The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-10
OTHER SINGERS MERIT APPLAUSE
7. Rain Walker Thanked
Mr.. W. G. Irwin.
Scenic Artist Porter Called Before
Curtain Flowers in Aoun6-
ance Presented

AL the hopes for success 2ll the Gn-
Jicipsdons Of 81 enthusiastic and crit
ioal public were fully realized on Sat-
urdzy evening when the doors OF the
New Hawaiian Opera House were
thrown open. znd the beautiful and re-
modelled home Of Hawaiian operztie
z1d dramatic s-r was formally dedicaI-
ed BY The successful presentation OF
ys-dI's II Trovztore, under the d.
reccion o. Miss Anais Montague.
When one says that the expectations
o. s EonIuiu audience are fully reaI-
Ee5. he takes E deal Of responsibility
upon his shoulders. since It takes only
what : highest and best 70 stir 70
hsyOnd the pitch OF mediocre display
o. approval the theSte-- going public
Q. this little city The people are crit
iczl. some say even cold, and il Is only
% that which Is above the average stan
6zr6 that they secozC more than the
Cuie- -uS-le OF church applause
Aside from this the New Opera House
has been the talk % the COUNTY, for
weeks. zye. eys1 months Constant
discussion had led the thezter-goers
70 look for high art. both in the ap
pOiEJCs1CS Of the house and the rendi-
CIo1 O 81 oQs-z. in which the mos ar
r1s-ic talent The world has afforded has
wo1 fame
From { social standpoint the first
night audience Vas one o. the most
brilliant that has ever gathered with
II the walls o. : public e,iiEos in this
country RsSpIeCGelr with the sun
shine q electric glory and decorated
EiCE TIE tzirsSt o. Eo1olulU's fair Yo-
Ee1 the audience room vas in Itself &
pleasing Picture long 70 De rsDsu-
ts-st- Although not crowded 70 the
doors every scar from the bzl6-hs1G
-ow Co the highest parI Of the gallery
was occupied
Wien promptly 81 O'Clock tie nag
ulEcszE dr0p-curIzin wzs exposed 70
Tisw- and the rOun6 Of applause which
greeted Artist PCrte-'s masterpiece
LETT 10 query aS 70 TIE appreciation
q The work q one whose superior
scez5c paintings have gTzcs6 The most
Ezg-i5csnr OF Americas best thezCsrS
This burst OF approval vas but the
Eo-EuCsr Of The demonstration ELich
rose 70 lis height when Miss Annis
Montague. Ezwsii'S beloved and hon
cred pima donna. made her APPEAR
z1cs Ero1 the stage Il ~ES gratifying
indeed % witness TIE hearty CTzJio1
rendered Mss Montague, who has r@
turned % cd hone strsr reaching he
pinnacle q operate fame and rscsiT-
Eg The plzuli-s O rtro1E II the
wo-l6s E0st critical ee1EerS Il
1hOZEh foE S.1D5 tine retired from tns
stage she StoEed ttz- Skz Ezd last
Eo-e q hs- magnificent poEa- Of poE-
trzvzl- and her T05cs WsS IS rieh- clear
and attractive 70 her old friends IS II
he GzTS II Esr E5ztaS- successes
N retrieving The rl6ilo1 OF the op-
srE 3 Z Eb0ls. II nus d taken into
consideration thzt with the exception
@ The laz1i1g roles. tie pisce ~zs in
The Ezz5s O sEzteu-S- soue q Ehou
CzEs their first appearances zt this
G0s and Eho ms also suffer Eoze OF
less t-C- comparison with he uors
sIperis1csd- Taken IS Eh0Ie The
cEo-u vas : fairly suo1g one. the
TazresS. II any, bei1g II the ne1's
cho-lS IN The opening scl- Ften Fer
n6o gathers the s@Tznts Of the
Count zbo1E hin. there vas 3 little
E1szSIEess Which was quite natural
II TisE q the fax that With tbs M
lCrIEF q TIE participants II Eas their
E-S appearance q tte op@zttc s-zzz
M Ross Ez6e II excellent Fernando
Tall e1se< and OF fne phyziQus- he
has 2 good Stage p-@aes EiS voice
slows careful cultivation AMI vas in
dad Z Surprise q his t1E6S, Eto
Fsrs quite unaware Of his CAPABILITIES
II Tts ssc0cd seae Mss Ber-
thu Yong H6s her first lrzree zs
IEsZ the attendant Of ths Duchess Leo
n0-z Mss Yong has & very sEaa
TO1e7. ker l1EsS we're clear and pure
and ks- EAnr attractive he poz-
-zFzi q tke Ductass Leozorz bT Mss
Tuner vas tey01d criticism Wha
The cE-ztE TEE down q the Erz ze--
roz1d @ spplzzse- which sreIIed Al
Eos- 70 chsers called Miss No1tzgzs