Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-23
THE BR1c-ABRAo EarERrArNMssr,

A brilliant house answered to the call CT
the Bric-a-Brac Club last night at the the.
alter. Every seat was reserved before dark
yesterday. and nearly all were filed last
evening, number Of ladies occupying seats
in the gallery. The entertainment proved to
be novel, chaste, spectacular, musical, and
largely humorous. 1t was not an effort on
the part of the ladies and gentlemen engaged
to present anything lofty or heavy, evidently,
but TO give the auditors light, pleasant,
mirthful and entirely enjoyable variety enter.
tainment, and in that they succeeded. It was
one OF the best amateur pc rformances which
memory recalls The Mother Goose (vocaI)
quadrille was very handsome, very anus.
ing, and carried all auditors back to
nursery days and the tales about Jack
bard, and the like characters of childhoods
fancy. The musical burlesque, "A Bunch
of Buttercups," was very pleasing, and intro
duced seven examples of good amateur dialect
and character acting, and one. by a child,
May Blakeney. was a specially bright ard
charming bit of acting. The satiricai tableau
and descriptive reading. 1.-THE Decorative
Sisters, was especially fine, and was as well
read as it was admirably mounted and acted.
1t was entirely original, it is said, and the
result Of the skill of the performers. In the
Broom Drill" by thirteen young ladies,
the participants were far more perfect than
on their former appearance. Their drill,
under the direction of Lieutenant Eissnmen-
ger, was one Of the most charming Of effscts,
and won unanimous commentator and ap-
plause. The tableau, "The Selection" in
troduced twelve ladies Of this city in differ
ing and most elaborate costumes, and was q
charming picture. Mus. Tracy Gattmann
gave two readings lone an encere) with go7d
effect, and the lady received the warmest
applause. Miss Milliken sang twice, once
being in response TO recall, and won floral
contributions and critical approving sp.
plause. The orchestra filed the waits very
scceptably. A quartet, consisting of Messre.
Parker, Donaldson, Rademacher and Bail
la-geon, gave a vocal selection. Professor
Fleissner, Mrs. Henry Edgerton and Miss
Griffin were the piano accompanies ct
the evening. Ugo Talbo, tenor from the
Royal Opera House, London, was the only
professional on the stage. His ability and
fine ,vocal. qualities were instantly recog-
nizsd. His voice is that of high tenor its
register is broad; his enunciation is very
distinct; his notes are resonant and as clear
as those Of flute. he sings with sweetness
and feeling, and yet without visible effort.
His tones are firm, expressive, and have
what may be termed the quality
of musical eloquence. He sang The
Message" written for him by Blumen-
thai, and on recall repeated it in
part. On second appearance, he sang
with market effect mon Ver," and on re-
call gave ola Donna Mobile, from "Rigo-
letto." His success with the audience was
instantaneous, and his reception he should
consider fully worthy bis undoubted talents.
Taken as whole, the performance of the
evening was pure, bright, good and creditable
to all concerned. Of course there were errors,
but they were minor ones, and of too small
importance to be noticed except by the cap
tious. The rather lengthy waits were due,
probably, to :" first night" and will IN.
doubtedly be avoided this evening, when the
Broom Drill aad Mother Goose Quadrille, |
ali the tsbleaux and an additional one, viii
be given, and all the spectacular features of
last evening, and when Prof. Fleissner and
Mr.. Cosgrove, Miss Fleissner and Mr.. Blu
chanan will sustain the musical part of the |
programme, and Miss Patton, who has never |
been heard here, will give readings. The |
performance ought to be better tonight, as
the performers viii be able to profit by last |
nights experience.