St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-07
SAINT PAUL.
A WEEK OF OPERA.

w EEh ot'
The Aronson company, which pre-
sented "Erminie" at the Newmarket
last night. is not exactly, harmonious
whole, but it gave the tuneful little
opera in splendid style. Really there
are but three characters, those of En-
mimic, Ravennes and CadeauX, and they
were filled, respectively, by Helen La
mont, X. Z. Graham and Louis de
Lange. 1t would be hard to find b tier.
Miss Lamont sang the famous
lullaby in superb style, and won
richly merited recall. De Lange's
rendition of the "dickey bird song'' WAS
the hit of the evening. Graham made a
perfect "Ravvy," and completed a
strong team. The chorus, beyond the
several leaders, is rather weak, but
there is comparatively little concerted
work in "Erminie'' to show this defect,
SO the opera passed off in good style.
To the minds of many. it was the best
presentation of the n.eladiOus work ever
heard in st. Paul. "Ermine' will be
continued the first half of the week.
is
An exceptionally large and brilliant
audience. light, bright merry comic
opera, the most elaborate of costumes,
the pretfieSt of faces and certainly one
OF the most powerful Operatic casts in
tho country formed at Harris theater,
last night, success rarely achieved.
'Said PaSha' was a gO from the start.
Ii wooed and won tumutuouS applause,
and tncores were frequent. 1t may be
SAID at once that the music is sparkling,
and the librettO thoroughly amusing.
There are Oriental scenes assisting i'll
all the intricacitS which surround the
petite Serena--SPrena, the daughter of
Said PaSha, whose love for HaSsen Bey
leads her to elOpement, disguised as
sailor and under the keen and auStPre
eye of her despOtic papa. The trouble
this young lady gets into is humOrOuSly
Interesting. and the path of true love is
subsequently rolled out as charmingiy
smooth as would be required by the
most ardent lover of romance. The be-
witchng Miss Ida Mule is seen
in the roe of Serena. Her
acting is excellent and her vocal
izatiOn is extremely. pure, indeed
there are times when Miss Mule
reaches to high standard as vocalist.
She PLAYS her role with an abandon
which reminds one of Judic or Theo.
and withal Miss Mules method is alb
solutely charming and original. Tie
petite lady was frequently and deserv-
eddy encured. Miss Ada Somers as Att,
the ideal queen. and Miss Alice Gail
land in the part of Balah SUfah, ere
ated very favorable Impression. John
Z. McWade as Harsen Bey, all officer of
the Turkish patrol, looked, acted
and sang sptndidly. as did also
Francis Gaillard as Said Pasha and II.
w. Frillman as the Rajah. Fred Len
nOx aud Stanley Felch gave very droll
character to their respective parts,
Hadad and hockey. They kept the au-
dience III continuous roar OF laughter.
The chorus is thoroughly efficient and
the scenery very beautiful. Said
Pasha" Is announced TO be played the
whole of the week. The excellent i'm
preston it made upon the large audience
last night will sarely insure prosper
GUS engagement,
i
Lille Halls Swinging Beauties
opened 70 4 crowded house at the Olym-
pie last evening. Mil+. q. Barlow. the
popular minstrel, did some clever work,
the performance closing with spien-
did Olio.