The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-02-02
Biii Nye. Opera

cism ] shall Try 10 be perfectly frank 20
mention any defects. aud yet ! shall try 10
avoid hurting the auiI a feelings. want
10 score the operei,a meroiicas hand
aud ye, ! do not wish i've myself need
less pain
The opereita i,sefis led The Sipged
Cat. because Il is reall 20 much better
than IL seems TO be The music was com.
posed partly by myself and partly by a
ocunt who plays on the Terry boats in sum.
mer and has his winters TO himself Hc
does not wish TO have bis name used, be-
cause, as he says, he Is afraid that foreign
powers will get on 10 II aud make him come
back to attend to the count business again
He ssysi It is very disagrceable TO be
eount aud live on long slim pedigree and
what the nelgbbofs bring Ia from time to
time
The orchestra opens the preiormsnos
with selection from tho "flying Duteh-
mau, Difficult as il may sppear. the or
ches,fa makes good selection from ibis
gentleman, and il is played, well after eve
rything is ready. II takes some little time
for an orchestra to get ready. The man
who bites of the first Joint OF the clarionet
breathes few liquid notes, the first yio-
lin sounds "a aud the gentleman with
the bassoon looks up into its dark recesses
TO see if any cayenne or kittens have been
deposited there since he played last. The
superintendent of the large violin stands
II upon end and feels Of It's stlccato. He
then chalks his bow aud the leader whis-
pers in a low voice TO the man who sail
Yates the cornet The snare drum solost
gets bis assortment Of drums into semi
circle, hangs bis triangle where he can get
at 1t, runs bis eye over the xylophoue,
sleigh bells, bird call. picket fence, bones,
castenet, cymbals, Swiss bells and fortis-
simo. The leader writes his autograph 10
the atmosphere with stick aud the band
goes into committee OF the whole with a
wild snort. A difficult piece then follows.
Some Of the audience are heard TO state
that they wished it had been no difficult
that the orchestra could not have played
it.
The curtain now rises, and primary
school OF over 800 pupils is seen passing
In review across the stage, singing q song
of 40 verses, meantime going through q
system Of calislhenics. In making one
uight stands with "The Singed Cat most
any primary school will do with few
rehearsals for this chorus. Get these
children secured in advance and oil their
parents will come to sec how the children
look on the stage. ! thought Of this my.
self
A beautiful soprano now comes on 40
compained by her voice, and wonders
where Felix is. She decides to sing
small song while waiting for him The
song is an arpeggio with diatonic scales
on it. 1t begins low and futteripg like
the cry OF wounded pigeon, aud grad
ually soars upward, like the price Of coal,
and ends with eomo artistic gargling
which suggest warble in the upper
register.
As she gets more confidence 10 herself
she becomes more irritated because Felix
did not get there at the same time he
said be would.
The prima donna OF the "Singed Cat
has pleasant voice full OF timbre sna
fine allegro movement bordering on 0
andaute. Mr.. Riley, who has heard b Or,
says that when she pulls out the last Joint
on her crescendo and opens her upper reg
lister, her mouth looks not unlike stab
in the dark. She sings with the whole
arm movement and her action is good as
she goes by the judges stand. She has
selection in the second act called "Back to
Or Mountains, 10 which she starts oil
with q retard 10 which sbe emts chest
note which tests the acoustics Of the hall,
that she is tickled to get back TO back 10
her mountains, such as they are, and. is
pleased with the altitude. She has assist
ed In "Tbe Damnation Of Faust, bat 9TH
erwise her conduct has been good. She
is widow, her husband being deceased
He was listening to the song Of Ia buzz
saw near Saltwater, MINI, 10 1872. aud
got aD idea tbut the saw had something
to communisate and desired
TO take him apart for that purpose. At
any rate, be was IN that condition when
they found him. For that reason her mu.
sic was frequently fearful aud often SOL
feggio in spots. Her repertoire il very
large and has a lid on IL. The only criti-
cism that feel warranted 10 making, and
/ bate TO do that. is that she has slightly
her voice by trying several years
ago to sing duet with herself and thus
draw two salaries
When the applause had died away Felix
comes 10 vith baritone voice and dimin.
ished triad. He thinks Of the first voice
while the piccolo makes few desaltory
could not get there when be agreed 10
because the jury disagreed. or something
Of that kind. He swallows sn imaginary
clan with the she'll on IT. aud begins in =
low. passe roundelsy which develops into
a duodecimo ron He is accompanied by
a running mate, consisting Of Hute with
large red mustsebe over the main en-.
tfsnes.
Tue ''5inged Cat will be produced st
the Polo grounds early 10 January. Let
there be- fuil house
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