The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-26
III TRovAToREv AT IT'S BEST.
A brilliant Production Of the opera
BY the Tavary Company.

by the Tavary Company.
A4eouoIa. ---.------..--- -.-.---- Marie IaFary
lnez- sofia Eomarl
I Azucena- ---------...-.- Helen Won DOenhOn
4lanrlcO- -....---.-..-- A L. Guile
hll1 -.-----..-----..-----h Harry heady
A-e77tii GER .fAalA cause
Count Di Luni. .......-... William Mertens
{ tera-ndo- -----..---.--.--.-.N lillian Schuster
1 The lovers Of high class music who failed
| to attend the opera last night denied
I themselves a pleasure that may be en-
T joyed IN most OF the southern cities only
/ once in a long while. II Trovatore is an
I opera old. true and tried. whose popular
I ity IS perennial. and whose beauties never
/ grow dim 1t was presented last night BY
| a company OF exceptional merit, and
I under auspices that made its success
forgone conclusion. A great deal was
/ expected of the Tavary opera Company.
/ The notices it has received in other cities,
/ ana some Of which have been reproduced
/ here, fed expectation until a merely good
/ performance would hardly have been sat
/ isfactory. Something altogether out OF
i the ordinary was looked forward TO. The
/ performance proved that the expectation
/ was not vain. and fixes the status Of the
I Tavary engagement as "the event. OF
| the music season. -Four more operas Will
I be sung here. at three perform
/ ances-this afternoon. tonight and to-
/ morrow highland at each performance
Z the company deserves that the house
should be filled to its capacity.
From the overture until the curtain fell
on the last act last night the audience
was charmed. Madam Tavary an artist
/ herself, is surrounded by artists Each
| was In good voice, and before the half
/ Of the first act was finished, the auditors
were en- rappart with the singers. And
/ the spell was unbrOken 20 the end. Nine.
/ Tavaiy's "Leonora" was irreproachable
as 10 the acting, and surprisingly delight
full as to the singing. Her voice is bril-
liant, full of richness, pliable. She Is
prima donna because nature made her
one. and she had the bravery to improve
and use her talents. Her high notes are
as clear and liquid as those Of a bird,
while the lower notes are as sonorous as
bells. The character Of "LeonOra" IS ad-
mirably suited to her. She sang it prob
ably as well as II was ever sung on the
Savannah stage during the three-quarters
of a century of its existence.
After "Leonora" comes "Manrica," of
course. And the audience had the pleas
Ure of hearing such a Manrico as is sell
dom heard outside Of the larger cities.
NJ. Guile is a tenor of exceptional powers.
1t Is the case with a majority Of tenOrs
that as the higher notes are reached the
veins of the neck stand out like whip
cords and the voice takes on more or
less harsh and metallic ring. 1t Is not
so with NJ. Guile. He goes even beyond
the high c without apparent effort and
the notes are as full and mellow as If he
had trained his voice to converse at that
| pitch If IL were desired. His singing of
"Manrico" took the house by storm.
Round after round of applause followed
hfc a. q n rDr-ilV
demanded by the delighted listeners.
Miss Won Doenhom surpassed herself as
"Azucena." The part offers occasion for
the display Of talent in acting, which Miss
Won Doenhon possesses IN a high degree.
Perfect as the acting was, however, it
was secondary to her rendition of the
musical role. The emotions which she il
lustrated in song and act appealed so
powerfully to the listeners that "Azucena"
was several times forced to come before
| the curtain. Miss Won DOenhon was COM
| paratively wen known here previous to
this engagement: Her success last night
/ will increase the circle Of her admirers.
Mr.. Merten's singing Of the Count di
/ Lnni" was heartily enjoyed His bari
/ tone is rich sonorous and smooth, and
his stage presence is particularly striking.
/ 1t is said that in uniform he bears q re-
semblance to the Emperor of Germany,
/ as his pictures make him out to be. How
ever that may be, It is risking nothing to
| say that Mr.. Mertens as a baritone ranks
/ higher than does his majesty of Germany
/ as q composer.
The other characters sung by Miss Ro-
/ mani and Messrs, Ready, Clause and
/ Schuster were admirably sustained, leav-
/ ing nothing to be desired unless it wers
| that they could be given more to do. they
/ did their scores so well. In the fOrthcom-
! ing operas. however, they will be put more
! prominently forward.
| The chorus and the orchestra support
| ing the company are each excellent. Both
are larger than are usually seen in south
/ ern cities. The chorus contains many
/ voices that might Well take leading parts
/ in less ambitious opera than this company
| sings. The orchestra, of eighteen pieces,
under the dictatorship of Signor Morreali,
! is a high-class combination.
I A notice OF the performance would be
/ incomplete without mention Of the fact
! that there was hardly a high hat to be
/ seen in the audience. Nearly every lady
wore a bzlutful little bonnet or barred
/ her still more beautiful head.
/ The special matinee to be given this
afternoon will serve to introduce two
] operate novelties in Mascagnis melodi-
/ Gus opera. "Cavalleria Ru5ticana' and
1 Leoncavello's L Pagliacci" which is
/ sem OF brilliant grand music. Nine. Tav-
/ airy win be heard in the part of "Sautuz-
"a, one of the most dramatic operate
] parts written, ana IN the representation
/ of which she reaches a great hight Of
/ artistic perfection. The splendid tenor,
/ Mon. Guile, VIII be heard in both operas,
as "TUridu" in "Cavaleria Rusticana."
/ and as "Canio" in "I' Pagliacci," both of
which roles ne created the original and
/ has sung with brilliant success at the
1 Metropolitan in New York. The cast for
! both operas viii include also the entire
! strength of the company with Nina-Ber-
1 tint Humphreys. Schuster, Dudley, Pa
/ che. Romani assisted by the grand chorus
4 and orchestra, which is a special feature
/ of this excellent organization.
Tonight Carmen" will be given and
4 tomorrow night Wagner's 'Lohengrin"
/ will be given, with Nine. Tavary as
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