The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-07


opera BY company Of our amateurs. Said
reference has probably aroused desire
on the part Of many persons to see the
Reriep's article, and we therefore submit II
as follows;
WHEELING, April 10, 1870.
A week OF rather unusual interest in
musical circles has Just closed, and MEM
orandum thereofmay not be uninteresting
"Pinaiore" was produced by local talent,
and fer a comic opera, rs the title page
reads, was sadly burlesqued, as positively
there was nothing funny, being too seri-
ously done. The part OF Josephine was
taken by contralto voice, ditticalt passa-
ges omitted, sung an octave below than
written, the part sung with no conception
OF what a maiden in love would act like,
and Ralph, the lover, had so much singing
to do, he forgot to make love.
Little Butiercup was so fearful she might
be little bold that she was very stiff in
her part; and the Captain had boil on
his neck, sang himself red in the face, as
he usually does, to the rcommiseration Of
the audience. Sir Jo@ph was expected to
be very funny, though not able to sing
much; but played the part like an old
man who had been robbed OF his money
and wanted public sympathy. The best
part sung and acted was that OF HeJe next,
that OF Dick Deqdeye, and he was decidedly
TOO dead in his acting. The male chorus
was much superior to the female chorus;
both sang-as also the orchestra played
without attention to the conductor, who
beat "A, 0.S, "a and all other kinds with
the same unvarying speed and fidelity,
one or two beats to each measure. The
orchestral performance was very fair, and
il it had not been trammeled by the sing.
ers would have been exceedingly credita.
BILE.
Had the tempos been taken even ap.
proximately as marked, the performances
would have been more satisfactory, al
though lacking in musical excellence for
want OF good solo voices. However,
Wheeling was pleased, and the papers
could not find words strong enough for
praise. One says: "1n no other city in
the country could performance be given
to compare with this" Another says:
Accomplished in manner creditable to
professionals" etc. Now New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago, and all other
people do come here and learn OF US; our
artists, as they call themselves, are offered
You rs models for singers, actors and
players.
The Hess Opera Company gave "Les
Cloches do Corneville," Saturday after
noon, very satisfactorily and enjoyably, so
far as an orchestra consisting OF piano and
six instruments could accompany b very
fair cast and chorus. Gounod's "Fd9stH'
for the evening performance, with Emma
Abbott as Marguerite, Castle in the title
role, Peakes as MtphiaoplteleS, the orchestra
OF the afternoon diminished one in num-
Der, wasa very unsatisfactory performance
to any one who has ever heard "Faust"
given as itshould be- Miss Abbott's Mar
gieriie is trihing conception Of the part in
many ways; it awakens neither sympathy
or enthusiasm-is not the Goethe ideal By
any means. ..-.r- III.
10, us benighted villagers even an Or
binary performance by a second-rate
troupe is OF interest; but we sigh for better
ones, aud trust the day may soon come
when poor artists, will scruple to essay
performances they have not capacity for.
"Pinatore" is again advertised for this
week, by Ford's company, from Balti-
more.
We anticipate tho return, during next
month, Of several students Of music from
Stuttgart, trusting their labors may help
elevate US little nusically, and Of whom
we shall write again. TRA la.