San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-22
BOHEMIAN GIRL.

AS Played at the Grand Opera House
a Decided Musical Success.
The Bohemian Girl IL essentially an
English opera, and when we say Eng
Itch we use the term as applied to Eng
lish speaking people, and not merely to
nationality. II WAS written by Bale for
the Pyne and Harrison opera company,
of London and the musical lyrics that Il
contains have been sung by the greatest
singers of the operate stage and the
concert room. This has made the opera
aprime
FAVoRITE WITH THE PUBLIC,
but II bad made 1t hard one to under
take inssmuch as whilst you are list en-
ing to the singer you are uDconsciously
comparing ii with the effect OF this or
that great singer that you have heard,
and making comparisons. In this case,
as n others comparison may be odius.
The Bohemian girl was played
last night and was must
word. The plot Of the play is simple
and romantic. airline" (Miss Emma
Abbott the daughter Of "Count Arm
helm" William Pruette,) is stolen by
gypsies and brought up among the tribe.
She learns to love "Thaddeus" (Senor
Montegrifio,) who is in love with 1.-THE
Queen" (LiZZie Annandale). Devils
hoof' (Walter Allen)
STEALS JEWEL
from "Floristsn" (Robert Beaumont)
the counts nephew, and it is taken from
him by 1.-THE Queen" who, being called
upon to unite airline" and "Thaddeus'
in marriage, gives airline" the stolen
jewel as wedding present. This jewel,
as 1.-THE Queen" anticipates, leads to
Arline's arrest rs thief. and she Is
brought before 1.-THE Count" for justice.
who recognizes her as his long lost
daughter. "Arline," installed in the
baronial halls OF her father, pines
for her lover; he visits her, and
being interrupted In their tete-
a-tete, airline" hides him in her
chamber. All is Well until 1.-The Queen"
acting for vengeance comes in. tells
where "Thaddeus" Is and infers naughty
things. "Thaddeus" is discovered and
reviled by 1.-THE Count" but he proves
that he is nobleman In disguise, and
the Count" joins their hands together
as their hearts have already been. The
Queen" gets mad at this happy
denOuement and
FIRES SHOT AT "ARLINE"
The weapon is turned aside by "Dev-
ilshOOf." and the shot misses its mark.
The Queen" dies and the lovers live
happy ever afterwards.
Miss Emma Abbott was Of course the
airline" of the opera and was prettily
attired, both as the Gypsy maiden aud
the Counts daughter. the dressing re-
sembling much that Of Patti In the same
role. With the latter dress she wore the
celebrated Abbott * ohinoor" diamond
in her hair and her hands and dress
sparkle with jewels Of the same charac-
ter. Her music was rendered In
excellent style, and her pathetic
rendition of the beautiful ballad. 81
dream't that | dwelt in marble halls"
was scarcely excelled by Patti, but the
triumph Of her vocslization WAS seen In
her famous bird song from the Pearl of
Brazil" introduced 10 the third act. The
audience was enthusiastic over her
singing and recalled her several times.
Miss Lizzie
ANNANDALE's PINE CoNTRALTo
voice was heard to advantage as "The
Gypsy Queen" and her beautiful rendi-
ton of the gems allotted to her was
fully appreciated and loudly applsuded.
Montegriffo as 'Thaddeus." is by no
means the beau ideal Of the character,
but he acts we'll and sings with consid-
cradle force. His songs when other
Lips" and when the Fair Land Of Po-
land" were well rendered and enthusi-
astically encored.
The "Devilshoof' Of Walter Allen was
remarkably good and his music was
we'll sung. The "Florestan" Of Robert
Beaumont and the "Buda" of Maria
Hindle were especially commendable.
One quartette by Abbott. Annandale,
Montegriffo and Allen, From the Val
leys and Hills" was remarkably we'll
executed and called for q spontaneous
and hearty round of applause rarely
heard In any theatre.
The dresses were In all cases
BRIGHT AND FRESH
and the beautiful scenery set them of to
greater advantage. All the choruses
were we'll sung and the general impress
sion was that the opera had never been
better played in the city.