, 1879-04-18

H6Inh JdaFhuI. AtTH Is
lhrge audience, that filed the building
fro mtop to bottom, assembled at the Boaton The
atrc Inst night to Witness tie first performance If
the popular opera, "Plnaforc,f BY the troupe Of
fnvorite singers Of Boston, whose appearance
Inns been 60 long anticipated. Even stundtng
room WAS gladly accepted by hundreds OF per.
sons, and the wall surrounding tho plruuct cir
Gle was linod with triple row of interested
auditors.
Muslcally considered. nothing.is left to be de-
etreds aud the singing OF Mr.. Su1tyan's tneas-
itsGs was revelation to us, uliI, doubtIcss, to
many others. Justice lins not bcen done hero
bcforc tn the beautiful music Of tic OPERA, but
the Voices which rrnderesl IL last night gave IL
new charm. Tile sweetest measures fell 10 Mr..
Kari, who took the nart Of Ralph Kaeknruw,
md all of Ills solos were cncorc,l, nrll rcpett.
tiom deta',lcu Of must Of the chorusrs III
which Ills VOICE WI. prominent: Lie was iii OK
pleasure to hear his sympathetic render
ing OF tho music. Mr. Whitney, as
C0rt. CoTtora'!, excited great enthusiasm, anu
~ "naEe,.1p and acting as well as N singing,
beat captafn Of tile rnaforGf' who has ap-
pearcI ia ibis city. is ,llmgnacent voice held
tho nudLence spell,bound, and hls quiet and
natural act'I!E, '.lAed much to tue pleasure of
the audicncc. Ills song in tlr first act. wcro
llc appears among hs crnT ana exchanges the
compliments Of tho any, his song to the moon
In the sccontt act aud hts ducts with Lijt c
Butte'cEp aud Dlek iicadeyc were especially well
received, and,, besides receiving. cncores, 'le
va: presented with Il large floral nnehor
aud q bouquet Of choice flowers. Mr.
| Bnrnnly gave careful an1 Sympathetic Inter-
| probation Of tho part Of Sir Jost,M Porter, IL
u B., and represented tho eccentricities OF that
stufly iunctionafy very plcasngly. In the
! lnutlable cnduayor not TO buricsquo the Gharae-
tor lie seemed to fall into tic other extreme
aud at tincs tbs art'ng anpcarcd somewhat cot,-
| strained. ThcrG were plenty Of Indications,
| bowoves, that wleu he Inns gained a little closer
| Identification With tho character he will allow
his OWL Amusing personality to appcar little
| tnorc, when nothing will be left to be desired
| In The part. He snng the mnstc Of the part
with grent case and exprcssIot, md on the
whole the high auticsuattoh which tho knowl-
| etlso ot his coming appcarasGu haa excited was
fuil7 justified, Sir. ticorgo rockingham made
| must comtcal HEX Dat!eye, and si.e other
Deebc ns JV,ephi'e created most favorable I'M
| preston. and acted a,d sau9 III nlost accepts
| nble manner. Her songs were warmly encDrc,l,
ulltt tic only b!cmtsh In her performance occut-
| rcd in the hcc0na act, whcro She mud The or
ctcstra displayed division Of interests and
| tlle sung ut once nnd sgnaliy failed to pro.
duce an agreeable result. Several handsome
tlurnt tribntes were presented To her. Mrs.
HcOfgia Cayyan as Nt5e gate u capital nrcsenta-
bella McCulloct;. as L'it'e Ba.iercup, sang unl
acted cilarntng!T. At tic end Of tho first act
ull lie ivaJing actors were ralled bstore tho
curtafn aItl loudly cIcrred. Tho chorus OF some
ilfty Voices Was must excellent ind added much
tt tho Interest at tic OCCASION. The scenery
anil stage appointments Huro elaborate and
appropriate, uIid every acccssory-with Tho er-
cUptiun Of the 1naFtncs, whose drill ts not all
that could Au destrcd-Was in keeping wish tho
| requirements.