, 1881-03-27
MUSIC.
First Week Of the Beauplan
Opera Season. j.
Remarkable Performances by d
Remarkable Troupe,
Great Success by a Troupe
Without Stars.
What the Musical People of
Chicago Owe to 1T.
The BoscoVitz Recital and the New
Amateur Orchestra.
The Chicago Composers Have
Day to Themselves.
The Com|ey-Barton "Olivette
Troupe at Hooley's.
Interesting Letter BY Camille S2int-Saens-KeW
Great Success by a Troupe
Without Stars.
What the Musical People Of
Chicago Owe to 1t.
The Boscoyiz Recital and the New
Amateur Orchestra.
The Chicago Composers Have a
Day to Themselves.
The Corn|ey-Barton "Oliyette ~
Troupe at Hooley's.

| troupe at t70Oi9V'S.
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| Interesting Letter by Camille Saiot.Saens-Kev
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THE BEAUPL1N OPERA SEASON.
| The first week Of the Beauplan opera sea.
son has finished. 1t has presented us re.
narkable repertoire i'll some respects, for il
is not often that we are vouchsafed in one
week the privilege Of hearing four such
operas as the !. lIuguenots." the "JeWess.' u
Aida,'' and Robert the: Devil" The re-
manning operas, "Faust'' .sTroyatore,' ~
and 't Trayiata,'' might we'll have been left
to lighter troupes, Of the callbre Of Her
Majesty's. We can hear these operas any
/ time, but the really great works which this
troupe is capable Of giving are So infrequently
performed nowadays that we have right to
be jealous when the llackneyed operas are
given BY such a troupe. But it is not alone
the repertory that has been remarkable.
This troupe came here almost without preyi-
Gus announcement. It's organization had
but two artists who hare ever been here,
Nine, Ambre and Nine, Lablache. and not
even the fame of the others had pre-
ceded them, They were as unknown here
as the troupes in the provincial towns of
Europe aa.d yet these unknown people, none
of them specially remarkable in voice, have
produced these great works, even III their
entirety, III a manner that has never been
surpassed ana seldom equaled here. It has
give US O chorus which, though compara-
lively small in numbers and somewhat coarse
in tone, has sung with surprising truth, and
rigor. and pror1ptuess: an orchestra the
largest and strongest ever yet brought here
Nv . tr,vo1iny tronne and Iot1 hv a diractor
~" ~ ~ -,.;to ~ sar, - Fosh;ara,s --o,1s
Wno' IL apl.e VI aoute o4u.le>l1loleu Ways
leads Ills players win Vleor, enthusiasm,
and care for details that are refreshing, III
to r,,n across conductoF who thinks IT
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WORTH WILLIE Ill tne GILL actes ~ 1llahe su =
gestions to his players to see that they are in
tune and keep them in good form, However
zoe he maes his msn M ,y nar s ~ and I Ih has
nel' NC naAe' ...o msn p.aS' anu na'
some concern for tone, tune, and time,
as we'll as for expression qualities
which are not considered specially interest
1,s,,a hoan hare ;rh;s tro,,na ,,ac ,lso pivou
Aa'e peen 4.cte. iAa .'oupo Ns.o "1oo st'e41
us a care1ul attehtion TO tne m'se GIL sccne'
scenery which is fresh and well painted,
COSTUMES ~ heeplne WIN tle uenlahas ol tne
operas, and properties and stage equipments
which have greatly heightened the effects of
performances, and last of all a ballet, fair III
qaalallss au tus. n1l M +, nas eilaoleo s t t1.e
management 70 proouee ali t11e il1uslc VI ule
operas as written. Combining all these
points. and then considering that each and
avar, one of tha tronne from nrima-tonna
t1os1n ~ % tha faa,,1ost nbnrietar tava e1r;,.a,
~ 1 tto; nIee hest or
that there have: been no jeaiousies in the
troupe,- all working harmoniously together,
no dressing room squabbIcs, no artist walk
ing through his part because associated with
some other artist with whom he was not on
good terms, no pulling and hauling like the
animals in menagerie, the reason why this
troupe, which came here SO nlodestly, with
unknown artists, has succeeded So much
better than the high-sounding and fulsome-
" hcraldcd troupes which have been here
lately, becomes apparent. The . 'uuguenots''
has never. been given so we'll here, and yet
we have had great artists IN this powerful
made for tue 'Jewess - anu A1da. potll OF
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