The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-24
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0ENTTCF DR.. A. E. BUCHANAN
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ADJUSTMENTS.
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1t is many a long day since return en-
gagements were a success in Indianapolis,
and the great reception which the Alice
Nielsen Opera Company received at Eng
lish's last night must, therefore, be put
down as a fattering Endorsement Of the I'M
doubted worth of this entertainment. Miss
NielseG herself is as delightful as a new Gull
ture ~oaFnation. She is both fragrant and
beautiful and the charm Of her knowing lit
tie face assists in the spell which her clear
sweet voice casts over an audience. AT the
present time this trim little bundle of prima
donna graces is the only one in the business
who deserves to be honored with such a
stunning company. Nielsen is lucky and In
dianapoiis is twice lucky in having a Sec
ond opportunity to see her in the short
space of two months. Miss Nielsen sang,
last night, better, If anything, than before.
Her opening song, telling of the good little
girl who always did as she was told, capti-
waited her old admirers and made her new
ones. OF her three costumes it was hard to
decide in which she appeared the prettiest.
Probably she sings the best as Irma. the
ballet school pupil, acts the best when she
appears as Musette, the Gypsy fortune tell
err but nearly every one will admit she was
the cutest in the flaming red uniform of the
young Hussar. Her song of the ~serenades,
with It's different choruses. ending with the
negro melody and cake walk accompani-
ment, made the greatest hit and resulted in
q half dozen encores. The little prima dom
ma was called before the curtain after the
first and second acts, and the pronounced
hit which Eugene Cowles had made as the
Gypsy perfectly justified her in bringing
out the great basso to share in the con-
tinued applause.
The opera itself is a monster entertain
ment. This would be true with any az st
Manager Perley might give it, but it is pill
ing up the good things when such an array
of talent is presented. Cowles's gypsy
s~erenade, with slumber song chorus out
side, is the solo hit, but rich musical beau
ties are shown in the songs for the tenor,
Frank Rushworth, Marguerite Slyva's dra-
matte number and all the ensemble pieces.
Cawthorn, Richard Golden ana Joseph
Herbert, furnish another feature wholly
aside from the work of Composer Herbert.
All the choruses are spectacularly excellent,
but the hussar chorus for male voices in the
first act fairly lifts the audience out of the
chairs, and is excelled only once afterward
in the stirring finale of the second act,
where the entering of the trumpeters and
then the girl drum corps, piling climax on
climax, closes the act with such a burst of
melody and dramatic action as to equal. if
not surpass, the great Sousa finale in ''El
Captain Too much praise mo be
given this production, lay 1t on as heavy as
one may, and those who have seen it will
not hesitate to back up the statement.
There will be only one more opportunity to
hear The Fortune Teller and nothing
save standing room should be left when the
curtain rises tonight.