The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-05

and spcecncs followed this at Sanger
Hail
The Gesalgvorein Virginia, with Mr.
Siegel in olhrsc conceis; "a the icea OF
giving an fcra ana they went 10 work
at once psparing IT.
DER lsis chutz,' the beautiful work
OF Carl Hria Won Weber. was the opera
selected Dir. Stge selected his cast and
chorus and gave three performances at
the Tlelfrc So thc spring - So All the
3coplf were from Kichmond. with one
cxcc,esn. as w.ll appear hereafter.
Tls cast was as follows:
Ac,a,a...............MI Mrs Jacob Reinhardt.
A,,rhen. Miss Mamie Rsinhardt.
Nfk ..............Mr. Emil Els her,
I tno.a-. ....................Mr. \. Gipperich.
J aapar.....................i II. l.. Pcrrot.
cu.O .................. tIeDe.
ElNan...............'..' jacob hDe,'
lHcrmit 1900, MI. a. oS"aIu'
/ Samuel .........--..*.+" Nilsfli7 DulcA'I'
/ Every attention was paid TO costumes.
/ sooner, properties and orchestra. The
/ ..~a was given three times, the same
cast ae at ;he FIRST performance except
] fhof Vnc. pauline Canissa, Of New YORK,
/ t.o< tine part Of AGATHA the second time
and Miss ma Brandt the same part on
the third performance
Tae r-yf opera Of Importance under
/ taken hy .lr. Sicgcl for the Gcsangverein
/ Nirviuia was Flotow's beautiful work.
"strad.r " which was given April H.
1875 at ne Richmond Theatre Here Is
lhe cast
I St-a8al 4............... Emil Fischer
J r.s.i ..............AIr. Charles Juergens.
i..onart ............Mis Mamie keinhardt.
Nsl.O lo. baulit.....,.......Mr. j.. ltiID''
+ Pant. firo bandit. .....Mr. Sam Steinieih.
.rn pee r-s such q universal desire 10
So. 'Der FreischutZ' again that peti-
tf.- -rs extensively circulated, asking
/ for ifs repetition
Everybody of "a musical taste signed ",
ir iulinc Governor kemler, Who was theh
Il. tn, euaeruatOrill chair. s. il was re-
nearscd again and put on tn night AFTER
.Sfr,dDua," April II 1875, with this cast:
,ttac.tr...........Mr W. II. Zimmermann
Cuno .........................I)r W. bIeDt.
A..tha .................M Mrs. A. Wendinger
Understandable Mamie Reinhardt
Caspdr M - -, - -
/ Niax.....................N II. EnlI flscEeI
samuel ...........Mr. Charles Duhcker
! Hc-mit...............Alr MIR. thdtl's JueIBVHs
/ Killian. .....................'M MI Jay" '-oe'
rn the spring Of 1871 Mr. Sesel and
/ c.,tofn PAGE McCarty collaborated IN
/ the production Of what they called our
Iraire4e" q Buff opera. Captain NC
Carly wrote the book, which was cle'er
and fun If local gags hits anu witucishs'
q,he, Or Moffett came In for blast
Aln5in0 10 the MofIet bell punches,
one az the choruses ran, to the air OF
beautiful Bells"
beautiful bells invite us to drink, 49,.
Turn round the crank ana s''e 10 '"'
Toss off your glass and say what you
OF MoGett. of Mofett and his beautiful
bells"
Who, , iolv lot they were in "our
II tr.eeu John D. RedfOrd Fontalne he
W.. Frank Curningham Ashton StarKe'
"t,arlia CoUardin. Joe Laube, Mouhty
VIZ. Louis Pizzini Claude Cardo2O
and John Cowariin all maze 'he" i'i'''"'
bow as amateurs ,, c,ooal ar
What changes since then! Slfsei q"
~,roed the airs for cast, chorus ana or
ahnstr, and it was a great go in every
.[snolt and was played AZ the Ihed'e
and Mozart Hall. once in each.
az" ~, ne enring Of 1873 Mr.. Siegel put OH
| .he oucra Of "Cinderella III sIca' 9''% ~.
Il was not the Cinderella OF -N'l.-- 80
60 cie.I That is to say, the airs were
,, ,alon from different operas. sew
-.l If tlic,n were written by Sieg u. me
ia of the fairy story was tollo"e''
ia tbis of course gave unlimited op
rortuniiy for wealth Of cosIui'''5 "''u
| scenery. ., hollets
II was beautiful, and there were ba.ie'S
Of children. May-i ole dances ana ne 'iN'
| The oast was; 49, ,.ao c,.,ir
ratr,. oueen Mrs. John II. Knowles, IT
mr. princo........Mr. John u. Redtord'
| ~, poost Mr.. Charles JusrseuS'
nv. sisters. Misses Giles and PelodZe'
III, MIR. II. N. Smith, Jr.
! r. vas q great success and was reIr't
cd two weeks later at the Mozart nan
with the same cast, except that MIS-.
brennan sang tie part OF ClHu7ieii" a.
the second performance.
Mr. ciecel put on the first opera that tne
Nfo~art Association gave, and II was II.
n : pinafore. then new, OF the great
Gilbert &, Sullivan, and big card IN the
spring of 1873.
II was well put on ana tnoSe ue"' ,l
DAYS Of Finafore so often given then
,tih such success. VIII ever be green spots
In the memory
, The cast Of the first performance in
Mozart Hall was:
I,nttarcpp Miss Mary Pella Beale
ola Maid.................M MISS lsa 9iiiitn
licbc. ............... MISS AilliV VI
Ralph Rackstraw..F W. Cunningham
C,rt Corcoran. Mr. Louis w. Pizzini
Sir Joseph Porter....Mr. ashton - 4Fh'
Ii.k Dcadcye. l.. Perrot
1oatsqyain..........Mr y. y. Peasants.
..piraforo" was played many times es-
neciallv i'm the fall of 1878, with chang "a
cast as Caroline RiChings- Bernard anu
bc~ husband. Pierre Bernard, had moved
to Richmond for their residence here.
An ideal performance of "Pinafore' was
arranged by Siegel. and II was played
many times more. The cast:
Josephine. ...................Mls Eva NlliS'
! I:utterclD. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Madam Caroline Richings- Bernard.
rr.i. Miss Carrie StaUIe.
Ralph..................M r. Edwin w. Hon'
Captain Corcoran...Mr. Louis w Pi2ziAi.
SIR JoseDh Portcr......Mr. Pierre Bernard.
Deodeye. ......................,Mr l.. Perrot'
Hoats,yain............Mr n b. Peasants.
Other operas were played after that ny
the Mozart Association, once month,
under Sieecls direction. "Billee Taylor
am opera OF Solomon, clever writer or
music. was put on alternately with nm
afore' for a week during the state Far
OF that fall.
Later on Patience" was essayed with
orcat Success. with the Demands ana
e'..s Staua, NV ~ Court tenti's.
and Mr. Louis Pizzini in principal roles
In the fall Ct ISL. when the monument
AZ YorktO.,n commemorative the surren-
dor Of CORVALLIS vas UNVEILED Mr.. Slegel
o,.orize1 . large chorus of 800. people
ord fhev sung on the occasion, adding
er.atlv to the interest Of the programme
~, celebration They sung patriotic SONGS
,,.itb viror ard volume and great expires s.
,toct pfforf Of Director