The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
OPERA SINGERS
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iTannhacttser Last Night Drew,
tlle#Largcst Audience .55
Ut Any. 5g55
TRovAToRE AT MATINEE 4 {: {:
Company May Return Return Hers, Here
Il Next Season for Weeks w
Engagement. s3

\ x The closing performance Of the Savage.
GRAND Opera Company test fed to 4 the
iapprcciatIonS whici tho music lovers lof
Richmond nave lnanifcst ted iii 3therend-
ton 4 Of operas or inHstcrS composers by
artists such as form sthls splendid organ
rhe largest audience that gath
cred at any or4.tfe performances was
present last night when yVagner's Tram
huouser'' was sung. The entire house house
was sold before the doors Q pened, and
but. for theSluWs now inAforce, every inch
Of standing room would have been hoctu--
pied AS | u was. all Of hose who came came
to the box Office last night lil5.tfe hope
( of securing tickets were disappolnt ed,3a an
Had ITO return TO heir homes VI hout
hearing the opera AM a dienc c Y lm li
noon u nv ~ 5e III 555f Z
Revival of Interest.
II. THAT there is In Richmond a. revival Y!
dent, ana Tie reception which has been
accorded tho Savage Opera Company may
mean d great deal to the music lovers$,o {
this city. # Time was when r ichlnond1
stood high In. he music world !. 94 but q
number OF years ago the cit ~ began at "
20 back ward as q con er for the pa from
age OF the divine art. II recent years,
however. a renewed Interest n music
has been manifested, and this seems 70
be steadily on the increase. sG When M u
Savage brought his opera company sou ~
Of Mason and Dixon 8 line the venture {.
was considered by9 him In the $natur 81 q
an ex pertinent. far as Is r ichmond rs
concerned, the experiment has been 4. 35ba
success. Manager Bacon tis plea sed n be
$yond measure. "a HcShas been smiling ever
since Thursday night. III i re- Il said YES ter
day Il ternoonS that the pa tronage Inch
eRichm onders had accorded the company
and the appreciat ton which they had man
Tested In the rendition Q sI the IA operalss'
would mean that mex t season the organ
IN fionS would 4 come a here s Tor a. weeks
stay, $ singing q lffercnt opera ~ every
night Fl n Il q "a s a, VI 5El8
Best Was Last
8a The company slnsssnging Tnnnhac usct.
Slast evening, 81 seems to have reserved It's
best work Il or the final s5perfo rnance OF
the Engagement. This fopertlS Is the heilNi-
est fFtheSrour sung here by the company;
Tits more impressly I've nd more pro otlnd
SthanBSthe other com lions rendered \;
east and chorus and q { every member 9I
lfthea Orc hestra are required In order. to do
to this score. The orchestr ira did
I$its finest work In this opera. Mr.! " eg-
lener, Notwithstanding the fac ~ That The
was lnboring UNDER the s train OF II SIN gtnE
Ethree operas !. In succession, did splendid
work, seeming to make one gra nc, final itl
EFFORT Y He showed some few sig rs q
oyerwork, bit he kept mp 1t q the mark
ITO the end. # Ills s1enditionl OF 'i'Iann-
hacuser''5 was d fitting climax to III s work
Here Nj Nj iss$ Gertrude r ennyson hay
Ling sllng since Thursday y mig lit, was + n
ISeXcellent voice, and 3sssang even better
l8tluny she did In 'Lohengrl Alr.4Art "
i5Deare was also heard to excelle tSntfNylltli-
5tage. 3S III . 5s33
Her Best Chance
The rendition Of II 'rrovltpre in the $;lf-
sterno on afforlcll Miss j can Lane Brooks
1.-THE best opportunity shcsSliils had here.
She sung Ieonora, and ful JUSTIFIED th l
expectations swl lch A her worlS ". Carmen y
lind given Marion yell, IN he Carmenffs
of the preceding night san sAzurcei y
and MISREPRESENTATION OF the ~ 8 psH
was aSstriking contrast to. ller8 ortli' " !
| Of the cigarette girl "A She q Id 4, the role
grandly, however. Mi. Deanes. SANG the ne
Count d Luna in place Of M Goff. ;is ~ I:
lSJosepha IL Sheehan was The !anrico ana mo
sang the par Csexccedngly we'll p. t5t 3fs
$5 Mr.. Reginald + r obcrts,& one o the par /
tone singers, is has been 81 clS at an urphyfs
ever since the arrival Of the company
and his physician, DR.. Labenburg, a for
bade him to leave his room Is doubt.
ltful II he Is able to leave VII the COM
pany thissmorning Tor Columbia ~ -,
| where the organization opens an engage
l'ment z o MORO W. f1 5ss3