The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-23

studsns.. : success.

AZ ever an opera company won deserved
oaceess under trying c.regnsssa nces, the
jules Graz company. winch presented
ne Beggar Student" at the Seattle the
atss iasf evening. richly deserves that hon
or. The people who love opera. as well
~ saoas who love posTsics. were out 10
witness the big Mckinley parade last ev-
ezstns. and although the curtain wa. rszng
~ fase IN order 20 keep pace with the
tlmes, Yet the crowd came In slowly. and
!. was not until the second act was on that
she cnearer assumed the conditions mat IL
wosAc nave had ordinarily i've inmates
after the overture. From the second act
untA tae close % the performances the er-
forts q the company wepe wen received
ana ~ may be said without fear OF contra
caeticn, that the f;rau opera company has
Ahade a MI IN Seattle One thing specially
Aosiceaose about the performance was the
eernss EFFORT OF every person on the stage
70 GO MS or her part. The opera was not
only Well sung. but Il was well acted, and
drely costume1
me bright shining star OF the evening,
however. Was Robert N. Dunbar. In the IL
tie role. He has Q magnificent pure tenor
voice. and X, Tvs how - use IL f.rop+rly.
us Voice ID rich. Ii Is pleasant to the ear.
and with II and his clever acting he has
jumped into popular favor In this city at
one oound. In the second act when he at
tempted 20 reveal his identity to the coun-
I.ss daughter. be was superb and the ap-
pause ne received must nave been very
gratifying. He was m fine voice las, even
Ing. and threw life into everything he did.
me performance was also nouaole as
being the first appearance in the Pacific
-Nofthwest, at least, OF Alice Z. johnson
tne pr1Ha donfa contralto. Her part did
not give ter the opportunity one might
nave wished. TO show her ability as a star.
Ill
sne hearts OF the audience throuxt her
singing of an interpolated song. After
wards She certainly viii prove a great
adIitfon TO the company, for she has a
splendid voice. her tones as a rule being
deep. broad and pure. Sonnet ines last
evening 1t seemed as II she were a trifie
hoarse. but 30 skilifuil- did she handle
ner voice that X a'as scnrctiv noticeable.
Her fnsofsation was fiawless and her
pfsrasing was artistic. She is not only
vocalist OF rare merit. but she Is also an
actress and elocutionist On being en-.
corcd she recited the story about the lion
and the glove aud the king and lover II
might be called q meio-dramntic, serio-
comic tragedy. with music accompani-
mem. The crowd simply wens wild and
called her out again. Miss Johnson was .
success.
Mention should also be made OF Alice
earle as Bronislava, Robert Litt as Gen
oiiendorf, De Wolf Hoppers great part:
Sylvan Jangiois as the Polish nobl-uNan
ana Gertrude Lodge as Countess Paimet-
lea. I1anglois has a good baritone voice.
but he makes IL treubie too much He
reci,es his lines. however. finely. The
chorus was not large. but II has been
well drilled and met every requirement.
the cltnaxes being well lived up TO. Eu-
gene Routhenburg, the musical director.
was a host in himself. and the success or
Az -. a s3,x0 -.
his untiring efforts. The Tar and the
Tartar" will be given this evening. and
then Seattle peon,e will see that old favor
lie comedian. Kirkland Calhoun