El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-08
A GRAND HOUSE
Should Greet the Brehany COM
pany Tonight In Their Concert
Under the Auspices OF the Elk S |

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Under the Auspices OF the Elk S
| The Elks of Ell Paso are going to sea
that toni 81 hts entertainment shall be q
red letter one in every way. They
will have entire charge of the affair
and not only will the Louise Brehany
company present most attractive lot
of selections, but all the little detail ls,
like the matter of programs for in
stance, have been given careful asten'
tion. The Elks have expended more
than $50 on the program alone.
| There is little need to tell Ell Paso
of Miss Brehany, whose sweet voice
and charming person ality have delight
ed US here before. This season, not
only has she improved wonderfully.
| but she has surrounded herself with a
com pany of artists who have received
only praise wherever they have been
heard.
The company is composed OF Louise
M. Brehsny, soprano: Jessie Beatrice
Monroe, contrslto: Miss Olga Schmoll,
violinist: Louis ]. Mintz, tenor: Forest
D. Carr, basso cantante, and w. Gull
laume Sauvlet, the eminent pianist.
The program has been sected with
especial regard to the taste of an El
Paso audience, and nothing that has
not been tried and approved will be
rendered. The entertainment will
conclude with the garden scene from
'sFaust," with Miss Brehany as Mar
ho1 nd
Marths. Mr.. Cyrr as Mephistopheles
and Mr.. Mintz as Faust.
A synopsis of the scene from Faust
may be given: The plot of the opera
follows Goethe's exquisite story, aud
the ode act as given by the Brehany
company, is really a complete opera
within itself. It introduces Margue-
rite and Faust when they first meet
aud become lovers. The scene opens,
and Sibbel, the boy lover of
Marguerite, brings her his daily Of
fering of song and flowers. He is
overheard by Mephisto and Faust.
The Satanic Mephisto determines to
destroy the pure soul OF Marguerite,
and begins by enmeshing her with q
casket of Jewels, which she finds at the
threshold of her humble cottage door.
Marguerite casts away Siebel's flowers,
and tries on the jewels.
Faust sees her while arrsyed in the
jewels, and her gratitude knows no
bounds when she discovers they are a
gift from him. Mephisto urges Faust
to make love to Marguerite, while he
draws the attention of foolish old Mar
ths, her companion. The entire act
deals with the awakening love of
Marguerite for Faust, aud the final
triumph of Mephisto when he hears
her confess in the moonlight that she
loves Faust. This act contains some of
the most tender, sentimental and beau
tiful music ever written in an OPERA
The following numbers are sung dur
ing the act:
Introduction and song-"The Ian
guage of Love-" Siebel.
Entrance and scene-"Tis the
Place." Mephisto, Faust and Siebel.
Cavatina-"What is it That Charms
Me- Faust.
Scene and Aria-'Once There Was
King in Thule" Marguerite.
jewel S0ng-Alr ol BiJOu,' Mar
guerite.
Scene and quartz -(Marguerite,
Faust, Martha and Mephisto.)
Duet-"The Hour is Late,' Mar
guerite and Faust.
The company bring with them the
en- tire Garden scene, and they costume
it beautifully.
Tomorrow evening, at the Orndorff,
the elaborate banquet to be rendered
will be more especially in honor of the
members of the concert company, all
OF whom will be present, and they will
be entertained in the hospitable man
ner the Ell Paso Elks know 80 we'll how
to display.
That will be the fret entertainment
of the local Ellks of the kind to which