St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-08
AT THE THEArERs.
al TRovAToRE..
4 Splendid Presentation by tho
Western Opera Association.

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I'LL TROVATORE."
a Splendid Presentation by tho
Western Opera Association.
Although the audience which turned
out to witness the first performance of
the, Western Opera association In Mill
neapOlls was phenomenal one in puiut
Of size, yet st. Paul has fairly outdone
her sister city both IN the number aud
social standing Of the houss at The
Metropolitan opera house last night.
~ Seldom II ever In the annals Ut our
local stage has I'll Trovatore" been
apresented by such q thoroughly good
company, ami in SO excellent a manner.
Miss Louise Natal, who sang the
soprano part, Leonora. has pure,
lswees tone, strong and firm
Ion the high notes. aud of exceptionally
'darge range even for the leader OF a
fgrahd opera company. Her rendering
of tiig "Mlserere," IN connection with
sPayne Clarke. was magnificent, and
tthey were obliged to repeat it in re-
Spouse to hearty encore. 1t goes
! almost without saying that the rest of
, her parts were we'll received, and no
further proof than was given last night
Is necessary TO give full realization Of
the foundation for the very COM
piimentary notices she has had from
the press.
Besides possessing rich contratto
voice, Miss Helen Won Doenhotf has
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make an actress. and her character.
that Of the Gypsy mother, gives her a
Glance 10 make the most OF her part.
The rendering by her of several solos
was dramatic and intense. which, added
to SO fine voice, leaves nothing to be
. desired. Her especially effective work
was done in the second and last acts.
|. Payne Clarke and William Mertens
are the leaders of the male contingent,
and their masierful presentation of the
tenor and basso parts entities them to
rank way above the average. Mr..
Clarke's solo In the fifth and Mr.. Mer-
tens' solo iD the third acts were enthusi-
astically encOred; in fact, enc0res were
the order of the evening, the curtain
being raised. with one exception, twice
at the close Of each of the seven scenes.
1t would not be proper to omit mention
Of the chorus. In training and general
finish their part OF the performance was
most effective.
Tonight Gounod's ever popular opera
"Faust" will be given, with the follow
ing cast:
Marrt,nrito Cto.votto MnASrJo
Siebel... .......... Helen Won DOenhoff
Martha Recommendation Dreyer
Faust. ................Ba Barron BerthOId
Valehtin. .............P Perry Averill
Mephistopheles. ......... Pierre Delasco
Brander acknowledgements ID. Dudley
introducing Miss Charlotte Maconda,
who is said to be All ideal Marguerite:
Mr.. Berthoid as Faust, and Perry Aver
i'll, in his great role as Valentine.
Ansas -
Roland Reed will be- the bright par
ticular star that will shine forth at the
Metropolitan theater for four nights,
beginning Sunday evening next.
Mr.. Reed is well and favorably known
here. and his appearance will be marked
by the presentation Of two comedies new
here.
Sunday and Monday evenings he will
be seen in the comic play Dakota. ~
which tells OF numerous divorces in
South Dakota, Mr.. Reed appearing in
the role of an attorney which gives him
ample scope for the display of his we'll
known abilities.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
--1nhocent as Lamb will be given
- this play Mr.. Reed appears as an
eecentric stockbroker. Tobias PiIking-
ton, who manages to get into some oil
the most ludicrous predieaments ever
laughed at. The piece fairly teens
with bright lines and amusing situa.
lions. This piece will be- repeated al
the "Wednesday matinee, which will be
given at popular prices.
Mr.. Reed brings with him splendid
company. which includes Miss Isadore
Rusb. clever actress, who is consid-
cred one Of the handsemest women on
the stage.
"Good-Bye. Sweetheart" is by long
odds the best play that Lillian Lewis
has ever appeared in here. There are a
number of the most intense scenes, and
they are all we'll wrought up, and they
afford Miss Lewis excellent oppnrtuni.
ties for the display of her artistic crea.
ton of the part of La 1isba, which is
one that she endows with marked per.
sonaiity-the woman bent on vengeance
against the one whom she thinks has
robbed her OF the love of the man she
adores. one moment, the next a shield
for the one on who she would vent
her worth, to shield her from the rage
eta husband who has neither mercy
nor pity In his soul.
For the last week of the present sea-
son at the Grand, which begins next
Sunday night, the attraction will be
"She." Rider Haggard's well-knswn
and popular story, which has been set
to dramatic fran ework and made a
most Interesting bit of stage literat ure,
The play i'll question is said to he in the
hands of capable company. and to
lave all Of the scenic surroundings to
make its weird story effective.