The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-23

ally Inseparable to the First Nigh,
of an Amateur Performance-Loca
Vocalists Were Heard at The,,
Best-Today's Programme.
Highly successful and pleasing was
| the first presentation of the opera car
| nival given at the Lyceum last night
| Tor the benefit of the Hahnemann hos
pital. There might have been great
| er number of persons i'm the house
last night and it is fortunate for those
| VINO were not there that this afternoon
| ana night and Monday night they will
| nave an opportunity to see this great
entertainment. TO miss it entirely
would be a distinct loss for the opera
carnival is q colossal production. 1t is
| clilDoratelN staged, handsomely cos
TUNED and from an artistic and mlisi-
| cal point of view superb. Last night
| the spectacle betrayed none of the
| ragged details usually deemed insep-
arabic TO Il first performance by anna
| teurs..
Ihc performance opened with a Dor
| tion of Gilbert ~ Sullivan's "Iolanthe g"
with II girls chorus. The role Of
Iolan;he was taken by Miss Rose Gal
len. pretty. petite and Sweet-yOiccd
She sang charningly. The queen Of
the fairies WAS impersonated by Miss
Eleanor Reynolds, Il stately and beau-
tiful girl who was queenly, indeed. Miss
Reynolds has q voice which would
give her q career If she so elected and
as she has only recently begun vocal
study, her progress is awaited with
interest by many well-wishers. Mrs.
y. T.. Lister was Il most attractive
Leila and she sang her lines pleasing
ly as did also Miss Alice Burns. who
was exceedingly pretty in the role of
Celia.
The tower scene with chorus was
given from III Travatore" and as was
the case last season Miss Grace Sper-
Ger scored one of the hits of the even-
ing rs Lconora r. Y. Williams of
Wilkes Barre. sang superbly in he
role Of Manrico. This famous duet re-
ceived many encores. The male chorus
did excellent work.
BOHEMIAN GIRL.
"'rhe Bohemian Girl" was magnh-
Gently rendered. Few professional
casts can show such an array of talent.
Mrs. james Gardner Sanderson was
the Airline last night and anything
daintier and more exquisite than her
impersOnation would be difficult to de-
scribe. She has a lovely voice and it
WIS singularly suited to the song. Il
Drcamt | Dwelt in Marble Halls"
Miss Ida Garasan was Il fine Gipsy
Queen. and her beautiful contralto voice
was never heard to better effect than
in Bliss Forever Past w. NJ Hun-
nell sang with unusually pleasing ef-
feet as Thaddeus, and Thomas Hall
was Il great success as Florestein.
Ralph D. Williams had Il fearful and
wonderful makeup as Devilshoof, but
there was no Disgusting his clear. true
tones. and he came in for much APP
plause. The seXtette from Lucia di
Lanmermoor. in which these soloists
and Eugene Wentzel sang, was one of
the most suikingly beautiful numbers
on the programme. The chorus of the
'Bohcmian Girl" was great. and the
stage arrangement was especially ef-
fective
Much interns; centered in Carmen"
for rumors concerning Eugene Went
Zels voice had been persistent, and
everybody knew that Miss Spencer
would be ideal in the title role. 1t may
be safely asserted that no one was dis
appointed. Miss Spencer was extra
ordinarily taking in her Interpretation.
ana Mr.. WentZel. us the Toreador,
brought down the house. just as was
propheSied. He has unusual dramatic
ability, and then his Npice is so beautl-
ful in timbre and general quality.
Ralph WalliamS was an unqualified
success as Don Jose. ana Mr.. Hall i'm
personated Zuniga with intelligence
and grace. The chorus in Carmen"
surpassed anything before attempted,
and was an intense satisfaction to the
directors
BALLET OF THE AGES.
Much space could be given to the
beautiful dances. which made strong
entl' actes. They came under the title
of Ballet of the Ages" and We're
striking features The beginning of the
set was the dance of the school chill !
dren, with jumping ropes, ribbons, etc. |
The young people We're charmingly cos
tuned and the effect WAS lovely. In
this dance We're the Misses Elizabeth
Harrington, Laura Meldrum, Adalinc |
Hand. Iris Burns. Haida Hunter, Kath-
ryn Pratt, and Robert Luce, w. Gard
ner Pearson, j. Dudley Gladding, Frank |
Law, Herman Ernst. Francis Dranker. |
The youths and Maidcns" was q |
most elaborate dance indeed, and was |
as SURPRISING certain fea- |
lures in a popular opera. The costum-
ing WAS exceptionally attractive, and |
the beautiful young women with their
cavaliers made II stunning |
picture. Their song was a fetching adj
dtion. The personnel was: The Misses
Alice Belin, Elizabeth Archibald. Anne
Hand, Amanda II, Jessup. Bertha
Powell, Eleanor Reynolds, ana Seldcn
H. kinGsbury, Thomas q. Hail. W. j.
Torrey. James Gardner Sanderson,
Frank e, Fuller, Prrntiss Strong.
The Darby and Joan dance was Eor-
gcously costumed, and consisted of q
brief minucl, followed by intricate fig
ures, The following were the dancers
Tho Misses Katharine Lavcrty, Helen
Matthews, Anna NJ, Watson. Freda
Kahn, Carrie Eennell. Frances Law
erty, and Robert w. Snyder, Edward
{. Moitatt, Revan Decker, Frank Linen,
T. II, Dale, Harry Hyndman.
PATRIOTIC ENSEMBLE.
The patriotic Ensemble" was a
great success. II was comprised OF
young men and maidens from the col
liery Engineer, The girls wore hand
some costumes, precisely alike. and the
men were attired in United States uni
FORM An unexpected feature was the