The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-10

| IHE MOzAHT-lNAuGURATI0N OF OPERATfC
ENTERTAINMENTS AT THE MusIcssEs.-The
ed.and-twenty-sixth weekly mu-
sicole given last evening was the inaugu-
ration OF operate entertainments which
promise 10 make the Mozart unusually pop
ular this winter Despite the dampness
from the recent rains and the impending
, clouds MoZlrt Hall was blled with an i'm
mense audience long before the hour for
the entertainment; and to many OF our good
people who had probably never before had
the opportunity OF witnessing an operate
performance Victor Masses clever and
sparkling operetta, "JeaDnette's We'd
ding" as charmingly rendered by Mrs.
Caroline Ricbings- Bernard, Mr.. Pierre Ber-
nard, and Mr.. Joseph Greensfelder, must
have proved rare source OF amusement.
Mrs. Bernard's Jeanette was all that
could be wished for. and although suffering
from a severe hoarseness. this lady, as she
always does, acquitted herself most hand.
somely. Her acting was almost perfection
itself. Her portrayal OF the young girl
FILED with tender passion for her lover,
land the cOntending emotions OF shame and
indignation at the cowardly desertion OF
her bridegroom when about to lead her to
the altar, was as flushed piece OF acting
out was thoroughly artistic. Her first solo
in the second act and the Nightingale
Song" were beautifully gwen. and won for
her sensible evidences Of appreciation.
The Jean Of Mr.. Bernard was inimitable.
He sang and acted the difficult role through
out most acceptaby. and frequently con-
vulsed the audience with bis droll humor.
His yawning song as he awaked from his
III In
life-like that It set many OF his hearers
gaping in spite Of themselves.
Mr. Greensfelder made the most Of the
insignificant part Of Jerome. The work OF
the Operetta is really between Jeanette and
Jean, and this third character is merely in
trOduced, as it were, TO ill up the plot. SO
that you may really say the audience is
entertained for two hours by two perform
ers. Mr.. Greensfelder, however, did more
with this role than one would imagine pOssi-
bic. lie added much life to the second act in
his scene with Jeanette. The song which
he here introduced and sang with such
fine effect as to demand an encore was
written for him by Mr.. Lewis Eversman,
OF Baltimore, a young musician sixteen
years Of age. The words were written by
Mr.. Greensfelder himself to suit the opera,
and be calls it :" Wish Were a Married
Man" In response to the encore he sang,
by special request, "Rocked in the Cradle
OF the Deep" which he gave with fine eX-
preston.
The operetta seemed greatly eoioyed, and
the Mozart members will look forward each
month to these operate entertainments with
great pleasure.
The young men who perpetrate what they
deem practical jokes upon gentlemen in
company with ladies as they come from a
place Of amusement by standing on the
sidewalk with hoisted umbrellas on a
clear night, and inducing some to
raise theirs 10 shelter their fair cOmp3n0ns,
should reflect upon the mpropriety OF such
acts. To be jeered at with the bOisterous
laughter and shouts Of a crowd OF young
men when in company with a lady is as
notifying as it Is insulting. And if those
who took part in this unbecoming pasiime
last evening at the conclusion OF the Mozart
would for moment put themselves in the
place Of those they offended they would not
again indulge in such thoughtless amuse-
ment.