The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-25
LIGHT OPERA 4ENORS
Interesting Career of Tom
Karl Of the Famous
Company, The Bos-
tonians.
ROLAND REED AND HARRY LACY
"a Club Friend" and slack Royal
Will Entertain at the Acad-
envy and Opera House.

Us any opera manager Will tell you Jne
man who has we'll cultivated. strong
tenor voice, handsome stage presence,
and dramatic Instinct that inspires him
to do something else than look and act
like stick. is worth fortune to himself
and any manager who discovers him.
This lack Of tenors Is also having
marked influence on the composers and
lug the difficulty OF getting suitable
artist to interpret tenor roles, several
promising operas have lately been writ
ten without tenor parts, the authors pre-
ferring to depend on the reasonable GER
tainty of getting d baritone or contralto.
OF all the American tenors on the stage
today Tom Karl OF "The Bostoniansv oc-
cupies BY right of ability, experience and
career the foremost place. MIR. Karl is a
grand opera artist, as those VINO frequent
ed the opera in the days Of Parepa Rosa,
Carey, Kellogg and Lucca we'll remem-
Der 1t has been several years since he
faced a New York audience. and the sue
cess he made as Robin Hood at the Stand
ard Theatre has revived many pleasant
"reminiscences of himself and his early
career iu this country.
The last time saw Tom Karl, previ-
GUS to bis appearances the other night,
was with Emma Abbott in Paul and
Virginfan some twelve years ago. | was
surprised to hear how well his voice had
heen preserved, for it was as clear and.
strong as ever He WAS still as graceful
ana earnest in his acting, and as con-
scientious In the thoroughnsss OF his per-
forlnanee
Tom Karl has been before the public so
many years that il seems he must be ap-
proachfng middle are. It isn't anything
OF the sort. He commenced his musical
career before he was twenty, and is not
yet forty years old. be has the ruddy,
healthy appearance Of an athlete. and
this he attributes to his regular habits Of
life
Mr. Karl was born, In Dublin, his father
being An Irish linen merchant of a well
known family Of CAROLS, two of whom
have been Lord Mayors of Dublin. His
mother was an EBglisbwoman. When
Karl went on the operate stage. much
against the wishes of his family, he con-
tracted the family name into the one he
has since made famous. He was
studying music in Milan when the
news of his fathers failure caused him to
been pleasure only, AZ a serious occupa-
tlon. He returned 10 England and stud
led under Harry Phillips. famous ora
torio singer, with the intention of taking
mp concert and oratorio. He relates tina
Phillips kept him singing ssOft In the
Silly Night for three months TO teach
him expression. After this Karl returned
to Italy and appeared in opera at La
Scala in Milan where he made success.
His career in Italy brought him Into
alter by managers. Among his notable
achievements there was singing Faust
for thirty nights In tGenoa.
! In 1872 when Parepa Rosa came to
[. this country She brought Karl in her
n company. He and Castle sang the princi-
pal tenor roles. After this he appeared
/ with Tietjen's, Lucca. Nilsson, Kellogg,
Carey, and in fact with all the operatic
queens previous TO the reign of German
opera, Mr. Karl has sung the leading
tenor role in one hundred and twenty-five
operas, surely a goodiy repertoire. Ia adj
dition to his operatic work MIR. Karl has
sung In oratorio with the Handel and
Hayden Society Of Boston and at the
music festivalsi in Worcester.
In 1873 when the "Pinafore'' craze
struck this country Karl suggested to the
late Adelaide Phillips that they get Ny
ron Whitney, the basso, to join them IN
organizing "Pinafore" company. This
was the commencement of the famous
Boston Ideals" Miss ODER took the man
agement OF The company, and Il. G. Bar
nabee and George Rockingham were
added to it. This was the greatest caste
that ever interpreted Gilbert and Sulif-
vans work. The company made a tree
mendons hit and lots Of money. Miss
turned the management over TO Colonel
w. H. Foster, who failed utterly TO keep
the company together MeSsrs. Karl,
Barnabee and MacD Donald withdrew,
forming the organization known as THE
Bostonians,' and nearly everybody i'm
Guiding principals. chorus and orchestra.
left with them. The once famous "Bos-
ton deals became only a name, and
finally dropped out of sight entirely.
'The Bostonians' is without doubt the
best light opera organization tn existence
today, and is coming fortunes for its
three lucky owners So when Mr.. Karl
retires from the stage he can do 1t under
exceptionally happy circumstances. for
he has achieved combination of artistic
and business success which is seldom re-
lated Of great singers. He issnow q natu-
rallied citizen of this country and re-
cards 1t as his own. So it is appropriate
to speak Of him az Americas leading
tenor
.yack RoyaI'' at the Opera House.
The new military drama. Jack Royal
of the 92d,' written by A. c. Wheeler
fNym Criukle). the well-Known New
yerk ionrualist and critic. will be given
next week at the New Opera House. The
nIav has love interest; 1t has in
fricue enough for "a strong and
absorbing melodrama depending upon
thrilling situations for success; II has ali
the pagealLrJ u uidttuiDE kc-iit&0uess
and the spirit and movement OF the mob
thought into subsection by the soldiery,
The time of the action. which takes
nlace in New York city. is the period
leading MP to the riots OF 1863
IN the first act the work OF the con-
snirators to prevent the completion OF the
,,lares for the new monitors ordered by
III government is effectively presented
and leads up toavery strong situation for
shs first en- trance of the hero--Nr Lacy.
nc Lieutenant Royal, specially detailed
he fhe Secretary OF War to assume the
s,u,narinfendeney OF the Manhattan Iron
Wprks while the monitor plates are max
inc In all tnis there is nothing hack
nsSad or conventional, and the
tirst act goes with great spirit and
camnisfely captures the audience.
~ marked contrast with the first
"a the second act. This act Is an
f.vlIic love scene from a dramatic drama
and e Is at once relief from the strong
situation thar closes the first act-the
proof afforded by Jack Royal to the
that the Manhattan Iron Works In
reality has superintendent. The cause
OF the lovers quarrel In the second
act Is original and uncon-
ventional, the ardent Young heroine, nate M
Delaplaine, very PRETTY played oy MISS
Mary Hampton, being uuabte 60 recon