The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-11-13
HAWAIIAN OPERA HOUSE.
The st. Andrews Church Association
Beneft-Large and Distinguished
Audience-A Splendid Performance


The performance of selections from
Gilbert and Sullivan's aesthetic opera
Patience" preceded by o ibach's
opere tia, The Blind Beggars, " ny Local
and visiting amateurs, filled the Ha-
waiian Opera House to the doors and
stairs on Saturday night. In the roy al
box sat their Majesties the King and
Queen, attended respectively by Mr..
Jas. W Robertson, acting Chamberlain,
and Mrs. Robertson; their ROYAL High
nesses Princess Liliuokalani and Prince
David Kawananakoa, and the Hon.
John o. Dominis. The opposite box
contained Capt. Graham, DR.. Green,
Paymaster Heap, and Lieut.. Seymour,
OF the Q. S. S. Alert Mr.. F. P Hast
ings, Z. s. Vlce-Consul, and Mrs Hast
ings, Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Giffard. H.
K. H. Princess Kaiulani, accompanied
by her father. the Hon A S Cleghorn.
| sat in the dress circle, while the Chief
Justice and three Associate Justices of
! the Supreme Court, with Honolulu soci-
| ETY. practically en- masse, were COM
! prised in the sea OF faces confronting the
stage.
The performance opened with an over
ture, ocean Pearls by the string band
| of II 3. NJ s. Swiftsure, under the lead
ership of Mr.. H. E. Loseby, bandmaster
! This was rewarded with loud and pro-
longed applause, and deservedly SO as
orchestral music Of high order. AT
two intervals in the evenings pro-
gramme, the same band gave the valse
Dorothy" and the Fantasia de Con-
cert" from II Trovatore, violin solo by
Mr.. Losebv, each with equal popularity
to that evinced for the opening piece.
| The opera Instrumentation was per-
formed, under the dictatorship of Prof.
J. w. Yarndley, by detachment OF the
| Royal Hawaiian Band led by Prof
Berger, and Mr.. Myron H. Jones on the
piano, and was in keeping with the fine
vocalism on the stages
The operetta, The Blind Beggars,"
was given by Mr.. w. J. Harding, r. N,
as "Mr. Zachariah Morgan" and Lieut..
P. S. st. John, L. N, as "AIr. Buf1es.
Suffice it to say that they rendered the
somewhat familiar piece in a manner
that kept the house convulsed from be-
ginning to end Their makeup and ex-
preston could hardly be beat. Lieut.
ST. John was to be remembered for pre-
vious acceptable appearances on this
stage, and expectation proving not to be
disappointed was doubtless excited by
his name on the Patience" programme.
1t would take more space than is at
disposal to follow the production Of the.
selections from Patience" all through.
Applause followed every scene and many
were repeated in Difference to irresistible
recalls. The dramatis persona were
as follows;
Col. Calverly ........ Mr. F. NJ. Swanzy
Major Murgatroyd Mr.. E. w. Holdsworth
Lieut. the Duke OF Dunstable Mr. T. May
Officers of Dragon Guards)
Reginald Bunthorne Ga feshlv poet)
Observation-Disclosures. Mr. T. R. Walker
Archibald Grosvenor IAN idyllic poet)
................ Lieut.. st. John, R.N.
The Lady Angela ..... Miss Rhodes
The Lady Saphir ............ Miss Mist
The Lady Ella. ........... Miss Dowsett
Patience Ia dairy maid). Miss Rose Make
Dragoons-under above otficers-Messrs.
J. E. Brown, Wray Taylor. Carl Wide
mann, w. s. May, Geo. E. Smithies,
w. H. Baird, and two marines from H.
B. NJ. S. Cormorant.
Chorus of MaidenS-with ladies named
above-Misses Marie Won Holt, Ethel
Wodehouse, Pauahi Judd, Edith Mist,
Bernice Barnard, Zoe Atkinson, May
Atkinson, Nina Green, Flora Glade,
Clara Glade, and Adrienne Dudoit.
The chorus of maidens, charmingly
costumed to their individual good taste,
took the house by storm merely by the
tableau they formed as the curtain rose.
As they sang, " Twenty love-sick maid
ems we, in excellent accord and delight
full cadences, the conquest of the audi
enCe was complete. There was scarcely |
enough enthusiasm reserved for the more |
complete capitulation OF the house, when |
Miss Rose Makee in the title role bli:hely |
tr1pped down stile in the rear, and, |
attired bewitchingly as a dairy maid,
with fresh posy in the recess OF her |
poke bonnet, came forward warbling, in |
clear, birdlike notes, d" cannot tell what |
this love may be-" Plaudits at her sue
cessful debut in opera showed this young |
than even that she achieved formerly in
amateur comedy.
The chorus Of Dragons, with Mr..
Swanzy's jauntily sung solo, When l
first put this uniform on" was the next
grand hit of the evening. 1t was well
sung and acted and the spectacular effect
of the handsome scarlet uniforms and
nodding plumes was very beautiful.
There was nothing for it, but to have the
scene doubled upon. Mr.. 7. Rain
Walker next appears in a superb imper-
sonation of the aesthetic character so
much talked of few years ago-clad in
the ideal garb, doting on a lily, striking
extravagant attitudes. 1t is needless to
say that his musical performance was
excellent, but his display OF not only
art, but qualities to adorn
comedy, must have been revelation to
many, being such as would grace the
boards in any role where appropriate.
Miss Rhodes gave a charming inter
probation of the part of the Lady
Angela" both when appearing in the
duet with Patience"-" Long Years
Ago"-and in the sestette and chorus
" hear the soft note" when Miss Mist
and Miss Dowsett also came out in very
fine relief. These grand hits were on
either side of the duet between Pa
tience" and "Grosvenor'' Lieut.. St.
john, " Prithee, pretty maiden" which
was exquisitely rendered and compelled
to repetition.
Where all achieved such success as
the unlimited enthusiasm OF the auditory
attested, short space need be the only
apology for lightly touching the giving Of
the second act.