Daily Republican., 1889-06-13
FIFTH edition.
The Choral Clubs Trinmp,,

Last evening was stormy and tor,a
bling, but nevertheless the Opera g,oa' Inmo.
was crowded with an appreciallye AUS a"s.
enco to see what Wilminptonlans a",'i, SI,
do In the way Of operate pertorman"a1a ,ou,a
THE Bohemian Girp was the ,hr"a'a..
opera that brought out tie Loms ,sIaa.
Inc audience was more than pleased
with what they saw and heard, and rons
present VIII Tor moment donb, thst
there Is operate talent In Wilmit p,on a
least equal to any other city In lhe l'nja"
oil larger pretenlions. The brilliant rNa
TUNES of the members Of ttr Cbos,,
Club wele a feature OF the uc a.ior E,,na
very costly. Mr.. N. ID. Cluwatd looL5
every inch of his six feet uLd mo,e ~
height sovereign in Count Arnlsim
III i5 full, sonOrous voice reached svsr,
part OF the house and was rsl,t,i,,p.,
applaudcd. lie was compelled n ~
swer recalls in some Of his snlos,
j.. James jackson, in tie MT NJ
Devil's-hoof, the leader OF tbs 6arA ot
gypsies, admirably performed ii, ra+
lie was 10 spleHdid tone aud seemed IA
enter into the real spirit OF the perform.
ance. He was no better siuger than ia
was an actor, and he not only hsn,rfS
his audience with eympatheie patbm
but with an uncomfortable suirit Of mlrtb
as he entered the Counts PALACE
stranger to such places, and / sted tbs
spring chsirs, sofas and ca. hious By
the time he was through with bis igspes.
tion he had run to slab his likehes
through mirror, had bDwn As Iae,
white with powder, had drank to iRtori.
cation, had Tammed all the alnall artisla
he could find, including burning candles
into his spacious pockets and went il
with them. jackson couli uut be sE.
celled.
Miss Kate Bissell, as Airline, won well
deserved appreciation Ci her musieL
talent. The solo, 81 Dreamed Dwelth
Marble Halls" was most rilectuslly rsn.
Lered, and her love episode with Ttsd.
deus, the Polish refugee, was well pet.
formed, though little backwafdnta
was shown. which was quite cxcusabie Ia
an amateur and one so young Miss Bs
sell had several times TO respond to .a.
cores.
Miss Mary Thielman could not hla
better performed her part as the Grpy
| Queen If she had been born and n,ei
among these wandering triues. liH sAA
were alphabetically rendered and were
rep atedly encored, and who're anger wa
to predominant she was equal to thi
emergency. Her countenance When sic
married airline and Thad,ltas sh wed \
capacity of acting far beyond tile ANA
tour.
Mr.. G. II. Turner, the only actor uOt
Wilmlngtonian, was faultess In bis ief.
souation OF Thaddtus OF Poland. llI
solos we're nearly all encored and grace
ful recall followed. Mr.. Turner'S hisl
notes were very high aud clear and
brought forth repeated applause.
Elmer Benson, In the part OF flOTl1
stein, nephew OF Count Arnheim, In al
dHshy costume was u prominent ltaluT
OF the east. He was somewhat aunoyln
to the Count, but 1t WAS his part 10 be Sc
and none could have performed bis PAL
better.
George Iogue also did sp'enlilly
singing, speaking and acting, in ia
where all did SO well 1t were hlii to III
crminate.
Little Miss Hawkins who personal
airline, as a child, did her part adm
ably, and Miss Ella McCracken, her
tendant, was equally to be praised
The cEoruses by the whole cast w
well rendered, the moving around and
termingiing Of the gypBtes being high
characters ic OF the wicrd children
the woods.
The ever changing costumes Of tho
engaged kept the audience on the tpt
OF expectancy for something new, u
court costumes were simply grand
The tableaux and gypsy dances We
splendidly given. The only thing 10
complained of was the length of the ?
formance, and this was not on account
lack of interest, but merely that Ii
O'Clock was late hour for persous
customed to retiring early.
Professor Emil Gastel was musical
rector and the Germania Orchestra
Philadelphia, furnished the music,
companied by I. Leslie Carpenter on
piano All were fautl6es.
Mr.. Cloward has insured himself
large audience whenever he shall a!
come before the Wilmington public.
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