The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-29
Carmen as Presented by Local Am
ateurs Was a Brilliant
Success.
Work of Annis Montague Turner Heartily APP
preciated by FionoIulus Musical Cult.
To Be Repeated on Saturday.

+, character with the modest timidity of q
| village girl emboIdened by love to he
roic enterprise. Her singing is perhaps
| best expressed in the one word that
was prominent on the lips of her audi
tors sweet" Every note leaves her
throat as clearly true and futelike as
every appearance was eagerly awaited
and she received an ovation of flowers
and plaudits. Mrs. Phillip Frear and
Miss Stella Love as the Gypsy friends
of Carmen sang and played their roles
with full appreciation of their possibil-
tiles and much natural vivacity.
Robert White in the difficult role of
Don Jose deserves much credit for his
ambitious efforts. The part calls for
much histrionic as we'll as musical
ability, and Mr.. White essayed these
difficulties with an ambition that over
came many of them. His personality
was pleasing, his acting in the more
strenuous passages effective and his
vocalization improved steadily as the
opera progressed.
Lot Kaulukou, as the t'Toreador,"
was the hero of the evening. His act
ing was free and forceful, his gestures
graceful and untrammelled while his
rendition of the famous '"Toreador'
song in the second act, in which he was
ably backed by the way by the chorus,
brought him salvos of applause, more
flowers than those distributed to an
outgoing steamer and a reception as
genuine and sustained as any actual
matador bowed to in a Spanish bull
ring. His voice is powerful and pleas
ing and he has become a decided factor
in Honolulu's musical and dramatic cir
cles.
The cast throughout were fully capa-
BILE, Guy Livingston and Raymond
Brown as the ,smugglers not only sang
we'll but showed spontaneous comedy
that was never forced and which agree
ably Ieavened the scenes they appeared
in. w. D. Adams, who is responsible
for the excellent stage settings and
the supervision of the dramatic end of
the production, presented handsome
appearance as Captain Zuniga, playing
the part with the ease of a professional.
Arthur Macintosh furnished some de-
lightful little passages of comedy as
the innkeeper, Pastea. He was decid-
edly original and quite factor of the
play. The only other speaking part
was essayed by Mr.. Boyd who delivered
q line in the second act with unction
and under the successive disguises Of
some turbulent whiskers, an eyegIass, |
Z peon's hat and brilliant sash, and |
some lace ruffles led the spearsmen and |
he smugglers and gallantly imperson- |
ated sundry Spanish hidalgos. The /
chorus, aside from their effective sing
ng, We're throughout we'll drilled and
full of the spirit of their parts.
A happy idea was shown in the in
reduction of boys regiment and
'horus in which many clever children,
Boys and girls alike clad in the mascu-
inc garb of tattered urchins of Seville,
Irilled and sang with precocious clev-
rness. Three dainty little dancers of
Irs. Gums class, MesdemoiseIles
AIice Brickwood, Henria Smith and
ybiI McInerny danced very prettily a
with clicking castanets as a
relude and accompaniment to an aria
f Garments.
Mr. Jocher and his orchestra deserve
IL the commendatory comments that
-ere freely bestowed upon them and
ne whole performance redounded
realty to the credit of Mrs. Annis
[ontague Turner in her successful eff
,rts to keep matters musical alive in
honolulu Her work is always ap-
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