St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-13
AT THE METROPOLITAN
Marie Tempest Makes Her APP
pearance in THE Fencing Mas
ter"

Marie Tempest Makes Her Ap-
pearance in THE Fencing Mas
ter"
Seldom. if ever, in the history of our
local stage has the advent of any act
ress been so widely heralded as that of
Miss Marie Tempest. Coming as she
does fresh from recent Eastern sue
cesSes. much WAS expected of her, and it
would be more than an injustice to say
that the audience which filled the
metropolitan 10 overlooking last night
went away disappointed.
Add to fine form, pretty face and
winning way the excellent conception
she has of the part represented. always
making the most of every chance in
voice, expression and gesture, and you
have the perSOnification of this charm
ing little prima donna. At all times
her acting gives promise of extended
triumphs should she ever leave the
comic opera stage for the wider oppor-
tunities offered by the legitimate drama.
OF her singing. little that is not in
praise can be said. Her voice is high.
we'll modulated and very sympathetic.
lU Is much TO be regretted that Miss
Lilly Post, who is second to Miss Tenn
pest only among the women of the
cast, does not InfuSe a little less of
affectation into her part and a little
more or the naturalneSs which, with
the fine voice she certainly possesses,
would not keep so constantly before the
minds OF her hearers the fact that she
is singing and posing for them. and for
them only.
The entrance of III. w. Ire Denick,
an Old-tilne favorite with the theater-
going public of st. Paul, was the signal
TOR burst of applause. He has i'm
proved good deal since last here, but
yet retains that jovlalness of face which
In the past has won for him place in
the hearts of those who go to the opera
to be amused. A comedian he surely is,
and the eccentric and absurd situations
both Richard Carroll, as the usurping
Duke of Milan, and himself manage to.
get themselves into, together with the
specialties they introduce, were well
appreciated.
As FortuniO, the rightful heir to the
dukedom of Milan, Julius Steger
surpasses all of his previous efforts.
Why the lover in comic opera is always
depicted as having the most effemlnate
OF all voices, first tenor, is beyond
understanding; yet such Is usually the
case, and it comes as a sort of relief to
lind that for once the more tender parts
OF the piece are to be sung by man
with a firm, strong baritone. Not
only is Mr.. Steger the lucky
owner OF such tone, but he
can act also. His especially
fine work was done in the second scene
when Francesca. Miss Tempest, whom
he has heretofore known only in the
disguise of boy, SO offends him that he
challenges her to fight. and she is
Obliged to reueal her sex and her love
for him.
In stage slang the whole company
might well be called an "aIl-star" or
ganiZation, as each member of it has at
one time or another played among the
aders IN their particular lines.
Throughout the Fencing MASTER is
staged in very artistic manner, and the
chorus show the benefit Of careful train
ing.
While the music is pretty, and at times
almost beautiful, it does not Surpass, or
even come up to some of De Koven's
ether compositions.
Miss Tempest and the Whitney COM
pany will give six more performances,
which include Saturday matinee.
Every lady attending the matinee of
1.-The Fencing MASTER next Saturday
afternoon will be presented with a
beautiful picture of MISS Marie Tempest
and copy OF the Marie Burroughs
Art Portfolio. There will be but one
matinee performance given, and that
will be Saturday next.
There is decided air of travel and
its attendant hustle about the Grand
this week. for the play that is on has a
decided railroad flavor, both in its char
acters and also in its lines and several
effects, The latter are especially of the
kind that are found in the plays that
get their motif from incidents in the
life Of those who live on and about the
tracks. This play is not only the oldest
one of this kind of dramas, but it can
be said 10 have more of the railroad
suggeste in it by its effects.