The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
SOPRANO OF FINE
STRIPE D|VULGED
BY Sic. LAMBARD|
Also a Valuable Tenor
in " Lucia
A CREDITABLE PRODUCTION
By Ashton Stevens.

More surprises wers sprung by the
Lambardi Opera Company last night
in the good old opera of Lucia" First
to be mentioned is the young woman
programmed by the tantalizing name of
Senorita Italia V. Repetto. She sang
the title part and her work was wonder
full. Let this unknown Senorita appear
once as the understudy of Melba in this
same part and her reputation is made
the world over She has the birdie
voice-thin, true, 1.-THE and clear as
glass-in its superlative. In the mad"
song she shamed an excellent flute, and
the audience fairly walloWed in ap-
plause. Miss Repetto is not beautiful to
see, and she lacks lamentably in those
qualities of personal spell and magne-
tism that play so great part in the
fate of an operate artist, but she can
sing Lucia as perhaps we have seldom
heard it sung before, except from Patti
and Media. and her next appearance
will be looked forward to with warm
interest by all who heard her last
night.
The other discovery was a tenor
named Russo. He sang Edgardo as we
have not heard it sung in years. His
voice, like that of the Senorita Italia
V. Repetto's, is not much in bulk; it is
lyric to a degree, but clear sure Char
few strained top notes., and capable at
times of urgent dramatic expression.
The orchestra was more at peace in
the simple Donizetti music, and the
chorus, too, was happier than on the
opening night Altogether the perform
ance was extremely creditable AL
though but five singers came to the
front in the seXtet, that famous old
number was given out with stirring
opera of Norma" is the bill for to-
night.
Tonight and the Saturday matinee
mark the last performances here of
Mrs Riggs new comedy, which is still
without a title. On Friday and Satur-
day nights the Kelley Shannon Com
pany will fall back on The Moth and
the Flame, a play that. while absurd
in its melodramatic features, is sur
passing in its comedy and satire The
Henry Miller engagement which will
probably be the most important Of the
year, commences Monday in the Column
bia with Henry Arthur Jones new
comedy, The Liars"
Lewis Morrison, Florence Roberts
anu the AlCdZdT company are still
playing Hamlet" at the little rheater
on OFarrell street. The attraction for
next week is The Master of Cere-
MONIES" which scored signal success
last year.
The droll double, bill of Gilbert & Sui
livan's Pirates" and Leoncavallo's
'Pagliacci' is attracting favorable at
tention at the Grand The Southwells
are giving the best popular priced en-
tertainment in town and deserve sue
cess.
Until further notice The Merry
War" is the bill at the Tivol Oracle
Plaisted may not be much of a singer
but she has host of friends who seem
to make it their business to turn out
every night with glad hands and flow
ers.
The Orpheum has a big bill this
week Several Of the turns have already
come TO criticism in this paper but on
the whole the show is up to the aver
age, and certainly succeeds in drawing
the usual crowd.
At the Chutes tonight the last of the
amateur minstrel shows will be given.
Now that William Shakespeare's
Hamlet" has come into such vogue, I
wonder the management does not ex-
hibit the novices in that What's the
matter with an amateur Hamlet"
night.