Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-08


 to-nowhcrc dialogue that 1t Is only able to pop its weak little head up at long in- teryals for the purpose of reminding every body that although somewhat disfigurCd, 1t Is still in the ring. so to speak. Toward tho end Satire makes vigorous attempt to create m impression that hc Is rcaily in earnest, but the effort Is too much for him, and with feeble squawk tho heavi- ls handicapped little fellow expires
 Mir. Robyn's music in '.Jacinta'' is much better than MT. Lcperc's book. though it Is far from being cOmmendable Most of the numbers arc not catchy, and tho few which arc come dangerously close to being trifling. His orchcStratiOn, when not of the tum-tctum order. Is exceeding ly thin, and the funny music Mr- RCbyn has written in very nearly the same strain as the supposed to bc serious work Add to these faults the fact that the scOrc Is practically in no particular characteristic except where 1t is aRgravatingIy rCminis- cent, and 1t will bc seen that the musical portion of "Jacinta'' is not startling
 Still, with all these drawbacks, should not hc surprised If the opera wcre to last through the season md give rcasOnablc satisfaction, for. although everything Is very mediocre, nothing Is positively worth less. Besides the company contains some excellent TNUDtG. F.AWEn NASNGAN Harry Brown-thc former in particular mako two stupid comedy parts appear passable and sometimes even quite funny Sisnor PcruginI, Lillian RussclIs No 8, is in better voice than he has been for years and looks and acts better than he has ever done to my recollection Jennie Reiffarth, Ailccn Burke and CcClle Eis sing all do their not important roles nc ceptably. while Louise Beaudet, with her zN N.Nws- rEH tie soprano voicc, was charming
 ZcIic dc Lussan must be n very happy woman. New York refused tO sCc any thing remarkable in her voice or acting several years ago because she had only tSen the prima donna of that magnificent ofSaniEation. the BOStonians- She went to Europe, came hack bCrc ns a member of Abbey & Grau's Metropolitan Opcra House company, made hcr debut in Car men" bcforc m audience which had mp plaudcd itself hOarse over the pccrless Calvc and was immediately accepted as one of the great lyric artists of the world | Mile. de Lussan knew that comparisons | with Calvc wcrc inevitable, especially as her conception of the part differs widely from that of the fiery FrenchwOman- Nat urally slsc was very nervous, but in spite | of everything she conquered. and that. l too, with Mclba as Michaela
 cannot vouch for the truth of 1t. but l heard few days ago that Mile. Lussan now receives exactly twice as much per | night as she was paid per week when she | last appeared in New York city, another evidence of what pluck and perseverance, allied to natural ability can bc made to accomplish
 His Excellcncy." tho comic opera by | W. s Gilbert and Dr. Osmond Carr which is now running to phenomenal business | at tho Lyric theatcr, London, has been | secured for this country by those indcfati- gable and usually successful theatrical | speculntors, Charles FrOhman and Al | Hnyman. It will not be presented hero, however until next September, when tt | will bc put on for n run nt tho Broadway I theater It is announced that Mir. George Edwardcs, who owns all rights to the l opera, has signed n contract with Froh- | man and Hnymap by which he Is required | to bring over an Cntirc company, with costumes, scenery, etc. This may ho judi cious, but n large majority of thcater go CTS will regard 1t ns flying in the face oi fate, inasmuch as the last two cxperi- mcnts of n similar naturc resulted in dis mally disastrous failures. The companies sent over hero by D'oyIcy Carte with "The Gundoliers'' and Utopia. Limit ed {" were sad in their CommOnplaccness- and the operas of course failed
 Mir EdwnrJics is. however. man who has much greater respect than MT Carte for the artistic discrimination ot the American public. and 1t Is possible that he
 may benefit by tho rCccnt unprofitahle ex' periences oT the man who was for so many sears the skIllful pilot of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas until success had mads him careless and he finally ran his money making ship on So the rccf of failure All theatcr goers of this city, and they
 form a not incOnsiderable portion of ths total population of New York. arc watch | ing with great interest and some trepida tIon the outcome of m experiment. whicl | Manager Charles Frohman has just inau | guratcd with his Empire thcater stocE company. Hitherto the prices have ranget
 from xl. 50 for the best orchestra chain down to 50 cents for a reserved seat in thu
 gallery Now the prico of the best place
 has been increased to s2, and the actioI | has been justified hy the statement thA
 tho Empire company is a very expensiy
 one, and that anyway in England s9. So | charged for entertainments not one wht better.
 DaIy's is the only thcatcr in this cit. I which has hecn able to maintain witl profit a tariff of s2. and I suspect that . Is Mfr. Frnhman'~ pct desire to have hi
 company snpersrSic the doughty Angus
 tins in tho affections of the dilcttant that has prompted this Srep. IT Mir. Froh
 man : cxI-riment sauuld prove successful
 tt will give to his tIIcHtcr the air ot cS
 clusIvcncSS which was once aitogethe
 and iS still in Rrat mcasuTe the pncroga
 tive of Mir. Daily Hut if, on the oshe lhnnd. it should prove a failurc it vii
 give his stock company blow from whie | 1t will not soon ncuvcr. His asgregatio
 of players Is far and away tho best | ! America. and this Is ono of the rcason I why the result of the new Departure Is th
 cause of so much anxiety to the lovers {
 what fs crsditabis fin tho drama