The morning call., 1891-01-04
ll2TaiG Companies Have Il Their
Own Way This Week.
TAGNER'S FLYING DUTCHMAN. f"
Little Lord FaIl13T0Y -" Aida at the
OTD1sIm-" Her At0l3mGlt Manager
St0CEWallS Annual Testimonial - The
TiT0li-"U and | " Has an Extension at
the BUSl-B0TS at the Opera Adelaide
o0D8-L0ita-L0cal and Foreign Notes.

The Holiday season was a good one for
.1ur. player-folk. Every theater was open
except the Bijou-ihe manager of which
..ls caught mapping on his watch-and
there was but little wet weather. SHOW
shops" as well as other shops of more ma
tar.al Importance. were favored by the
presence of the public. Managers had their
bank accounts increased, and the poor
- .pl2yerr who, up 10 Christmas time, had
Ll.tered mere long hours on the street than
--rultsd brief ones on the stage, got enough
:; 81. n together to prevent Diabolus executing
lAs fayorite jig in an empty pocket. Our
=. easily satisfied public were not invited TO
: see anything new, even at the larger and
l4Qre important theateTs. Old plays were
;.furbsheI up by managers. as Caleb Balder-
:, stone, the faithful butler of the Master of
= Rdyeuswood, in SCOTS bride OF Lammer-
In25r, used to polish the pewter mugs in
{he Lfpe that visitors to his impoverished
: =" Master might mistake them for ''siler."
:: BIZ. 50 far as the plays, variety, comedy
: 1aIceS and other were concerned, all
. the polishing applied could remove
.ueltkrr the baSeneSs of the metal, nor the
.: -suuguity Of the manufacture. But the
public filed the theaters, Just as if they
were 10 be treated to something brand-new,
and our ''enterprising' managers Rugged
=; themselves with delight that they were en-
joyiug all the benefit of the liberality which
the season inspired without being called on
ito spend dollar in making a special treat
for their all-the-year-round patrons. Music
wi. To e through the present month. With
- Jucliat lie Baldwin and Hess at the Pow
ell, one. ike the old dame al Banbury Cross,
VI ID. lave music wherever lie goes" until,
saiIa+el, he may grow suleu and wish the
singers, soprano, hasso. even the contTaltO,
i've Iail40ms under the RialtO."
The Emma Juch Opera Company.
- This grand opera company, Of which the
most Gathering accounts have reached this
city, and whose prima donna has been hon
= ored by gifts of diamond jewelry in public
=: ff:.m the hand Of Hawaiian royalty. will be-
. I'm an engagement at the Baldwin Theater
:. Tomorrow eyenngin Richard Wagner's The
: Flying ButcAman one of the authors
: most msloOous works.
:. ORIGIN OF THE OPERA.
e.. Tt was LpOn q sea voyage, during a storm
(which east Alm upon the coast OF Norway,
that Wagner induced the sailors themselves
q.reGeat 20 him the ffightiul story OF the
tyI.- observation-disclosures Of the Sea
y lt0, Disappearing, dedrd the storm with
0atau'a aid, aud was condemned to wander
externally, he aud his. fantastic ship. But
.:-.e mystical young glTl, Senta, grown pale
yI,a love fOr tie damned one, carried inces-
sanity through shipwrecks and lightning,
: viii save Ain 10y her faithful devotion even
. unto DEATH # he reaches her. This work,
:. says = udith Gautier, in monograph on
- ~ u-geT'S poetic quality. seems to have come
al p single stroke, under the inspiration of a
Vi lent emotion. The ocean, with its rage,
rs awe, its mystery and sweetness, Is IN this
= music, v hich Is Ike the sea own soul. If a
- few races Of the old formula (Of 'RieuZPO
l. y in a tQTr ma RI pf
: the work. The orchestra is no longer
= great guitar, accompanying a song;
1t already assumes capital lmportance;
the designs, dividing. anu blending have a
:: precise meaning; the whole, less noisy, ac-
qujTes a power until then unknown. The
=: orchestral tissue becomes wool upon which
the characters are embroidered; IL becomes
tEe-Ocean which bears the ship, the Amos
.pheTe which envelopes the action, where the
thoughts, the sentiments of the heroes, re-
verbeTatiDg, simplifying, become visible, so
10 speak, and make the mind experience all
that is iueXpTessibie in the sensations of the
soul
THREE YEARS AGO.
The presentation of this work by the Ma
tiOual Opera Company in this city three
years ago, under the management of Mr..
Charles L. Locke, Is remembered as one OF
tie most successful accomplishments of that
great organization. Miss Juch was the Senta
Of the cast, and this Is part for which she
is particularly adapted, Her gentle man
u-r, her delicate character deineation, her
lace, her voice, her physique all fit the part
OF the tender, lOye-lorn maiden.
TIE PRESENT Distribution.
Miss Emma Senta
BIT OH kathlens,'',........ ........The Dutchman
MI Franz Netta ..... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Doland
Din Payne Clarke Erik
Er " III Stephens Steersman
n iss Louise Meisiinger Mary
The chorus and orchestra, with Mr..
Adolph Neuendorff as musical director and
air. William Parry as stage director, will
leave nothing to be desired in mounting and
. equipment
THE REPERTOIRE FOR THE WEEK
VIII embrace Faust" Tuesday; 'Lohen-
grin" Wednesday; ~ Trovatore," Thurs
-. day LES UIguenots," Friday; Carmen"