The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-13
AT THE THEATERs
METROPOLITAN

Dear, sentimental "u Trovatora "
whose Misunderstanding arias hand organs
nave heartlessly murdered whose nathos
amateur musicians have made bathos
out whose every air finds a quick re-
spouse IN the human heart. was most re-
spectfully treated last night by the prin-
clpals OF the Boston Lyric Opera com
pany. Russo, Collamarini Miss Davis
ana Alessandroni have already sung
themselves into st. PauPs favor. and
last night when the final curtain fell tney
were rendered genuine ovation Each
OIL the TOUR appeared to better advantage
IN II Trovatore" than in Carmen" on
the preceding night. In fact the opera
user was more satisfactorily presented.
one reason for this may have been the
AIrequent appearance of the chorus,
winch is not an unqualified joy. The
principals had the stage mostly to them
selves and most capably did they present
the SAD little story. AS the cigarette
girl, Collamarini was the flippant Cor;sI-
can. AS Azucena she Is a savage, some
times wrathful savage and then she
rises to heights; sometimes a suffering
savage, and her suffering stirs hearts:
but always savage, with a certain dig
nifty that impresses. Her Burst of pas
sion In the first act was wonderfully eff
fective, both dramatically and voea!iv
The despairing "Ah Che la Morte," sung
IN the prison, revealed depth of feeling
and refinement that was observable in
nothing Carmen sang.
one cannot imagine more satisfying
Manrico than the one Russo presented
last night. This little tenor has a voice
OF marvellous sweetness; strong, full and
sustained. His acting is marked by
dramatic intensity and his grasp of his
role complete. The prison song, the
II IN
faultlessly sung. In the exacting role
of Leonora, Miss Davis was vocally sat
lsfactory. Moreover she made so charm.
ing stage picture that one could al
most forgive her lack of dramatic express
sion. This lack is very real however
and it was especially noticeable in the
prison scene 1t is unfortunate for Miss
Davis that het work must be contrasted
with the Italians, for this makes it's re-
serve all the more apparent. Alessan-
dront was unsteady and dramatically sat-
is factory as Count Di Luna.
The anvil chorus and the 'Miserere"
were fairly well sung by the chorus.
This afternoon Wang will be pre-
sented, and this evening '"The Idols
Eye"
GRAND.
The engagement of William H Vests
Big Minstrel Jubilee at the Grand the
current week is a bargain event at the
popular prices of this theater. Even
when Mr. West and his contingent Of
merry associates appeared at the high
priced theater at $3.50 admission rates
they offered no better entertainment than
this distinguished purveyor Of black-face
fun offers on this occasion. The first
part is ideal in it's vocal and comedy
features. Commencing tomorrow night
an almost entire change of programme is
announced as regards the musical and
comedy features. There will be a num-
Der of new songs by the vocalists and
new gags galore by the comedians.
In 'Lost in the Desert" which will be
seen at the Grand the coming week, the
management claim to have reached the
climax of melodramatic possibility.
Y. M. C. A.
Mr.. Leonard T. Powers insists that his
impersonation of David Garrick'' is
his masterpiece. He wanted to give
David Garrick' upon his first appear
ance in ST. Paul, three seasons ago, but
Secretary Grace had advertised Lord
Chumley" He promised Powers that
he would give him the opportunity to
present his favorite comedy on another
occasion. The promise will be fulfilled
tomorrow evening, Thursday, at the
Peoples church.
STAR. q
French Beauties Burlesquers, the cur
rent weeks attraction at the Star, is
strong in songs and dances and some
of it's other features are clever. Beach
and Bechler are versatile team of mu-