The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-05-17
The Cantata.

The beautiful sacred c~rniaia, Ruth, The
M0abitess," by Broad, which was given lust
a year ago with such Cclat, was repeated nl
the opera house on last Friday evening. A
very large aud select audience assembled to
greet the performers and Notwithstanding the
| performance last wear was so excellent, the |
universal verdict was that the present rcndi-
ton was superior to the former one. The fol- !
lowing was the cast Truth, Miss HarrIeiie
Jewell; Naomi, Miss Mabel Lyme; Orpah,
Miss Berta RichardsOn; lsraelitish Woman
and Jewish Maiden, 'I.ss Birdie Wallace;
Boaz. Mr.. A, W. Smith; First Reaper. Mr..
w. II. ChIlcs; Messenger. Capt. j. ID. Con-
ner; Assistant Reaper. Prof. w. A. Wilson.
Chorus Of lsraclitcs, cleaners, reapers, bin
ders,Lc. Sopranos and Altos Misses Maud
Burden, Sallie Gordon, Mamie Gordon, Bir-
die Gundlack, Annie Hines, Maggie Hyde,
Ida Hyde, Bessie Huston. Lucle LaBertew,
Alice Peak, May Peak, Bette Waddell and
Laura Mitchell. Tcnors aid Blsses:-Messrs
Eaton. Yingling, Gordon, Hoffman, McCann,
Hamlen, Allen. Kelley, WaddelI. Wallace,
Howe, Grady and McClclIand. Tableau:-
Misses Annie Hickman. Bessie Wallace, May
Stanley, Florence Wallace, Allie Keller.
Laura Hyde, Daisy francisco and Mamie
Huston.
IL will be observed that while the male
solo parts were taken by the same persons as
last year. the female characters with The ex-
cepiiOn OF Orpah were entirely different. The
persOnne of the chOruses was very materially
changed.
Miss Jewell iii .DIayed wonderful versa,il-
ity- psnpplally in ynirp nv aSsuu,tpu tha nan
trallo role OF Ruth instead of the soprano
part Of Naomi" taken by her with such sue
cess last year. She sang the part with grand
, success and threw all her strong dramatic
powers into the character making il the feat
ure Of the evening. She was costumed in a
= very picturesque and tasteful manner and il
. was no wonder that BOaz was SO touched
with her beauty rs 10 become perfectly rcck-
{ less with his barley crop.
n Miss Mabel LNne, VINO graduates this year
in vocal music at the b. +, land who Is one
OF Miss JEWELS most successful pupils. took
! The difficult and trying part Of Naomi and
was watched perhaps with more interest than
I any other on the stage. this being her dcLuI
=. In dramatic music. Miss Lyme has u petite
though very graceful figure. u lovely and ex.
) pressiNG face aud II voice that wins its way
u with every one. Her voice has been cult.
Waited 10 a nicriy snd she male a grand sue.
r cess Of her role. Her simple white costume
"A her fearful ynd tuneful voice, her expressive
action Of face and figure was a treat 10 tE'
$ eye and ear not soon To be forgotten. Mis-
LyUe'S dramatic instinct is fine. and although
all yiyacily was rcprcssed in The sombre rol,
7 nf &. Naomi - n VNIS puLtiy 70 L.. .,M., HAT -,
brighter part In regular OPERA. she woul'
shine Respondent. We would like TO see he
Z In such.
C Miss Richardson repeated her last year
part Of "Orpah," aud although the part
short and limited la the second net, yet il Is
a, leading one. and much al the success 0i Ia,
long but beautiful act depends on "Orpnh.
70 Miss Richardson improved greatly on he
l. performance oi last year, singing her mus
with artistic finish and expression and throw
nd Ing herself completely into the character ~
sumed. one never tires Of her lovely voic
sweet In solo, tender AM sympathetic In pm
'rt music and predominant in choral. Miss !
@. Is and will always he = ~fay0rite with II Leg
inStOn audience.
ID. Miss Birdie Wallace. who Is another of ol
nd rising vOcllisis, acqI.it-cd herself with mu,
credit In the Two short roles assigned 10 he
ia Miss " allace inheriis from her mother tn
at sweetness OF voice that always charms al
with the advanced culture which she has c
,Iv joyed always delights her auditors.
,or The cantala was accompanied .thrOugho
by that accomplished musician and amiat
~, lady, Miss Katie S Hollis, and was thereto
all that could be desired. We have no read
nor more reliable pianist than Miss H., II
one more musicianly In her entire natur
,as and she is indispensable in such underla
-. ings.
~. We spoke At length last year Of the gent
men ana VIII not repeat. They all made il
INV proycmenis on their first appearance n
were greeted with applause ny the audirnC
a,r The chorus while not equal to that of |;
year was satisfactory and strong. The Ia
has leau was OF striking beauty and had TO be !
IN. reated again and again. We congratulate I
nh company on their success and as they are
90 to Richmond next week. wo cordially I
the commend our neighbOrs, who wish to hear
in irst-class musical and dramatic performan
M. to attend This ~ something far ahead OF /
travelling companies who appear before the