The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-28

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P,ots src begun and In IN The air: otAers
are thrust bsfore people ~ The ycry msoole
Of their complication. Two tnIos % 49, n
about and no one cares. The only question
asksd 4 what great singer b thatf' AZ
the end Of each selection those who took
part In Il are properly called out and do
snaks-like procession acroes the saSe,
Thile Geesome I ,hS IN NOR co,rsss hesve
bouquets at them, and take particular de-
liGht In making quoits out Of the big wreatns'
one OF them threw ringer on tall Mr..
BurRstaller last night. A ringer counts
i've, but the usher did not get u. ..,
more than smile or bow, the audience crows
with delight and thinks II is getting more
than the value Of its money. For example
last night some one sent Nine oaosM
huge basket Of roses and she made vahant
sS to drag SSsriy N %m se'
looking like the strong woman OF the snow,
picked II I'M and toted It OF as easily a. she
would one OF her own frequent progeny.
The gallery threw CONFUSION OF eGstasy
at that. Later. Nine. Schumann. ne, ~.
forgot to precede four men In leaving me
stage till they ali pushed her toward tho
proscenium, and then she ran on IKE 2
giant kitten. More ecstasy. IL was worm
Il Is out Of such flmy incidents as these
that the wild excitements OF opersac laIe-
wells are swelled into excited headnnes
in morning prints and even sometimes
last till the sporting extras come with more
spicy heraldlngs TO thrust them into op-
hvion. Such being the case. there Re.
mains only to record the doings OF last night
in order that history may not suner ironh
At 15ssso Mr.. Flon, suffering from In
visible emotion, conducted Doni1ettf's
stirring prelude to ia File du Regiment.
Then the first act Of the opera was per
formed with Nine. Frisky, sohen as ne
Gilbert as the Sergeant, and Nine. Van
Cauteran and Mr.. Dufriche in the other
parts. IL was Nine. Sche6's first appear
ance here In the role, and she enjoyed her
self immensely: Some Of her limitations
Of Nine Sembrich were real cute and cum.
ming; but some Of her limitations Of herself
were better done. Let 1t be said that her
performance served excellently a. do
scending step from grand to comic
opera, in which she is to appear next season.
Mr.. Dufriche was applauded warmly Tor
his admirable impersonation Of the blum
old Sergeant
After the necessary interval for rest and
act Of the Flying Dutchman.' Mr.. Hertz:
the conductor. received a big round OF
applause Wnen nc dppedrtu III M soo''
About twelve more reheaTals would have
helped him to attain better results. The
singers in this excerpt we're Nine. Gadsk
as Senta, Nine. Schumann- Heink. as Mary;
Mr.. Van Rooy as the Dufchmdn, Mr.. Burg
staller as Erik. and Mr.. Blass as Ddldnd.
The next number on the programme
was No. 8, ia Traviata." Act 1. In this
Nine Sembrich appeared as Violetta and
Mr.. De march, as Alfredo The soprano
was In superb voice and sang most brilliantly
After the act she was called out many
times. Expert statisticians were Kept busy
tallying the number Of calls. IL was grand
and glorious time. Then came jump
10 the last act of Faust" with Nine. Emma
Eames a. Marguerite. Mr.. Alvarez as Fdust
and Mr.. de Reszka as Aephisfopheles.
There was naturally some interest In the
temperance OF Nine. Eames after her
illness She looked well and was in most
excellent voice. OF course there was
the traditional tumult after Mr.. Gounod's
martial trio, 'Anges purs ct radieux.
By a simple and easy transition the pas.
sage was made to another last act. that OF
LES Huguenots. Nine. Nordica was to
have sung Valentine In this, but the obliging
Nine. Gadski sang the part. and her asso-
ciates in the curtailed performance were
Messrs. Alvarez. Gourmet, and Scott.
The last scene of all. which ended this
'Lohengrin.- mercifully begun at the en-
trance OF Eisa. The fair impersonator
Of this part was Nine. Reuss-Belce. The
others In tho cast were Nine. Schumann-
Heink, Messrs. Antilles, Blsss. Bispham.
and Mdhlmann. After the performance
the audience called loudly for Mr.. Grau,
b ut he was not In the house.