St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-28
SIX Il MED
The New Opera Makes a Big Hit in
Thc Initial PrOductiOM--A Good
Company and Lots of FUN.


Thc Initial PrOductiOm--A Good
Company ard Lots of FUN.
The opera house management made a
very good hit in arranging to have .'Er-
mimic" for the holiday week. 1t is CAP
ital holiday opera. bubbling all over with
fun, and containing nothing too heavy for
after dinner digestion. The plot is trivial
and yet sufficiently dramatically consistent
| to be interesting. But the plot has very
little TO 90 with the success OF the opera.
That comes from the brightness of the mu-
sic and the cleverness of the act
| Ors in interpreting the fresh and
well-Wrtten librettO. The music
Is not pretenSOus nor is it marked lby any
| vigorous scoring; and vet it is charming.
There IS taking mellifluous quality In the
numbers, and the Orchestration is very
effective. ''Erminie" is full of those
| bright. catching numbers of the French
style which are the delight of the whisting
| fiends, and by to-day it will be imposs bic
TO pass street crossing without hearing
somebody whstling an air from the opera.
| The production Of the opera by the Aron-
son Casino company at the Grand last night
was wholly enjoyable performance. 1t went
with snap and swing that was exhiliarat-
| ing. The large audience took quickly TO
the bright music of the opening scenes. and
events came thick and fast until the cur
| tain fell on the last act In scenic
effect the opera is one of the most exquisite
OF almost anything we have ever had in this
city, the pink ball room of the second act
| being "a dream of beauty" The costum-
ing is perfecT in its way, and both setting
and production merited the enthusiasm
which was manifested. The company is
smooth and well balanced. While hardly
up to Pauline Hall in her vocalization. Miss
Manola interpretS the part of ..Erminie'
with exquisite skill and grace. Her sing
| ing was good throughout and reached the
| heighth of excellence in Erminie's
solo Dear Mother. in Dreams [
See Thee" which was sung with fine
effect. The melting tenderness of the de-
lightfully pretty bye. bye" chorus makes
this the gem of the opera. Miss Urquarts
CerlSe was an impersOnation of graceful
dignity. while Miss Leslie was as
chic and chirruppy as cricket. Miss
Ihropp as Dulaney makes an ideal young
officer, and Miss Stuart gives a cOn.ical
impersonatlOn of the Princess. The char
acterS OF the two famous thieves, Ravennes
and Cadeaux, give life TO the performance.
| Solomon as the latter give as rollicking a
| rendition OF the two parts as can be seen in
lifetime. They enter upon the scene easy
and are the life and soul of every important
| situation till the final curtain. George
Applebys fine tenor voice elected the most
enthusiastic applause of the many meri-
torous vocal performances of the evening.
| The same bill tonight
AT THE DIME MUSEUM.
There were large crowds at the Seventh
| street museum yesterday. and the attrac-
| tons seemed to catch on. In curio hall
| Rittia Bey showed his skill with the knife.
and on the upper stage a series of speciality
acts were presented. In the main theater
Joseph IL. Keane, supported by his own
company, presented ''Solon Single" a
comedy well known. and gave evident sat
| iSfactOn. While Keane gives an con-
ventiOnal Scion it is by no means without
merit.
| AT THE OLYMPIC.
| There was a good sized audience at the
| Olympic theater last evening. The boards
are occupied this week by good variety
show. A number Of the actors are excel
lent in their parts, notably Ned Thatcher,
Fields and Bnrdell. Billy Wisdom. Roger
and Belle D0lan. Some changes in the
program will be made during the week.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
isn't that man ugly was the remark of
| one lady to another as Appleby first made his
appearance. ''Yes, he is, but his voice
| atones for all his ugliness,'' was the reply.
And when later on he sang his delightful solo
the atonement verdict was made unanimous.
1t was not known that Fred Solomon had SO
much genuine comedy in his nature until he
| took the part of CadeauX i'll ''Ermine." He
| gives drollery to the part that equals, if it
does not eclipse, Frank Daniels '0ld Sport
There is a striking resemblance between
! Manola and Jarbean, the former being the
| handsomest. Both have the same vivacious
style. and singularly enough there is a SINH
| larity in the tone OF their voices.
The st. George snowshoers showed of In
! great shape ar the opera last evening. They
| occupied the front rows, and the boys looked
| Just too awfully sweet in their new uniforms.
Il am going out TO hear what the Dickey
| birds say" is the apology the young man now
makes to his lady companion as he steps out
between the &C s.
The chorus of the Erminie company is very
| strong, and there is a great deal OF chorus
| work to be done.
The opera was good hit and will go.
Chamber of Con meTce Routine.
AT the meeting of the board of directors