Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20


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THE OPERA.
A Charming Performance OF .suIantnc.'
The initial rendition Of Gilbert g SuIIi-
vans new work, = iulanthc or the Peer
and the Peril by SnyIer n t'rai'S op,r.s
company, attracted a large and brilliant
audience to Fulton opera house last even
ing. Popular interest in the composition,
had been thoroughly aw.<card by tin:
reports of it's success in Phiiadesplri.:.
New York and elsewhere, aud the luca!
appetite was whettcd by the war between
rival companies during the past few days,
which, if it did not exactly shake the
community from centro to circumference,
was tho occasion of :. great deal nt per
spiratiOn on the part of the antagonistic
managers. 1t is only Just to say that las
nights performance fully realized tho
reasonable expectations OF the au,i;9ict,
who listened with pleasure to Sullivati'S
pretty music and laughed ut the
keen satire and tingling lIumor
that Gilbert, with his usual facility.
has infused into this latest production OF
his faciIe pen. Occasionally they broke.
out into al encore which was we'll dies cry
ed, and which seemed to please the ss.--
eral performers amazingly. The score of
IOlanthe' abouuds i'll pretty goilis of
fancy, but the music as Il whole is rather
puzzling to the average listener that is, thc
airs arc not catching as is the case
with most of Suliiyan's compositions
and while not lacking in the faculty ~
pleasing the ear, are generally OF an Gus
i've sort, and dextrOusly parry the effort to
fix them in the mind with o.ic hearing.
There are u few exquisite numbers, but
an examination OF the score does not show
anything essentially new or nIigi-
nal in Sullivan's work, while the
Observant listener is continuously
confronted With Or reminded Of some of
| the composers earlier productions. MI.
Sullivan's facility for clever instruments
| ton is turned to good account, and if hast
nights orchestra was not wholly efficient.
in developing its beauties, the auIcnc,,
were not deprived entirely OF the oppoItu-
! nifty to pass upon and commend tliisi
feature of the opera. Among the COR
certed pieces the quartet in the second
act was quick to populaiizo itself, while
| the chorus effects are admirably wrought
out and emphasize Mr.. Sullivan's uner-
ring judgment in this important phase of
successful Opcratic composition.
| Of the librettO not much need DO :,ais?.
since an extended review of It's character
| lately appeared in these columns. it is lii
| Mr.. Giibert's liveliest vein. displaying the
| broad grasp of his humor, the delicious
| satire that he knows SD we'll how to use,
| with u gleam of the poetic fcelIDr that
turks behind mich OF his writing Or inter
pOlates itself at y most unexpected juno
ture. While palpably aimed at the ::b
surdties and pompous dignity whlcl,
80 largely characterize the British
House of Lords, all American audience is
given ample room to catch the spirit Of
the unctuOus humOr that flows througI,
the authors meaning, and laughter ana
mirth are constantly stirred at some new
turn of Gilbert's witty conceit.
Much is to be said in applause of
the company that sang and acted the
opera with great acceptability TO the
large audience who last night heard it,
many of them for. the first time. Mr.
Louis De eLange made the hit of the eVe,i
ing by his humorous pOrtraiture nl tine
Lori Chancellor, giving evidence o: Il iuli
appreciation of the humOr of the part,
and he repeatedly brought down the
house. The song "Said to myself, said
l." brought out triple encore, the i'm
provised verses apparently being highly
the long "patter song in tine
second act, which was equally we'll done,
received the compliment of an enthusisi.;-
tic demand for its repetition, as did several
other of Mr.. DeLange's weI.-consi.lercd
performances. Mr.. Hampshire's fine tenor
was heard to advantage in the pretty
music Lord 70lloller has to sing, while
Mr.. West sized up well to the exactions
/ of the part of the Enrl Of JOunt A7nrGt.
| The StrephOn Of Mr.. Clarke was fairly we'll
done, the gentleman making heroic and
generally successful attempt to overcome %
| huskiness which at the outset of the per
fOrmance impcded him Miss Bessie GIcy,
| as Phyllis, manifested Il disposition to flat
early in the evening, but corrected herself
before she had gone far ; she sang several
duets with Strephon, and while the "G"nd
morrow, good lover" very pretty ar,
was not given with adequate effect, their
| failure on this was compensated later on.
| Miss Helen Dayne's Iolanths and Miss
Elma DelarO's Fury U"een were both
capital performances, and the other
! individual characters were amply suS-
tained, while the chorus of fairies and Of
peers left little to be desired. The orches-
| ira did the best they knew how, though
through lack of numbers and contributing;
causes, they signally failed to develop the
manifold beauties Of the score. The cos
tunes were very pretty, but the scenic
effects were not Of much account.
Hide stolen.
This morning 4 country butcher went
into the market house to attend his iiuSi-
neSS and left hiS team ON Est Il inu