The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Amorita.

AHedbres 60 Gne great enjoyment OF all
who attended the performance The
impression made on this occasion was a
much stronger one than when the COM
pany presented "Boccaccio.n The opera
is much more dramatic in character than
suppe's favorite work. There is finale
to the first act that rises in dignity to
grand opera, and it was given with such
swing and dash, with such a volume
OF tone. and attention to time, that the
audience called the curtain and insisted
on repetition. So with the effective
waltz chorus at the close of the second
act. Here again the audience was not
satisfied until it was repeated. In fact,
the chorus work all through the opera
is to be highly commended.
Miss Edith Mason has very agreea-
BILE soprano voice, and she used it last
evening with taste and discrimination.
Her solo in the first act was one of the
most beautiful features of the opera,
and another was her duet with Mr..
Langlois-- Fra Bombards, in the last act.
Mr.. Persse's best effort was his artistic
rendering of dear Heart,n in the Sec
ond act, which was imperativeIy re-de-
manded. Miss Myers looked and acted
the part of Angelo capitally and her
flexible voice was heard to best advan-
tage in her furid aria in the second act.
Stanley Felch, with his witticisms, kept
the house laughing all the time he was
on the stage, and his Margueriten and
Is noxvs, hu the horpyord oo<o u - IL.
last act brought down the house. Miss
Fairbairn made another success of the
part of Perpetia, and the other charac-
ters were we'll taken. The minstrel.
scene in the second act was novel feat
ure for opera. The dancing of Misses
Wells and Ward received an encore. The
orchestra, which has been enlarged by
the addition of the theatre orchestra,
was excellent and mostEably conducted.
The opera was well staged and richly
cOstumed. 1t is unusual to get such
good operatic performances at popular
prices.
Today's Operas.
Tonight Tar and Tartar will be pro-
duced for the first time in this city. The
story of the opera in brief is that Muley
Hassan is cast upon the shores of an
island in the Mediterranean sea. The
inhabitants make him their sultan, hav-
ing just lost their regular sovereign.
The chief woman of the ready-made
harem is his own wife, from whom he
ran away to sea. Cardamon, Bedouin,
has desire to be sultan, SO that he may
wed his choice, Farina, Circassian
beauty. The two rivals agree to plan
whereby they take turns governing the
island. Farina and her companion,
Taffeta, wish to wed titles, so they are
the wives alternately of Hassan, Carda-
mon and two court hysicians, according
as the government changes Then Hassan
tries to get the best of Cardamon by se-
curing draught to make him immortal
from his ply which won't work,
and finally the genuine sultan returns.
Cardamon gets his Farina, while Muley
is satisfied by being made admiral of
the Moorish navy. The libretto Of the
piece was written by Henry B. Smith
who wrote the book for robin Hood y
and Adam Itzell, Jr., composed the
music. The transposition of national
airs, one of the finales in the opera, Great
ed great sensation. Digby Bell played
whole season in the, opera at Palmer's,
New York.
Balfe's beautiful creation 1.-THE Bohe-
mia Girl" will be sung at the matinee
this afternoon. 1t will be pleasure to
listen again to those familiar airs, "Then
You'll Remember Me-" "The Heart
Bowed Down" and 81 Dreamt that I
Dwelt in Marble Hallsn rendered as this
company are said to render them. Miss
Mason will be the Airline, Miss Myers
the Queen, Mr.. Langlo is the Count, Mr..
Felch the Devilshoof, and Mr.. Persse the
Thaddeus
The Elks, dinstrels.
Last night the Elks' Minstrels had a
very successful rehearsal The entire
company was present, and every act was
very successfully performed.ss Professor
S. Dana Holt has completed the orches-
tration, and the costumes will be fin
ished during the present week. Stage
Manager PHI. Murphy was present last
night and perfected the closing arrange
ments for the elaborate stage setting.
The sale of seats will begin next Mon
day.
Notes.
Tickets are selling at Stock BRIDGES for
Sousa's band concerts to begin at CITY
Hall Noyem her Gath afternoon and even.
ing.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the
birth of Edwin Booth. November 13.
1888: Thursday will be that of John Nc
Cullough, Novem Der Is, 1887: and Sat
urday that of William Warren. Noyem-
Der II, 1872
Ten Thousand Miles Away a sensa-
tional melodrama, was produced at the
Grand Museum, in Boston, Monday, ME-.
II. Percy Meldon made his first appear
ance after a years absence, as Joe Fer
ris," and gave satisfactory impersona-
ton to the part.
Brilliant production of the Bohemian
Girl" Portland Theatre, this afternoon.
A Call Extended to Rev. Mr. Bean.
Rey.C. Everett Bean of this city has