0lations, but the presentations of Mr.
Cope he tar excels rather than falls oeo our es-
innate OF him. His efforts to bring out the beauty
of thought presented 10 his selections would battle
the most adr0it cridc Having made a thorough
mastery OF the principles of eloquence and oratofy
he has added materially to his other accom- shmepts
by obtaining absolute control of his voice; result
obtained only by perfect masters OF the art.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
ouon VIII W tuo supJoCt u FfoI. cages
lecture to be given at City Hall Thursday
evening, illustrated by means of the stereop-
ticop, aud large collection of electrical
apparatus. The Lowell Courier says;
By means of the steroptleon the very PRINCIPLES and
action OF the electro, magnet on which telegraphing
depends, were shown upon the screen, even 10 the
picRng up and dropping of the fragments of iron "a
the bar within the coil was magnetized or demaene
tzed bS the perfection or bre4Bing of the circuit So
also the act of ansmssion and reception of MESA
dohn tn fnoo hx,r
the stereOpticOn. Mr.. Gage is ready speaker and
has his subject at his tongues end. He enivens his
talk with occasional humor and anecdote and often
rises into passages of eloquence worthy the theme.
which is really inspiring. In short we know of moth
ing in the lecture line which combines more of both
pleasure and profit than this evening with Mr. Care
and the telegraph.
THE JUBILEE SINGERS.
Don't fail to attend the concert to be given
by the New Orleans Jubilee Singers at Lam
caster Hall tonight. They sing their peculiar
melodies OF the plantation with great effect.
NOTES.
The Boston Museum Company will play On
for Life" with "Inquisitive DArkey," "Doing
afterpieces The COMPANY SpV viii an ipc,nd dor
Warren, Harry Crisp, Annie Clark, j. A.
Smith and J; Fl; Ring.
Mr.. G. w. Couldock, lately with Blanche
Media Company, has joined the company at the
Park, New York.
The New York correspondent of the Boston
Herald says, with truth, that Charles Barron's
"deliberateness aud monotanv of style NAV
soon become tiresome to New York audience"
And yet Boston either never FUND it ont or
for some reason never said so.
Charles Coghlan has left Walack's because
he considered Barron was treated bstter than
himself. Coghlan is a good actor, but if we
were manager of theatre like Wallack our
word should be law.
Mr.. Wing, agent of the Mckee Rankin
"Danites" troupe is at the United States. The
company will appear in Portland Dec. 10th.
The Addie Phillips Opera Company stopped