Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-05
CRITICISMS IN PORKoPOLIs.
Pearls Of Thought and Expression
from the Leading DatIies.

| Pearls of Thought and Expression
+ from the Leading DaiIies.
! The extracts below are reprinted from thu
three principal newspapers OF Cincinnati, In
| which they appear as part of the elaborate re-
| views and criiques OF the performances OF
| Lucia" and Aida" given respectively Thurs
| day and Friday evenings, during the OPERATE
Festival held at the Music Hall:
1T helps the hotels"
sit helps the miliners."
sit helps the restaurants"
"We are proun OF Cincinnati"
"MoSeS' was short and sweet
Mrs. Swift Is finely formed woman
''Signor Ravelli "a Frenchman) Is hardly OF
medium height, rather stout, and looks about
IS years OF age He sings With true italian an.
"Miss j. Ettle Morris, ofMount Auburn, neatly
evening"
"The famous quartet in Lucia was immense.
Encore.
Her surprising compass had also every op.
portuntity for exhibition
"Rossini's latest masterwork, Aida, was pre-.
sented last night In Music Hall TO more dense
ly packed audience than greeted any of the
opeI as performed during the week."
"One bouquet Miss Cary offered with native
coquetry to Arditl. He CALAMITY refused With
a motion OF the lips which seemed to say: LOOK
out there, she tossed the flowers to the cond DC
Tor He caught them as gamely as Dug Ali
son was wont to take foul tip from Brain.
ards delivery In the old, grand first days OF the
Red Stocking baseball nine"
"The SeXtet OF the second act so often
grandly rendered here aroused the same excite.
ment as when it had Nilsson with ner succa sslve
casts. Lucca C!D and her compeerS Kellogg
and her company. as It's Interpreters"
"The strangers in our midst are In love with
Cincinnati"
This loving duet On 'AidaD is most tender.
yet Passionate, apotheOSS OF true undylng love,
arc Tue intervals are exceedingly Well CHOSEN.
Ioe sep or the augmented fourth, |. e.. six
semitones, which always has a peculiarly
yearning, Intense expression, makes the duet.
an, IL stands In a soft and lovely key, G fiat
The steps G fiat. c, and fat f, are frequent
In this exquisite finale to a gorgeous epic OF
convulsed emotions, love and hate. revenge
and despair. There are also some magnificent
concerto pieces"
'There Is big rush for the beer saloons at
the end OF every act"
1.-THE street cars are badly managed. The
destination and line OF every car should be
called out.
doubts which at first fingered In the minds
OF some as to its success have long since van
lShed, and no manager need ever again fear
the result or such an experiment In the Paris
OF America
las Lucia, Etelka Gerster Is Simply charm.
Ing. In no other opera, unless 1t be 'Sonnam-
0ula, does her voice sound so sweet. The score
last night revealed the purity OF her high So
prano notes and display ed the wonderful Wealth
and richness of her voice In the lower and mid
ole registers. Her Well-developed figure showed
to advantage
''Signor Arditi Is almost above praise. The
orchestra ought TO idoliZe him. He never bur
ries the tempt, and waves the wand of a magi-
can over the northern wizards wild romance
set TO the effioTescent music OF the sunny south
The light and sparkling fountain OF ravishing
SOUNDS leaped like 'jeWelly hemorrhage' from
his wonder working finger tips"
THE parties who carried of the opera. glasses
rented OF an opera-gl glass boy In the hall, will
please return them to day TO William H. Lloyd,
at the opera Festival ticket Office OF John
ChurCh'S music stOre.'
Yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock there was
satisfactory rehearsal OF Aida The sololsts
were not present"
'ln the duet, 'Chi-mi Frena,' her vocalization
was beautiful. 1t has more Of the flute tone
than any voice we have ever heard"
perhaps three-fourths OF the vast audience
were supplied with nbrettos, and the score
seemed to be followed more than the opera"
"Mr. Hooan is the most courteous door. keeper
engaged about the Music Hail.
"Rossin1's grand and majestic prayer, from
Molse,' was served as dessert after the rich
banquet OF Iucia."-N. Y. Times
1t has been proposed that farmers should paw
their daughters for labor as they do their sons
AKA allow them some social freedom, In order to
prevent them from longing for city life and
seeking It,