The herald., 1895-01-25

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Los ANGELES THEATER. The largest
and moot brilliant audience of the sea.
son assembled last night to hear Biget's
captivating opera, Carmen, and they
were not disappointed. Miss Dare, in
the title role. scored another pronounced
success, unsteady, artistcally and dra-
matically. Her voice ia not great, but
it is exceptionally good. and she uses it
with art and intelligence. Her acting is
q trife more accumulated at times than
is necessary. but her conception OF the
part is spirited and intense and her
personality and costumes most attract
i've.
Her two solos in the ret act, Love
Will Like Birding Fly" and 1T Is OF
o Soldier Think" were fascinating and
delightiul; they were both especially
adapted to her voice, and her acting
was coquettisn and alluring Miss
humphreys M.chaela was pleasing, but
coloress.
Payne Clark did some conscientious
work as Don ose. and Mr.. Mertens easily
carried off the honors as E scamilio. His
Toreador's song was the beat thing he
has done here. and won for him three
recalls. The choruses were all spirited,
and the orchestra in its usual good form.
Following Is the cast:
MichelA
Dou jose. .........................Pay Payne Clai
4schmll lo......... -................- VIM Mertens
F D1ra 1sco od
merceoes .-.-'''.-.-',... hlleu hianu
Zunigi................-.... m Hamilton
morales. ii. Duuiey
Dancarlo. ...".....................J JOS Wit
hemencate- ..................-.....H d. {. heauy
Ca men. ..........................Th ea Dorre
Gounod's famous love lyric Faust
will be sung tonight with cast OF artists
which will insure the most brilliant
production of this opera ever heard in
this city. Madame Tavary has won en-
thusiastic praise for her Interpretation
OF Marguerite. The favurite French
tenor, Guile, will assume the title role.
Mertens, Theo. Dorie, Hamilton, Schus-
ter and Romani will appear in the cast.
fully supported by the complete chorus
and orchestra.
At the matinee tomorrow Martina will
be given, and it will be the first tins
Monsieur Guile will give opera in Eng
lish. The entire dialogue which occure
in this charming opera will be spoken
in English, which will add undoub.ed
interest to the presentation.
Tannhauser will be given tomorrow
night as a farewell performance with a
splendid cast, the same which created
furore in San Francisco-Madama Ia
vary, Payne G AXE, Nina Ber,ini. Hum
phreys, Mertens. Pacne, Schuster. Ham.
ilton and the entire company. the three
closing performances of opera bid fair to
be given to pscsed houses.
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UNITY CHURCH-A large audience was
entertained last night by George Kan
nan, the noted traveller and writer. The
lecture was just what it purported TO be,
q running account OF camp life In ST.
IBERIA. and associations with its natives
and was given in go happy manner
that the two hours devoted to it passed
very quickly and without the slightest
eign OF tired feeling" on the part OF
the audience.
Mr.. KEENAN, lie an agreeable speaker,
has a fine command OF language, his
enunciation is refreshingly distinct, and
he interests his auditors at once.
When the people LETT the church at
the close OF the lecture large majority
of them would have gladly fingered
longer to listen to the fascinating talk
concerning the vast and comparatively
unknown country where he spent 80
many months. 1t abounded in valuable
and Kamchatkan region and PEG.
vto inf ad llu
with wholesome humor that
The audiences were not slow to recog-
nize. He presented the striking and in
teresting spectacle of a man consumed
with fiery zeal for the rescue of an OPP
pressed people not his own, of life con-
secrated to a work OF national deliver
ance, inspired neither by patriotism nor
religion. One searches history vainly
for an exact parallel to the impulse
which has made him voice and hand for
dumb and bound people, remote from
his own and alien to his blood, having
no historic or esthetic charm, and with
whose futile struggles his government
had no political sympathy.
The romantic sentiment that sent
Lord Byron to Greece, and the political
sympathy that brought Lafayette to the
American colonies are absent, the despair
of domestic liberty that sent Polish and
Irish youth OF spirit and daring into for
sign armiee are lacking. The environ.
ment is destitute of all the temptations
and indictments that ordinarily inspire
men with devotion to an alien cause.
"a modern crusader" 10 perhaps tho
epithet that fits Mr.. KEENAN,
best, substituting for the medieval
fervor in the cause of Christ. modern
enthusiasm for the GAUGE of man, the
religion of humanity for the theology of
western Europe. George KEENAN, has
been the most effective Russian revolu-
tionist OF a generation full OF fiery en-
ergy, heroic self-sacrifce, reckless dar.
ing and patient, hopeless effort on the
part of the Russian people themselves.
He was flame Of revolt in Russia from
the time his own nature kindled, passing
from Siberian prison to Russian capital.
communicating now with exiles. now
with secret plotters, again with think.
ers and writers OF the scot that nurse the
revolutions of the next generation. Re-
turned from Russia, he has been an
evangelist of her woes to the civilizsd
world. Prescribed from the empire, he
remains in constant communication
with his fellow patriots in it, and is the