New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-26
lITSIC AND THE DRAMA.
\ NEW OPEREITA.

t.t.r tho exisiiur disponsition touching inc uo-
i., -, local I'll .ltres. there can be Hplhl"' @"'
tho Nov, oYeretta produced At the 'as''o .''' No.
which the public Will care To ic'' '
h.,oud the details OF the FIRST performance -
,.,. nov, ulays whether they be or be- not tt'C"'"
-. ,,,,sic an, nowadays SO much written
,, -, advance that IL g. difficult to Distinguish
a., element OF novelty m them when TOT u'e me-
finn, they change from things imaginary ~ '"''7
actual That Mir sydney Kosenicid hdd "'''.e' -"
hoo< Of a comic operetta or as authors anu MAJ"
.,s ,e,sist in cAlliug such an anonymous lhI''2,
comic op,ra" entitled Tho EaihmaHrr oi 9S'''
=, p,lni,h Ar,nsou had SGT N" rhymed paris vi
=, ia music and Mr. H. ". I;osoborn had reh't' "'V
..in, FOR It's r,prescntation-thesc facts nave 'os
,.a,r lrovn care has also been had that the pup.
ac S"or r'ev5Iyei around the extremely amsYsnS
iIca that "A fantastic KING OF syria It'. ,,n,e.l-
co., ,bn n,ttir, OF the prize. however, beoihs ~,
that daughters ale ana Pis So ,,,,rv fror, a
Iroueht which had reduced him TO thc h"rv'5 -,
of drinking vine instead or VAR ~ ~ woman
disguised as the King OF EEyp' A rneIruu i his
royal hummer should De Willis 20 ..r Who was
,' r,lumaker at all. bu, simply a handsome !ouits
ady,nturer vino had taken aivtn'aSS' thc n,a"i H.
,r.dict Tho COMING OF shower. In such matern'
Mr. Roseufed At least thought theIn wa" ,eranni"I
'i,,t hasis Of contemporary satire anu prleHl.,,l
music IL may be that he was right Judseu be Dy
me ceri'iniv enough ingenuity in III" idea
to cntitle it to immunity from cS SynS.
and something almost entitled TO DC ca'leu neetaiS
in,nltness and grace in the treatment OF the SUD
loci To- deserve commentator. bHl II j. 10 nc
ion red that the combination Is not potent Tl,o"s,
Io,n,'anI tha interest Of the public, when. after
IN * the thing To be aimed at IN the CONSTRUCTIONS
composition or compilation OF pay desgneu 10
entertain and divert the patrons OF the casino anu
e,trh like PLACES OF public amusement Exactly
nv thn audience of last night was not warmer IN
its expression of satisfaction with me new oIS.Sta
.ltrN ,prth u T.
~ invite respect but not one of them seemed to
accomplish its purpose tuy. Ihe iault may nave
and buffoonery which char&cterlZes the general run
nf works Of its kind At present but To say THIS
would be to put an estimate on the lntellgence
W tb. fact stand without explanation: 1.-The
Rninmaker OF syria" was not IL Nociterous fun
maker. . -,
RHsrufclIs book Most OF II Is simply inoncnsiye
and insrniGcant some Of IL seems be unVOcal.
ii the composer~as unfamiliar with the enec native
IN In. singing voice some of II. notably the early
numbers OF the second act. is gracefully melodious
and urettily ambitious IN style Perhaps when
singers and instrumentalsts learn To put more
spirit and elasticity into their work u Will all sound
u great deal D.. tier 1t certainly does not deserve
Wholesale condemnation even II 1t does not invite
enthusiastic praise on the score OF originality of
idea or nc anuity of workmanship. Like the book.
tho score ~ well meant. deficiency In execution
should not shut out recognition of vrtuOus In
teutton in either case There wds no display OF
well and II, acting ut the comedians. Harry Daven-
port and Charles Hopper evoked some laughter.
while Miss Kate Davis. ever and anon. warmed
gathering IN the auGlcnCe-rOOm to the point OF
enthusiasm Miss Bertha Ricc. who appeared I'm
the principal part was too nervous TO be ef-
fective she used to be THIS was doubtless
a assumption OF the role An agreeable feature OF the
evening Was the dancing Of Miss Florence Franton.