The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-10
AMUSEMENTS.
ssThe Sorcerer.

II a fair proportion of the Saville Comic ~
Opera Troupe had shown as much talent In n
lyric and dramatic sense as did Digby N. Bell
In The Sorcerer. presented last evening for
tho first time In New Orleans. at the Grand
Opera House. our task would be light indeed
that is. iudgirg English opera from u eonserya-
tive point OF view. But. evidently. the best voiae
cd with u very bad I'D, compelling him to cur
tpil his .part-Without making any apology to
the public for that or for his Illness.
The company had arrived here only few
hours before the performance, fN lgued. and
TO appear before public. the old Varieties pub
lie that expresses It's severity In the seysrest of
| mnnners. to theatrical manager. By keeping
away entirely from bis THEATRE Under the CTR
selves. ps we'll as 10 the management Of The
Granu Ouera House. to indulge In . serious re-
view Of Gilbert and Sullivan's new. great suc-
prsing excellent instrumentsts, led by nm. ac-
compished musician. F. W. ZauIig, aceompan-
We refer to tho orchestra, b cause we are In
doubt conc ,rning the musical merifs of the
oporete. We do, not, doubt that. the plot is
be cd on AZ excellent idea but we do doubt that
That Idea Is carried out; 1t becomes apparent
lust = the curtain is about to fall; We have
sorcerer' and hope + be able to refer !, II ia.
vorably on another occasion. but there must
besides more vocal TALENT be more comic talent
displayed by Mr. Saville's company before Il
can be clfssed ms comic apera!
Miss lizzie Bur N possesses fre5h voice.
not yet we'll Trained. MI. Boil If q VeIY clever
comedian. whose ,voic,. though not strong, ig
clear enough and sympathetic, and Mr.. Bell
sings also with artistic taste.
THE ACADEMY.
"G,roDe- Gronl'' is one Of Lecoca's spright-
Hest operes and it wss fairly rendered last
night TO crowded house at the Academy by
Alice Oates and her troupe. Of Alice we will
have but lttlo to say; she ts we'll known to our
public A good deal Of intelligence, some grace,
stage. practiced voice which he's never been
remarkable and now IS somewhat the worse
for wear. but still maintains q series OF very
pleasant notes In the middle register. plenty of
gety and al entrain, t1ese are her M points and sne
pleasure last night that she he's discarded much
of that vulgar style Of acting which In many in
stances closes the doors OF the oDera-bouffe to
families
About Charles +; Drew the "Marasauin, we
are perplexed:. We spent good part of the
evening wrestling with the problem of his real
tone? Is he u tenor? Sometimes one, some-
is he has no voice worth speaking about il any
extensive way. Withal, he Is pretty good ae1
tor: graceful. says very WELL sings tolerably-
as far as his voice goes-and Is generally pleas
dustavua Hail. as Maurzauk was very good,
He is decidedly good singing bass We would
ike to hear him in some role whore his voice.
which Is certainly the b It In the troupe. could
y don, 80 as to s Us knew dn ha he y
Is very good. Miss Marion Taylor as Aurora,
enough for the part Miss Marie Rostelle. In
the character Of Paquita sang pretty song.
with voice that made us wish to hear more OF
her singing.
The choruses are well practiced, and sing
with good ensemble. Take 1t all In ALL the
bonffe perfectly, 1t Is true. but sufficiently
we'll to pefse. If they will only continue to be
as conservative In their Interpretation Of the
booffe as they were last nigh, We predict good
housz > and good people TO fiji them We must
add that the troupe experienced heavy storm
recovering from sea sickne They win be
fresher Tomorrow, and though they did we'll
last night will no doubt do better this evening.
GtrCfe GiroHa s again billed for to-day.