The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-01
A GRAND FIRST
NIGHT OF OPERA
Artistic Triumph and Signal Social Sue
cess---Said Pasha and the Players
Honolulu Audience.

OF Oriental luxury ann volupiuouSness.
The prima donna Miss Josephine /
stanton. as Serena. fulfilled all cxPcc- \
tationS to the letter. She is not unfy |
heautifui in face and form but pos
scxscs y soprano voice ut most cXqui- |
site quality. and a method that at once !
stamps her as an artist uf the very
front rank ia the oP-Tattc world. Her
song iu the first act. Love u the
King was most charming and sweet
She won the admiration of the entire
audience at once. and they will look
forward with pleasure to hearing her
in some of the heavier roles of her
repertoire. Being n blonde OF the most
pronounced type. the costume OF blue
which she wore was most fetching
causing many young male heart To
palp.jatc with triple action- Miss
Maud Leckly. a. Queen Alti. had not
many opportunities to display her tai
cutS. hut what little she did have gave
evidence of a magnificent quality at
voice and thorough culture. The duet
!n the second set with ToFano uaS well
r, Warsl.d hy demand for repetition.
aud another WAS in tsier if the artists
bad consented to tEc requests Miss
Katherine McNciIl u beyond all quss-
tiun the greatest character artist In the
female line that has ever appeared tn
/ Honolulu. lt tE very rarely that
/ woman can be- found who understands
/ the art of pugtraytuE hutnur and lu-
CiCruusucss. Emotional arsiEts ate aE
/ plentiful a. the stars 81 the tisma-
mCnt. but comedy Actresses are jewels
of the Tarcst kind. Miss McNciIl must
bv awarded the highest honorS for her
imprrEuuatiuu of R1iah." n part that
requires th. most cVtrcmr utc.iy "t
a - 90
could very easily have been done by
one unconscious act. The lady had
very little singing tn her part last
night. ltit ElimpscS ~ a rich cputralto
voice were at times dtscrrutblc.
Mr.. Henry Hailarr the tenor. W8s
''Turauu. the Mexican. and surround
cd the part with pictuT~squ.ncEs that
Was most delightful to the eye. Ills
voice iR pure. m-lodtouN and tnsplsinE.
his work bcinE particularly superb in
the concerted passages and numbers.
=. q. Farmelcy. n particularly good
looking singer. VAS most acceptable as
''HaSsan B.y. lic possesses y rich.
high tenor voice. sNccs. inViEorattnE
aud pure a. q bell: he seemingly
reaches high e Without th. slightest
effort and holds js. too without a
strain. This singer Will make his
mark iu some of the latcr-hcard pro-
duCsiuns. IyoV-llc Rockwell. another
slashinE artist. as said Pasha- WaN su-
pcrb. his piquant. easy. light and
graceful style vas very catching. and
hc invested the role uith = combinrssi
sense ut humur and dignity that uas
extremely fascinating His vpsc. is =
clear. resonant baritone. with q shad.
just touching ON a high bass. quality
, ot baritun. most wished for IN the
Italian school uf music ilss vocal
methods show thorough culture backed
} by an iuuatc Intelligence which is Oft
eu very necessary to inspire good
Judgment i'm singing
Eugene Rogers. the baSsp. Whu
played the part of the Indian Raish.
" as decidedly n.rc. enough to suit All
cumsTs. hut the short space of time IN
which his heavy bass Voic. was heard
during the singing warrants the as
sUTanc. uf further good work from him
during the season. Rasso voices arc
] horn. no; made Their numbers arr
limited as u by a special decree q.
Pruvidsnc. to keep the market aiusys
at n high figure. 30 scarce are thcsr
Epod bassp voices that n number 81
J opera companies do without them.
Transporting th. hasso scores 90 the
barton" range.
Th. amusement furnished by GeurEc
; kunksl us "Hadad" and John Hnndsg-
son as ''Nuck-y' was endless. their
every appearance causing lots uf fuu
by really bright comedy work. John
+ Hsndevsuu's facial expression Wss q
study. his humur if uf the quiet ussler.
, funny even when b. Eits ssill. H.s top
] jrai SONGS w"r" SUNG in an inirnsssh.r
? way. tu" particular hjt being la uT-
honey" \ better pair uf f1u-mss r. a
f-.G krrk.l and Henderson, in th~5s
...s l.En nos appeared tu Honolulu
.s~r rf thr bright suuts tu the srrund
b was tar Introduction by Mis- stan
; f.a. assisted hT NurFrF ard HafaF
.a lullaby. sleep EslturEF babe. I'd
b LF-r tae rTsma tuuua's sWfet and
E.llr voice vas shown 20 frr aigzn.
, .aEr. Tho song vas 80 sell sung and
tEH .E--'rT go ssurE1f1v 1lE.rr8ss tha.
. tIr tr.p were compelled tn respond ta
b tEgrr s=r1vFs. Tho Ehfas1srr chorus
. letter frs GFat sFrrr bad tEsu suns. aas
, complete failure. aE Snr1sFg bTukl