The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-28

half OF the week with matinee to-
row, The Bostonians."
ne opening bill last evening was the
green Robin Hood" b. DeKoven and
tn This work will be repeated this
hing and tomorrow afternoon. For to-
row evening. The Bostonians will sing
newest work. Maid Marian. which
described as fitting companion To the
derful robin Hood "
robin Hood" classic of American mu-
works. hae never been sung or acted
er than Il was last evening The
velous relish that the opera possesses
an audience was renewed I'm full Zest.
singularly delightful atmosphere
n tuneful music and romantic scene
bine I'm an unusual measure TO create
4 the auditorium as well Us the stage.
@ suppose The BostOnians or their
xkeeper know how many times Robin
d has been sung by them. II is cer-
" very great number and IL covers
eat many years. But the repct.tions
he piece and the years that II has
sed have served only to enrich and
low 1t like good wine.
zee it's melodies were whistled by
y free American and ground out from
y
ed and Robin Hood has survived
period Of strenuous popularity as very
music does.
e now-a-days get bits OF it from the
lestra or the mus box just as we do.
usionally, snatches from the opera
ffes that the foreign writers useI TO
'ide and which passed or the great
they were until we Yankees learned
o few stunts in that line ourselves.
ld so robin Hood" is secure in the
rs of its countrymen. Like the Bos-
ans IL is evidently destined to go on
yer. glo.iously. The work was the
notable production that belonged to
Bostonians exclusively and much OF
character OF that famous orgaulzat-
as ia today. was inaugurated when
bin Hood was first sung.
4e Bcstonians are by all odds our
nier opera company I'm it's line and
bin Hood" is the premier American
ical work. Both are OF unrivalled
acter and stand ng.
the course of nature it is presumed
individuals OF the Bostonian part
hip will pass away. while Robin
a. will outlast them as their musical
ument. just as. i'm years that have
,, many a tenor and bussO who has
In tho opera has passed out into
er flights, or lower. as the case may
while the. little group OF Original"
onians' have proceeded on their
with increasing fame and prosperity
II no one who heard the opera last
I was able to discover any dimnu-
In the vocal and physical strength
1e original individuals any more than
was any falling OF i'm the produc-
az whole from it's very best per-
1ances I'm times past
: Henry clay Barnabee. the grand
man OF operate comedians, is uu-
)tedly entitled to reverence I'm the
ter OF mere years. But. I'm all really
ntial respects. he ~ the same gay
1g blade that used TO sing the pa
ic ballad about the young oystormau
Is original monologue performance up
fusic hall
mes may have changed. hut m there
ny change I'm Mr.. Barnabec there is
visible an increased mellownpas due
N extraordinary familiarity with The
tice Of the art OF making people
n TIL they cry.
ID Macdonald. the fellow ~ heroic
portions. who is not. OF course old as
go IN ordinary mercantile lito. Is
ltlng all the canons by retaining his
In fine vigor and tone like another
! or a Strad. violin. That voice has
sted great number of ambitious
re and sopranos that have been ASSOC
ID with the Bostonians from me 60
Just as rockingham s FUN continues
,ent among growing crowd OF STAGE
respect to the singers that come
GO with the Bostonlans the company
lrucularly we'll equipped this season.
Chambers as will Scarlet has
1did voice and the soprano tMaid
onl. Miss Walcott. and the contralto
n-s DaleD, Miss Moore are euincntly
fylng. both In n musical and an act
way. Tho tenor tRchin Hood. Mr..
den has n capital voice and in his
iresque part he gave an engaging
orfnanCe
scenery and costumes. % course. the
uction ~ exquisite The vivid. yet
1onious. coloring of the stage has
VS. been one Of the charms OF the
luction Of Robin Hood the opera
ding an especial incentive and oppor-
~ for effective spectacle.
p stirring songs the solos triou
tets. choruseS and all were repeated
hcorcd Last evening while. thr0uihout
performa &c, the smOOthness and hn-