Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-30
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Flying Dutchman at the Grand
Opera House.

OPCid AAouSS'
The Juch opera company gave Wag-
ner's Flying Dutchman last night before
fair audience, at the Grand. The per-
formance was nothing like the produc-
ton of Faust or Lohengrin by the same
company last week. In answer to q
possible adverse criticism on Wagner's
composition, it may be said that The
Dutchman is hardlya distinctively Wag-
ner opera. 1t is like Renzi, one of his
earliest productions. In Rienzi the
Wagner idea appears in its first ele-
mentary forms, and in the Dutchman
this idea is only little advanced. In
Lohengrin and Tannhauser the idea is
we'll wrought out, and reaches its high
est state of development in the Twilight
of the Gods and in Parsiphol.
The staging of The Dutchman last
night was very fine, the marine scenes,
with their scudding clouds, being excel
lent. The first act is composed mostly
of rather tiresome recitative,, and the
songs in it fall to the part of the bari
tone largely, and the Flying Dutchman,
being sung by Mr.. Rathjens, who was
very hoarse, that role was unfortunately
marred. Vetla, as the other captain,
has no such scope for his abilities as in
the roles of Mephisto and King Henry.
Payne Clark sang quite acceptably the
part of Erick. Miss Juch, as Senta,
was in all respects most satisfactory. She
failed to elicit the rapturous applause
of other appearances simply because.
! the role does not call for her best work.
The second act with its famous spin
ming chorus is the best in the opera
but after all the chorus is made up en-
tirely of women's voices, and lacks
depth, force and solidity. The duet at
the end of this act, between Senta and
The Dutchman, aroused the audience to
a'great pitch of enthusiasm, resulting in
bringing the two participants before the
audience.
For tonight change of programme
will be noted. Instead of Tell, the
opera will be Verdi's Rigoletto, the
score and story of which are both famil-
lar to opera-goers. The cast embraces
large proportion of the strength of the
company:
Rigoletto, his court jester Otto Rathjens
Spara1uelie bravo ...... PfauI yelta
Mornilo, Hi friend Of the duke P. n. Knight
Borsa, friend of the duke .... VIM. Spephen
Count Ceprano friend of the duke. .S.H. Dudley
An Usher. -. ......... ........... Geo. Warde
Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter. 80. ..........
................ .Georgine Won Januschowsky
Giovanna. her nurse .,. . -. Marie Freebert
Madalena, Sparafucile's sister Jessica DeVernet
Countess Ceprano. ................ Rose Emerson
Page e.......................... Jennie Flower
MISS ADELAIDE MOORE AS JULIET.
At the Los Angeles last night a
rather thin house assembled to see Miss
Adelaide Moore and her select company
in Romeo and Juliet. The surfeit
of amusement of the past and
present week, the threatening as
pect of the weather, the great
attraction at the other house
and the fact that Miss Moore is not vet
known here well, all combined to make
the house rathey thin. The company is
fairly well selected one, containing
some people who are well trained
Shakesperean artists, some OF them
maintaining we'll the methods of the old
school. Mr.. Wheelock is good Mer-
cutio and Mr., Clement dashing young
Romeo. Miss Moore was evidently suf-
fering from a severe cold, so that she
was very hoarse. She entered into the
impassioned part OF the role with great
vigor. The play will be repeated
tonight.