Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-19
M Grand 5II50
Another Good Performance il Pits
burg, Last Night
GOUNOD'S aROMEO EFT JULIDTTE"
SUNG WITH A MAGNIFICENT
CAST. BEFORE A BRILLIANT
AUDIENCE, IN WHICH MANY
WHEELING PEOPLE WE'RE
NUMBERED.
Special to the Registlr-

| Special to the Regist.r.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 1S.-Wheeling
and the Ohio Valley was again well
represented in the large audience that
greeted the Maurice Grau Grand Opera
! Company in the new Grand this even
| ing. The bill was Romeo ct Juliet.e,"
by Gounod, in French, and was de-
| lightful change from the heavy Wag-
merriam work of Monday evening.
Every seat and much of the standing
room was taken. 1t was, strictly
speaking, a society house, and while
the crowd was not as large as that of
the preceding night, it was fully as en-
thusiastic. AT least twenty ladies and
gentlemen from Wheelig-well known
lovers OF music in its best form-were
present, and the scene from any point
of vantage during the performance was
a notable and charming one.
The change in the opera was well
coined by many because Of the oppor-
tunity to hear for the first time here
the Romeo and Juliet" of Gounod. 1t
is in five acts, the opening scene Of a
festival character; the balcony scene
occupies the second act, and in one of
the most beautiful things in modern
opera. In the third act is the friar's
cell where the secret marriage Of the
lovers takes place and also a frs &C
quaintance with "Stephano," "Ro.
meo's" page, a charming character.
The fourth act is made up Of two
scenes the first is outlets" chamber
where there is long and exquisite duet
between the lovers, and the second is
devoted to the wedding festivities, in
the midst of which Juliet" falls in
sensible from the effects of sleeping
draught The last act transpires in the
tomb of the Capulets.
The opera contains one of the best
parts for Edouard De Reszke and for
Plancon, and again introduced Mr..
Pringle, and for the first time this sea-
son, Mr. Salignac, the tenor, and Mr..
Campanari Miss Susanna Adams has
sung the part of Juliet several times
this season, and in Boston and New
York was much admired. She
made great hit tonight. Other sing
ers in the opera heard for the first time
this season were Madame Della, as the
page; Mile. Bauermeister, Sig. Vanni,
Moux and Sig Maestri
The hit of the evening was made by
M. Edouard De Reszke, who as rrlai
Lawrence received a perfect ovation.
His presentation of the charcter was
thoroughly artistic. Susanna Adams,
the young American, was the Juliet.
She was in fine voice and looked the
part to perfection. NJ Salignac was an
almost ideal Romeo. In the third act,
where Tybalt is slain, he attained
magnificent climax.
Sig. Campanari was the Mercutio,
and although he had but a minor part,
the audience went wild over his voice
and he was applauded again and again.
At the end of the second act he refused
to take a curtain call with the princi-
pals, but the shouts for "Campanari,'
made him come forward. The other
leading characters were: Stephano,
Nine. Della; Gertrude, Mile. Bauer
meister; Capulet, Mons. Plancon; Ty-
bait, Sig. Vanni; LIE Due de Verone, Mr.
Pringle; Gregorio, M. Meux, and Ben
volio, Sig. Maestro The work of the
orchestra was warmly received. Faust"
in French in the afternoon and die
Dalkure" in German in the evening is
to-morrow's bill.