Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-11
BATTLE MOUNTAIN, May s, 1879.

Is likely to be Governor, - cl,lJnus mn jOre
| have been Interested lately by letters from
home descriptive of the past opera and
the great furore created by the Mapleson
troupe, and also by. the criticisms from San
Francisco of the performances there by de-
tached portion OF that company. There Is no
question as to the brilllancy OF Marie Roze-
] will vouch for that-and Pantaleoni seems
to be a favorite, and Miss Cary is undoubtedly
good, but when company has to fall back on
George Comfy, fellow with more lungs than
Lablache, but sitter than Brignoli, who on the
stage is the stiff of all stiifs, and with more
ignorance than than the average scene sh1t-
ter, take it that the company is not very
complete Ii is the evil Of the q star sys-
telu; one performer and company OF pup
pet. K Pictures Of Mrs. Wood as Ar
NINA hang in the windows oi FioJ, Mclgnen
& Co: Joseph Blake and a few print sharps
for AIr. and Mrs Wood, Mr.. Brough and Mr.,
Peter Richings are gong to give season OF
opera at the Chestnut S.. Theater, under Nrs
Wood and haywood, and La Sonnambula
will be the opening piece. Gils. Wood as
Miss Payton, has won deserved fame in the
character in London and the provinces, and
both Wood and Brough are established favor
ties, while Richings is known to Us all; fine
actor, Il good singer, a gentleman and a schol-
a.. He was originally, was also Mr.. Wood,
an officer in the British Army. hlr Rich
ings love for the stage, led hlu to adopt that
profession, ard Mr. Wood attachment to
Miss PAXTON, the divorced wife OF a gam dim.
nobleman. whom Mr. Wood knocked down
very promDtly at the door of Convent Gar
den for abusing his talented wife, led him to
adopt the opera for he was possessor of
magnificent tenor voice, but no musician, and
his wife always taught him his parts. | am
writing of 1884, when opera had not yet taken
root here, and before our young aspirants had
gone abroad, to come back d" mniS;' obliviO US
of our almost obsolete language; dropping
oar American vulgar patrony,ns, and adopt
ing the Italian termni as more refined and
musical. The Woodses great favorites,
and deservedly, for Mrs. Wood was splen-
did singer and actress and her handsome nus
band supported by Brough, whose hne voice |
can Vet near, ana klCnllSS Will MS lna4ttln-
cent mien and gentlemanly though aristo
cratic manners were worthy supper tiers of the
then Queen OF Song They were all high
bred refined and educated, and worth car
load OF the macaroni eaters we see on the
stage to-day; for if there is a set of frauds on
EARTH it is the MA jOrity of the rescued Lazza-
roni who bleed the ppblic, and carry away
fortunes earned in year, and laugh for the
rest of their lives at our gulibllity. The |
Woods were succeeded by Madame Ottos
Company, in which also, Nv Brough was en- |
gagged with john Wilson rs tenor. The opera
Of Norma then the favorlte and Madame
Otto wanted To produce 1t, but the English
translation and adoption vas so poor that she
offered good sum Tor a new version, which
tie brothers Joseph Reese and W. ii. Grey
accomplished to her satisfaction, and produced
the version OF the lDretto and the adoption
sinca III use. In the opera as originally pre-
sented, d procession OF Drulds cross bridge,
and there was 40 ma'lc to ill up the time
occupied, and at the last rehearsal, Dir. Fry
determined to ill the hiatus and then and
there wrote the mo5J OF the well known
March III Norma, arranged the parts IN
the afternoon, and the orchestra played 1t in