The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-04-15

A large and brilliant audience assem-
bled Tuesday evening at the Hawaiian
Opera house to enjoy the first perform
ance in this city of Gilbert and Sullivan Is
Opera, The Mikado, or the Town OF Tit.
pu. We cannot remember the time
when there was larger audience in the
building. In the Royal box were His
Majesty the King, H R H. Princess
Liliuokalani, Hons John o. Dominis and
A. S Cleghorn, while in the audience
were noticed members OF the diplomatic
and consular corp, officers of the men-of-
war in port, and prominent residents OF
the city.
The house was warm and kindly, and
was quite ready to be pleased with any
efforts OF the amateurs, but when it was
found, as the piece went on, how adj
mirably it was mounted, how tasteful
were the groupings, how gorgeous the
dresses, and above all how excellently
the piece had been caste and how tho
roughly " up" in both music and action
each member of the company was, kind
illness turned to enthusiasm, and applause
rang and rang through the house.
The cast was as follows;
The Mikado of Japan Mr.. r. Monteagle
10 Ko (Lord High Executioner). -.
.....................M Mr.. E- F. Bishop
Pooh Bah Lord High Everything Else)
Mr.. W Levers
Pish Tush "a Noble Lord). .............
..................M Mr.. G. Widemann
Yum Yum Sisters, Miss F. J. Nolte
Pitt Sing Wards of I Mrs. J. Bowler
Peep Bo Ko Ko. Miss NJ. Lishman
Katisha ian elderly lady in love with
Nanki Pool. 80. Mrs. w. w. Dimond
HI Kiehi Attendant to the Mikado)...
....................W w. T. Monsarrat
Lo Shu (Attendant to Ko Ko).
................. Gertrude Brown
Act Court Yard, 10 Kos House.
Act 2-Ko Kos Garden.
Chorus of Ladies-Mrs J. F. Brown,
Mrs A. P. Peterson, Mrs. W Berlo-
witt, Mrs. H. Lose, Mrs. Livingstone,
Mrs. NJ. Keohokalole, Misses Birch Fan
ming, Walker, Eva Hart, Lyle, Jane and
Katie Lishman, Lizzie and May Cum
minis, Mary Rowland, Alice Clark, Eve
Ign Dexter and Ida Dover.
Chorus OF Gentlemen-Messrs. W. w.
Dimond, Geo. Z Smithies, W. Rich
ardson, w. T. Monsarrat, w. S. May,
J.Waibel, J. Hubash, R. More, j. ALLAH,
F. Kruger, W. G. Greig, E Stiles, II.
a Widemann, Jr., NJ Phillips, Thee.
Wolff, C. Kaiser, w. Brash, G. Crozier,
S. Z. PIERCE, H. Davidson, c. Warren
and Vaughan.
Principally at O'Clock, Prof Berger
the bandmaster, and FIVE members of
the band entered the orchestra, and were
loudly applauded as they took their seats
attired in japanese costume. A moment
later Prof. Sauvlet the musical conductor,
made his appearance, and in his get-up
looked every inch like real Jap. The
overture to the Mikado was well played
by the orchestra, Mana Widemann pre-
siding at the piano.
The opera opens with chorus of men,
eli YOU want to know" This was ad-
mirably rendered, the bass and tenor
blending well and being properly bal
anced The grouping of these gentle
men of Japan" was very effective, and
the change in attitude, during the chorus,
well done. The use OF the fan, through
out the piece, was very appropriate and
pretty adjunct Indeed the fans told
much of the story-they were angry, they
were playful, they could even be pathe-
tic, and then again they were really use
full. The gentlemen of the chorus must be
highly congratulated on their success.
The entrance of Nanki-Poo (Mr w.
II. Hoogs) commenced the interest in the
piece. His rendering of &c A Wandering
Minstrel " at once stamped him as one
of the foremost tenors in the city. His
voice is clear as a bell, fresh and plea
SAINT. A true tenor is rare to find, and
Mr.. Hogs is fortunate to possess it.
Nothing in long time has given us so
much pleasure as to hear those clear and
well-trained notes. Then there is GER
tain dash about the style with which
Mr.. Hogs delivers his numbers and
PLAYS his part. To say that the tenor
looked well, will 60 without saying, all
tenors are handsome, and Mr.. Hoogs is a
tenor. Throughout the piece the tim
bre " OF Mr.. Hogs voice lent marked
success to the performance.
After the very pretty tenor solo, came
- cOuk OuA SAOal 4u1h dOO ny
lush (M- Carl Widemann) which was
very well rendered, and then came for
ward Pooh Bah (Mr. w. II. Lewers) in a
most admirable makeup. His render
ing of the song Young man, despair
and his acting throughout the opera de-
serves the highest credit. In concerted
music, his voice was exact and showed
cultivation as was amply displayed in
the quartette $50, please you, Sir" the
trio Il am so proud" of the first act,
and several numbers in the second act.
Mr.. LEVERS powers as a comedian are
Of a very high order. His rendering of his
part was perfect.
Then came Ko-Ko Mr.. E. Faxon
Bishop, the Lord High Executioner,
with heart so tender that he could not
slaughter a guinea pig. The character is
exquisitely funny, and Mr.. Bishop GER
fainiy made the most of the fun. Any
thing more comical than the love-making
scene between Ko-Ko and Katisha, or
the scene where the unfortunate execu-
toner finds he has executed, or rather
has been supposed to have executed, the
Mikado's son, or perhaps best of all
when Ko-Ko tries to reconcile himself to
Yum 1um's accepting the caresses of
Nanki-Poo-in which there is such adj
mlrable bye-play-will be hard to beat
A., 10 f,r opr- Ofhar cfo~a NJ