Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-30
A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT.
The Louise Brehanyi Company Please
Large Audience.


A crowded house greeted the
Louise Brehany Concert Company
last Saturday night at the Opera
House. The programme opened
with a piano solo, Gottschalk's
(. Pasquinade,p rendered by NJ. W,
Guillaume Saavlet, who was warmly
encored. He plays with great ex-
preston, and his technique is excel
| lent.
The tenor, Louis j. Mintz, follow
ed him in double number, Gypsy
Song" by Dvorak, and Bartlette' 5
Dream" and was well received.
The third number was violin so
| 10 by Erl. Olga Schmoll, who held,
the audience from the moment she
appeared on the stage. Her playing
is brilliant, and her selection of a
Faust Fantasia, arranged :by) Al
lard showed off her skillful execu-
ton. She responded to well de-
served encore by the sIntermezzo."
The "Gondoliers," Hoffman, a
vocal duet by Messrs Mink and
Carr, was warmly applauded. Miss
Monroe sang next: her voice is a
contralto of good range and sweet
quality, her lower notes are espec
tally rich and full. Her first mum
Der, ssThe minstrel Boy" might
have been given with little more
spirit, but her encore, "A May Morn
ing was charmingly rendered.
Mr.. F. D. Carr greatly delighted
the audience in his singing of Rich
ardson's Beneath the Stars He
possesses good stage presence, and
the life and feeling he put into his
song won an enthusiastic encore.
The star of the company next ap-
peared. and was warmly greeted.
Her selections, could T. by Tosti,
and Chime Forever by Schlesin-
ger, displayed the range and fiex-
ibility of her voice, and she was re-
called, when she very graciously
sang again.
The first part of the programme
ClOSGu Will a QouulC uuuDcf ilOtu
M. Sauvlet, Little Coquette'' and
the Second Gayotte,' both his own
composition The former is very
pleasing and catchy, the latter a
somewhat more serious production
He responded, in spite of the curtain
raiser, to an encore, with Greig's
"Papillon.o
To many, nj. Sauvlet's numbers
were the most pleasing part of the
entertainment; his evident absorb
ton in his work, joined to his sym
patty and delicate Interpretation
won his audience, and this could
only have been accomplished by a
first class pianist, when that audi
ence was accustomed to the playing
of the head of the piano department
Of the School of Music.
The second part consisted Of the
End act OF Flotow's "Martha. y The
general effect was pleasing, though
the stage management left something
to be desired. Mr.. Carr, as Plunkett,
carried off the honors, his acting was
excellent, and his rich voice most ex
pressiye. Miss Brehany's rendition
of the "Last Rose Of Summer was
in perfect taste, in simple ald charm
ing style.
The general impression made by
this company was very favorable, and
their kindness in responding to en-
cores highly appreciated. The Epis-
copal Church is to be congratulated
on having afforded the town musi-
cal treat of which it wisely took ad-
vantage, but the credit is due prima-
rally to Miss johnson, who was un-
firing, though almost unaided, in
her efforts to make it success, and
who must have felt as gratiaed as
the company, by the large audience
assem- bled.
One very noticeable feature of the
performance was not on the official
programme, luckily for the receipts,
and that was the incessant fire OF ar
tillery from the peanut consumers in
the gallery. The inexcusable noise
was distinctly audible from every
part OF the house. and the beauty Of
the softer passages, both vocal and
instrumental, of the programme, was
entirely marred for those who had
cc...c :. c-s.cy the music. Perhaps
the offenders were unaware of the
annoyance to which they subjected
others, and possibly hint will be
sufficient. but unless their own good
taste leads to the cessation OF the
practice, the managers OF the opera