The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-06
.L'ohe!ngr.in-l II Sp'llle' p'll''l plelndldlll.y' 81
Rende ed ast As ssI
\ Night. q .B5s
3AC FILLED tBY
BRILLIANT COM PA
The Orchestra las the Largest
Ever8in Front 81 the Acad DENY
Stag The ding Parts E'slE. E''Ss sS35
Handled With Convii1c-- s5SI$
.s ing Power supp portede s:e | II 81
f.s.3 ~ Strong Chorus ~

5 The grand opera. festival opened Sat sa SAss
Academy last night VII he nlost brll-;
iilant and certainly theamoat t1ta-S
tive audience i hat has ga n tha S$
playhouse Tor tohet1 81 yVasTs
r,ers masterpiece chosen llesbll n
forths opening night and IL s5 Y lss
SELECTION l,n l,eard
2ofS tho great compo e gen.
ton vi Richmond e thea tre- ~
heard 1T rendered here, as psrt.s
not be en-. sun 4 In this cit for oinet hing
like fourteen years. StS
rho audience last I'll igh w,ss orln ofS tlit,sa
Iwhich only ia re
lii a. play house. There ~
fhad not boer thin tst he n
$Aca DENY for seVe We sses
were represen ed from he sla ~
able followers of society to tt teyyS
most Fhumbe cot III
#sss For Music 3 Love.
l There ~ srs II, usic llts
divine passion In heir 80 M
be transported by the beau tifi l1dtt,v.s
strains 81 this compost lon he els.
composer. Some OF 81
chestra chairs. surrot rded
gownetl women iss
tire ,neis;
surround nga, as long riI,
the soulful music. 2wt lchs cam thress @
score voices und the hlffsS
h sty musicians. n The u al cohy9 wa sScroSR
h the audlenceEin that portion Sof the SSllolsea
being more; representat I've N han thai bee
low hem Of q boVo them. yYas All h,.I
gallery however hat w 9 Ess therGd
those to whom usieS Ila sto
who hung On any mt onal les were u
men d nd ,Fome11 |, who tlsSs hppss
on slde streets; people he elongtnE TO that
class who live from hand oflli on
earn thei I'd dally bread 1 BY ID borsfs hat
Ete GIN 1T sllnr rlse and end the "a Il hours
OF the night 1,ese pee oplo will Sgo IL bout.
to-day with music theirjs hear artss nud&&
life will EN- Il bri gl1t err to hem
Ttas to N for music wit the America
rather a cul tIvated ia Ste, and cui Tres
deal OF cultivat ing3 taly Sell
many and France. peo ret bo
music in *thelr Us.
ssi A# Splendid O orchestra !. g
Those who sswere a q tho "A AcadeinySS last q
night, because t was lles rig hit thing to-
he there, behaved very, nice nd $ssu MAJ
Ernitted themsel yes 10 Tho Oil lng pr ro-it%
3cess.9 And II they were a ot inspt
the harmony Of the mus Ii, ts eauti ftl NIL
tones. and norous s trains hen tlieraSss
rs little hope Of their ever being pa irons oGS
this art for the snk 6 the b q mt itself.
The orchestra was the y largest that la ass5
ever beenEinS front Of theG Mead enly sta ge. .
The wri ter Scanl1ot gnse tho word sorc hestrAs
pitt, because that place was lyh hol ma de-
fquate8 for the accommo dat Ion OF Tho snl,l- -s
3sicInns. Two rows of sea ts llad n be SE
moved lii order to- give room for tlles5 hls
aorchastrn carried by lie company,
81 Every member Of the cas- I no ossessad aSsss
voice full Of Up owel' nd icients
range for tho part sun silliams
Ing rich and sweet In Its ones, yet pow
,erful In volume. 10 carried IA he audi
5enca by storm hut byaone Of hose 8fsel-s
ings Of the vocal cords sS5 that some etinlesss
occur with tho best Of singers, his Il voice
broke during the; rcnd tion y & he song
In which Lohengrin declares himsel f35 ss
tkn:yht OF the Holy 4 Grail III N itller$S N thesg
audience nor the singers on theH stage ri
showed by q Snlove or lg u hat hey llo-
,ticed this vocal failing. and w hen tlis @ls
number was completed ,s3s5 " the "a nd leMSa S
broke forth In n \ perfect storm of lp- s
plause, which showed their feeling for
the singer, and which must have nln4bs VI
him feel deeply grntefu S5 i 35g3 Fss
Miss Rennyson as Elsa.
Miss Gertrude Rsnnysotl sll, is 5 5,. Ell lisa, vi
with fine dramatic effect and Miss g SeVI-5sE:
man not only possessed n ivo Ice Q < sWe Weef-s$55
ness and power. hut added & q ranlat &c II
force to her work. Harrison w. Bennett,
in the part or the king, sang Wi b a ful ,ft
rich voice, and JYlnfree Coff, az Irreder-
lex, and Thomas David Htchards y. as tlis vi
Herald We're both n8excellen t. voice. q nd. ii
made d most favorable iimpressi on
The chorus was strong In both IS ma le Il,