, 1879-06-08
RnST1N.
BOSTON,. e. .
st TATm1TzA" +" TEE DELIGHTFUL At TIE BOSTON
THEATRE.


From Our Orr. Co7resoondent- ...'
Bosror, June 6.--The taste for comic opera
which :H. II. S. F3nafore -" has developed In
Boston is nothing short of fextraordinary and
to suggest the possibility that the time Is coming
II not here, when at one OF the various theatres
we shall have nightly opportunity, from beginning
to end Of the season. to listen to some guy and
witty performance, where the singing shall not
only be by artists but the action Of the best artistic
school. And all this We shall owe to ''Pinafore."
Before the advent Of az. II. .s.' it wss only a
certain portion Of the community who patronized
the comic opera. This WAS the independent Dor.
ton, who are bound to be AMUSED and who are not
afraid OF their propriety taking cold II everything
shouldn't turn ont to be on the Sunday school
pattern. But there are great many people here
who live In constant dread OF this very tender pro-
priety which they possess- They are a1ways on the
lookout for every little Whit OF new air, lest
It be too strong for this sensitive quality. When
the ''Pinafose" " came amongst Us they fought
shy at first. It was comic OPERA. therefore it
must be naughty. But presently from all over the
land Mashed the tidings that = II. N. S. was nice,
but not naughty; that 1t was not only possessed Of
this rare virtue, but that 1t was the fashion to
patronze it. This last virtue carried the day, and
brouRht even = =.
=: THE RIGID OLD b. B. DowAGERs
to the 'front.' At this date we have tsteadi1y going
-
at the first by the Boston tPinatore' 81 Company,
at the latter by the juvenile organization OF the
Boston boys. and girls And now We have the
grand sero-comc opera Of t'Fatinitza" to varr,
the ''Pinafore.r Somebody broke out In one Of
the newspapers at the advent OF this lass on Mon
day night "A sort Of hail and farewell .'The King
is dead,-Long live the King!" But '..Pinafore"
ia no dead King, even though The gay and brilliant
stFatinstza" holds court to big and enthusiastic
audiences at the big Boston Theatre.| And at this
court will look In for moment upon the opening
night In the dFst place let me that the Boston
feature OF the performance is the fact Of Miss
Adclaide Phillips and Mr., Barnabee. aud other
ing up the role, thus giving u.s. not only new
OPERA. buL giving 1t BY = company. of frst-class
artists, to whom we are always ready to listen
in concert even. There had BEEN good deal OF
dramatic eircles concerning the production In Bos:
ton of "Fatinitza, because rhe difficulties seemed
insurmouutable. The opera hSd been brought out
at two Of the Sew YORK theatres, oat there were
imported from Berlin. were dceompanied by The
Gernan tex. alone. The orchestral parts were
also to be procured, and
THE NEW YORK THEATRES Had THR~ MONOPOLY
Of these. with the express injunction from the
used elsewhere. But where there's will, there's
the Botton Iejolces7 IN and in very zhort time
appear at the big B all tue parts were COLLECTED
together by some hocns-pocus known only to the
initiated; 1apd ;6erman text and English 1r9nala.
ton, and orchestral score, were in progresa;tu
was furnished by young literary man here sf
great promse,--Mr. Sylvester Ba1ter.-who ,fpN
nished fol the atlantic Honth!v q few monthsasg
that very interesting paper npon the German stage
Germany. was coanacted with rne Boston Ddify
Adpertiser. Af. Baxter had had the advantage OF