The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
METROPOLITAN.

| made MS DOW at the metropolitan yeSter-
| day afternoon to an audience that was
more marked by its enthusiasm than by
| it's numbers. He met the applause that
t greeted him on his appearance with an
| other of the Sousa bows, and turning to
| his band of fifty splendid musicians
gracefully moved his baton. The con-
| cert was on, and selections by Gomez
Godfrey. Luigini. Verdi, Wagner. Carlini,
| Nachez, Gabriel-Marie and last. but
not least, Sousa himself. follow
| ed each other in rapid succession, in all
the brilliancy. power and dash for which
! this organization is SO justly famous. The
| programme opened with an overture, I'll
Guarnay," by Gomez 1t showed the
strength of the organization as whole,
the ability of the individual players and
the splendid training, but The audience
had not gotten together However,
cornet solo, "Whirlwind, by Mr.. Her.
| bert l.. Clark, produced the proper effect,
bringing out whirlwind Of applause and
deservingly so. Mr.. Clark is marvellous
ly clever and his execution, triple tongue
and sustained passages created the
greatest enthusiasm; for an encore he
played ''She Was Bred in Old KEN
tucky.' 1t was like the harmony of the
everlasting spheres brought down to
earth, beautifully rich and sweet ,
| A ballad, Sweet Egyptian" Luigini,
was played by the band, and an encore
| Drought out "A HOT lime, other
| band ever played 1t.
| soprano solo, "Ah, Fors e L,Ii ('"Tra-
viatao Verdi. was sung by Miss Maud
| Reese Davies In a marvelouSly clear
sweet voice that seemed to vie with the
| instruments in a cascade Of living, LIQUID
music.
The Interpretation of the funeral march
"Siegfried's Death, from the "Gotterdam-
merung." Wagner, was all that could be
asked for 1t was the piece de resistance
OF the programme and brought forth sew
| eral encores, which We're smiingly re-
| sponded to.
Part two opened with q tone picture
at midnight C"Come Where My Love Lies
| Dreaming"), Carlini, with part Of the
band behind the scene, 1t was tone pic
| ture indeed with all the lights and shad-
1 ows Of the realm Of tone grouped in one
| charming picture. 1t was followed by a
/ serenade, "Badini,' Gabriel-Marie; and
march, THE Charlatan," Sousa and neil
ther escaped without an encore Miss
Dorothy Hoyle. in a violin solo, Gypsy
| Dances Nachez, was revelation Her
| playing was magnificent and her tech
nfque remarkable; it is seldom a woman
masters the king Of instruments as Miss
Hoyle does, and the clear, sweet tones
so charmingly coaXed from its depths
must still be lingering somewhere about
| the Metropolitan opera house, as though
fearful OF facing the cold world on the
| outside. The concert was brought to a
fitting close with '"Tarantella del Belshe-
gar Albert, by the band
A larger audience was present last
| evening, and the following programme
was given
overture@,Paragraph 1vsatnaeo Par Three" .....suppe
trombone Solo-"Air Varie" ........ Pryor
! Grand Scene-"Easter Night" Boito
soprano Solo-"Will You Love Me
When the Lilies Are Dead?" Sousa
Miss Maude Reese Davies.
excerpts From "Sfegfried" ".... Wagner
GEsmd ponia Seer sss'nre-"Benediction of the
Trombone Section. Messrs. Prynr meyeroeer eeeT
! and Williams.
a. Idyl.'Carillon de Noel" ".... Smith
o. March-"The Charlatan" .Sousa
violin n3nl!. solo-"Romance Sans Par
Miss Dorothy Hoyle e'''a " SA'
Sol Smith Russell. in his latest and
| greatest success. ''Hon. John Grigsby. -
| will begin an enga cement Of three nights
! and Wednesday matinee at the Metro
politan opera house tonight; all admirers
| OF refined. artistic comedy and healthy
humor will appreciate the return to st.
Paul of this representative American
comedian, and will give him the same
hearty and substantial support that he
| has always received in the Twin Cities.
Hon John Grigsby," the play which Mr..
! Russell is presenting this season, is from
| the pen of Charles Klein, and Is said TO
| be the strongest and most artistic of
| any that the popular comedian has ever
presented to the public. The scene is laid
| In the state Of Illinois just before the
| Civil war
| The advent of Nine. Modieska at the
Metropolitan this week. who is the last
| of a group of players, the greatness
| OF which will be the better appreciated
! as the years intervene, Is attracting an
| even greater interest than Is usual in
| her case. She appeals not only to the
| most cultured element of our play-goers.
but also to the educational institutions,
| which look upon her as the greatest
| living exponent of Shakespeare and the
| classics. The latter element will be
| particularly interested in her production
| of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopa-
| tra' which, If we are correctly inform
| ed, Will be given on this occasion for
| the first time on the local stage 1t prom
| ises to be the most artistic novelty we
! have had in many seasons and. of
| course, has lent an additional import
| ance to the engagement. Her portrayaIs
! Of Mary Stuart and Lady Macbeth which
will be seen on Thursday and Saturday
| evenings respectively, will no doubt crowd
the treater they always have done.
1t will be of interest to all who an
! preciate good band concert to know
| that the famous Banda Rosa, commonly
known as the Imperial Red Band Of
Italy, Is now making it's second tour of
| this country, and will give two of its
| superb and delightful concerts at the
Metropolitan next Sunday afternoon and
| evening.
| GRAND
| Meiodrama may not be high art; 1t
may not appeal to the aesthetic sense
but good melodrama does touch the
| heart, and, after all, common humanit v
| prefers that to an artistic sensation.
Through the Breakers which drew a
| crowded house at the Grand opera house
last night, is good melodrama. It's SIT
! uadens are startling. its methods are
! clear and its scenes are not impossible.
There. is just the exaegeration in 1t neo-