The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08

prisoner, Thaddons escaping, DeYllshooI
|also escapes from the castle, ahd neala
Airline away into the forest despite oil Efforts
/ 10 rnest hin.
Twelve years are supposed 20 have
elapsed. Airline, now gfOgn To- woman.
I hood with the gypaIps ~ beihrOthed
| 10 Thaddens who lnCufs this enmity OF The
.quetn who Is herself In love with him, In
tne meanwhile FlOrenstcin, Young Top
aud a nephew TO the count Is also fascinat-
ed by tho beautiful airline, aud one day
Idlscoyers q stolen medallion on her neck.
aud which had been insduously placed
there by the Jealous gnl fevengeiui queen,
I WHO had taken II from Flofonstein when he
was intoEiualed. He claims IL, brings her
beiOTe the justice. She declares her limo.
|cence, but appearances are against her and
he Judge DEGREES her to jail. She Is bout
10 end her life, when suddenly the judge,
Count Anthem Princelf, discovers on her
srm the mark left by the stag, and recog-
nizes in the Gypsy girl his long.lost child.
An eiieeting scene closes the act.
Next we have Airline restored TO hor rank
and station, but she cannot forget her
Gypsy iin and brave lover who renews
bis sui The lovers are betrayed
by the 81 vious queen. The father IS an
fingered uud orders of Thaddeus who then
Exhibits h's commission and thus sil"" 'ls
noble blood. The devs ed pair are there
Upon united. and the enraged Gypsy queen
ordered them to be shot. By the timely
Intervention of Devilshoof, however, they
are saved, and ball dir :cted TO the heart
Of the queen, causes her immediate death
The foregoing is substantially the story.
Its rendition in the opera by the st. Quin,
ten troupe last night was the subject OF
various comments appreciation by mahy
and unfavorable by some. The former
we're more than pleased the latter seemed
somewhat disappointed. The solution OF
this probably is that much that was rend-
cred was really good, other parts not 40
good. The chorusses, though IN happy &C.
cord, were weak except in the third act When
the iull strength came out in the IT'S he
PITS he, my father" which was
animated, strong and effective.
For the first act there is but little com
ment to be made, as there is but little III IL,
being merely Introductory OF the plot
Miss ST.. Guinten's ~ dreamt dwelt IN
marble halls" was rendered with pathos
and effectiveness finely comoiced ana gave
general satisfaction. In the same act the
1uartette by the soprano, the mezzo.sopra-
no, the baritone and the base OF respective
Y Miss ST. Quinten, Miss Starr, Mr.. Stan
ey and Mr.. Wolf, Yves one OF the best offer
ngs Of the evening. and the audience so
Recognized it,. Avn,
MlearC UOWeu GOWu, w fobN
etc.'O by the count, unprecedented by Mr..
KYLE, the baritoue, failed to elicit an ell
core. It seemed to be sung rathsr as
matter of dry duty than as emanattng from
an actor thoroughly in love with hls art
and enthused with tie sentiment. Prop
erly rendered, it would have brought down
the house.
In the fourth act, the solo by Mr.. STAN
lev, of when other lips and hearts (or
Then you'll remember me'D was en-
cored, and his smooth tenor compelled TO
a return Arline's solo, by Miss st. Quin-
ten, of Behold the only living thing" was
superb, and her clear, sweet, correct voice
enthused the entire au1ience.
The subsequent trio of soprano, tenor and
bass by St. Quinten, Stanley and Wolf was
4 likewise up 10 requirements. Mr.. Stanley
also showed to excellent advantage in what
4 would appear to be his forte, I'm the Fair
\ Land OF Poland" addressed TO the count in
the presence of Airline. This opera offers
I hut little for either Mr.. Wolf or Miss Starr:
l but what there was for them to do they did
we'll
Taken as a whole. the performance may
be scored as q success. 1t is full OF sweet
ans. bat Of hard, difficult music as well ,and
the company have thus shown themselves,
Il with cher main singers at least, as artists
'ldutte up to their work in all its parts: and
4 AS such We cheerfulIy commend its efforts.
Miss st. Quinten cannot be too highly
spoken of for the roles she undertakes;
II She is an actress and o songstress, full OF
Ilspirlt, cheerfulness, vivaoty and magnet
Ilism, and she would be star with any
lloperatic troupe.