The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
TWO PRETTY OPERAS.
A Review of Last Weeks Work
of the Olympia Company.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The excellence Of the week perform
ances Of the olympia Opera company, In
spite Of series of untoward accidents
calculated to cripple almost any operate
combination, is a splendid proof Of Mr.
seamans executive ability and resourceful
generalshlp.
The serious loss sustained by the com
pany on account Of Mr. westons Illness
may be justly appreciated when one reai-
lies that in addition to being their leading
and only lyric tenor he Is the stage man
ager,
The management was fortunate In ger
ting Mr. Joe TAYLOR Of this city to take the
part VI GrenicheuU In The Chimes Of
Normandy" The musicians OF Houston
have long been proud Of Mr. Taylors UNI
usually fine tenor voice, and the creditable
way in which he acquitted himself in
professlonal miieu quite justified their
pride in hun Ills singing was good, of
course and there WAS little suggestion Of
the amateur IN his acting.
In the coutrasted characters OF Germaine
and Serpolette In "rhe Chimes of Nor
mandy" Miss jenkins aud Miss Kendall
heightened the effect of each others per
Torrance quite satisfactorily Miss Jen
klns GermaIne typihed refinement, gen.
tleness and modesty and her music was. as
1t always IT, delightful
Miss Kendalrs Serpolette was the essence
of impotence, but the plquant prettiness
OF her saucness and even rowdyism was
quite fetching. Miss Kendall has great
deal of personal magnetism and Is close
and sympathetlc student of dramatic art
The bright, particular" star of the
Chimes" evenings was Ben Lodge in his
realistic portrayal of Guspard the miser
! This came a revelation TO his Houston
audiences because, except for the little
! touch Of pathos in his playing Of the last
| part OF Fra Diavolos devoted follower,
! Beppu, Mr.. Lodge had made himself known
here only as farce comedian, Gaspard
must have been a special surprise to Mr.,
Lodges admirers who had prepared a pref
! ~ bouquet and sent II up over the foot.
! lights as soon MS he came out The cord
attached to the flowers bore this inscription,
written In chi!es Uniformed bur plainly
! legible hand: For Mr. Ben Lodge from
a little boy who most busts whenever you
appear Mr.. Lodge was vastly pleased,
! Tor he says he Just loves better than any
/ thing 10 tickle kid
ms impersonatlon OF GaSpard was fine
! indeed, and there We're several eNcellences
/ In small matters OF detail which might
] escape u NNftlesS OF unNNdlutu eye thouSu
/ the general effect would still impress. For
| Instance, the growing, barking quality OF
the tones OF his speech, the liked curve OF
his nugers from the habit of the mlser 5
| desire and readiness TO clutch, and the pc
| cullar hue OF his skin, showing unhealthy
! old age, was hne bit of stage makeup
Mr. Ward took the comic part OF the
notary in The Chimes OF Normandy"
The most successful musical feature OF
the earlier part OF the week was the quin.
tette and chorus In the second act, "Ah!
He's Looking Somewhat Pale This never
/ failed of an encore and was really fine.
The personnel Of the Qulntette was Messrs.
Taylor, Seamans and Alexander aud Misses
Kendall aud jenkins,
ON Thursday night the company gave us
first production here of Suppe's 'BocC0CiO. Do
4 a large and discriminatory apprecatlye
audience was on hand Miss Kendall as
Boccacio looked and acted the part TO per
fectiOn Miss jenkins played and sang
Flnmetta In her usual exquisite style, Her
solo waltz song was most warmly encored.
Her work is always highly appreciated.
Mr Seaman's song and the accompany ing
chorus, lie is Prince, made a decided
hit or course the serenade trio by the
cooper (Air, Ben Lodge, The green grocer
mir AleNandcT and the barber mir Leo
Addel brought down the house.
The introduction OF the song and chorus,
'The Soldiers I'm the Paris from The
Runaway Girl" excited Wild enthusiasm IN
the audience and especially hearty was
the reception OF the last verse. which Miss
Kendall sang while holding the stan az 0
big United States nag, which was grace
. fully draped across her ngure and over her
! shoulder
Mr., ADDE'S good strong bass voice and
his excellent service in almost any old
Part deserves special mention. He seems