The sun., 1894-04-28
LAST NIGHT OF TIE OPERA.
1HE sEAsoN ENDS IN DEMoEsTRA-
1IoSs OF GREAT ES1BUSIzsM.

Esres. Crive. MsIba. and Nordie- shovsrse
with Ross.-rhey Are Compenes 60 NsNs
SPEECHES tc the Great AUsn-nes - Ths
Mn Also Appisusea-Ths Bise esst House
sf,ne se.son ~ Mske- y BiE Dep,ps-t-s.io-.
The last performance OF the opers company
was accom- plished last night amid scenes OF
the greatest enthusiasm, and in the presence
Of as brilliant an audience as the great house
has ever held. The audience was . brilliant
sight and llled every foot Of available space.
II crowded not only the standing room
about the orchestra seats but filled the bal
comics and galleries As early as o o'clock q
line OF women stood In front OF the box ONCE
waiting to buy admission tick cts. which were
not sold until Z. and at that time there was not
seat left in the house.
The performance went through with but one
disappolntment NJ Plsncon is still suffering
from the cold which inespacltated him last
week. and ho was unable to appear
Whom the curtain fell on the scene from
Romeo and Juliet" Nine. Games and the
brothers de Reszke we're five times recalled.
During the intermission the crowd In
creased greatly In size. the performance
having commenced at 8 sharp. When
the curtain rose In the second act
Of Carmen" Mile. Calv6 was greeted
By . burst OF applause. After her nrst
song with the chorus the applause was re-
newed and several bunohes Of flowers were
thrown from the audience. The enthusiasm
increased steadily throughout the act Every
song was applsuded. but not until the close OF
the act did the applause reach it's height AZ
soon as the curtain fell the entire audience
broke into applause. and when Mile. Calve
appeared before the curtain flowers came
from every direction. The singer advanced
esutiously. for once during the act . bouquet
Of red roses thrown from one OF the boxes had
grazsd her head aud nearly knocked
out Of her hair the flower she al
ways wears there in this scene. Five
times she was recalled. Accompanied By
sienor dc Lucia. she would advance diRni- |
neldly to the centre OF the stage. kiss her
hands TO the audience. and. then turning to
leave the stage. take to her heels and drag the |
tenor after her. The enthusiasm OF the audi |
ence was not satisfied by the flve Appearances |
before the curtain. and after she had |
como out a. many times sRain-once dragging |
Nile. Bauerm eistsr with her-thers were calls |
WSSd
respond. for prtma donnas who speak
When she dloppod % 'G sirnoe ONE de T hscss phs hssd
and stepped down to the iootlights There
spear .o ss 70 be aSabe bpcSsh
the great rsL sqdi'ora% ID n, She said % II French: ,
ny ,! siti:t,c IA 9; S;tIscsI; Ard hope can say Al
esSe sna Ioe,f.d nSi AMID s%iS s,..t.r bur,. a, Ar,
plssss than I any sS Witch i had pr.esdsd % t. and
Was tvioe again recalled TO bow The flowers
g S .sf aS S
men ~, ssd La, carried ~, them thT from y the staEs
s 81 assd Wee sss and ms Es%s
sfnsF 81 ass1 so Tss5s sOSs S
which rewarded Mile. Calva After the singers
b had .ppsarsd before the curtain It, several times
held up her hand Tor silence. :"
SHnt to thank Ga t2f pT,Esslt and ny
,,ll y yo1 how We all arc We are
Re.zi. until he reappsarsd with Nine. Eames
and Mile. Arnoldson. The cries OF "De
hessr. He sdSancsd and ssid % in Frenss who'e
cam oS; reSsas tn the words Of charm
thanSne Soa Tor Sour 70 GRACEFUL e sns
generous reception. and say uu reroir. In the
hGgs s. Of tS;sd sssns g, you psaqa ,ronr,,
.lme- Nordica. tho other American prlma-
ionIa and she Us Was lbsrslly spnl.IdsS and
,st which required the efforts Of three ushers
o lit onto ths stage.
diis: SrnSldson sang H. The inter mission be-
the .ssns Ms
Giving number Of fiowerA
IL was impOsslnio 10 Juupo Oh tne relative ap- |
,lause which the audience gave to Nine.
;ames and Mile. Calve Calve sang alone. and
ime E.mes Gang each time in company with
san de heszke. SO that the APP
,lause meant for both, But the en-
,uite as great as that accorded to both Nine.
sAmes and Jean do ResEke MmeL Nordica
,As recalled. ana she responded to the ap-
euse by saying:
Ny countrymsn. one and all. thank you
nd hope shall be with you again next year"
Mme; Melba sang the mad scene from
Hamlet" as the last number Of the pro-
ramme. She was enthusiastically recalled,
nd Il was the same story of flowers and ap-
lause.
Then there were continued calls for Abbey
nd 0raq. and Melba returned pulling thess
wo gentlemen with her. After this the people
cyan to shout again for Melba. and after re- {
Gated recalls. she sang Home. sweet Home"
Is was z fitting eonclusion to the evening
nd brought to q brilliant close the most sue
sssful season of opera that New York has :
nown In many years. The house last night
ontained somewhat under 5000 people and /
10 receipts were about $4,000.
AFTER the perform ance the Opera House or
hoAtrn under the direction OF NAhAn Frankie | 4
srsnaded Melba at the Hotel Savoy.