The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-05
MISS NIELSEN
DELIGHTFUL IN
DON PASQUALE

Miss Nielsen came back 20 the Provi-
dence Opera house last evening after a
long absence from the scenes that had
her so much She was different
Alice Nielsen, in that she was improved
in every artistic quality, with all the
including the scarcely perceptible but
distinctly fetching little Nielsen lisp.
And she brought something very dlf-
ferent TO town In the way OF enter
tainment-so different. indeed, that IL
was like something brand new TO any
but the older group or theatre goers-
when such things as Don Pasquale"
were 10 be feasted on at Will In the
course OF theatrical season, the days
when the present gray heads were
Johnnies, and. instead OF frittering
away their sentiment on n miscella-
neous and indiscriminate collection or
chorus girls, united as one enthusiastic
man 10 bury some wee star or the
opera boune IN bouquets.
1t IL an old story OF an enterprising
present-day theatrical manager who,
looking about him for something novel
10 whet the appetite OF "A Jaded public,
had suggested TO him by yenturesome
her in Juliet Ever alert TO new prop
esitieHs- With possibilities ttfefft5- he
instructed one Of his corps OF writer's TO
prepare a scenario OF the Shakespearean
And highly pleased at the first reading
thereof, he Is reported to have demand
eu Oh MS play lOTCos w ny
the deuce don't some OF you fellows
write me things like that2"
In the regularly shifting demand for
new forms of theatrical enterta lnment'
IL may be possible that, some fine day,
few trial performances from the
really vast store OF delightful musical
things like Don Pasquale' might I'M
that here, indeed, is a mine that has
not been worked for so. many years
that IL might easily be staked out as
n n Inn "A nra a
operate works In existence practically
as charming and as exhilarating as
Don Pasquale' 70 be had for the pick (, =
capable np aq actors. Mebbe it is Miss Neil
sen who Will blaze the way for discoy.,,
ering the much sought for new KIND
OF musical production. as well as max
ing a personal triumph for herself.
We blieve Miss Nielsen was last seen
in this city with the Bostonians In DIR.
Jordan's production OF RIP Van Win
kle" At any rate. IL was soon after that
II was understood that she was to quit
the stage, to go abroad and study for
grand opera just as she was approaching
the top notch of public favor as a star
In English--or American-comic opera. IL
was a notable thing TO do. TO thus go
back TO school again when profitable, IL
not important, achievement was certainly
we'll within her grasp az public favorite
ready established.
Last night Miss Nielsen was out to
please. The pleasure was In the nature
Of a seaSatIoH.-TAe- -lAtIe-eeTapany- OF
singers OF Don Pasquale" II made up
OF italian artists who proved TO be as
capable I'm their respective parts as Miss
Nielsen was as Norma" Signor Rosa s
''Pssquale" was a notable piece Of bufro
acting and singing. artistic. finished and
full of distinction. Sgnor Prat, the tenor.
shared honors with the star in the ap-
plause OF the audience-honors which Miss
Nielsen, with charming grace. insisted
that he should receive and respond TO.
IL was a finished comedy and musical
performance without n blemish or a Jar
under musical direction of an authori-
tative kind Miss Neilsen's voice proved
to be a delicious liquid quaAty, strong
sure all the way from the lower to up
per register, eympathetic, perfectly mo-
bile. Her acting. OF course piquant, full
OF expression and witchingly engaging as
II used 20 be. The whole thing was a de-
light OF the most pronounced kind. The
audience simply surrendered TO the situa-
-tlorf,- once began TO dawn upOn Tn1Tn
that they were witnessing and hearing
something so unusual as TO be practically
without recent precedent on the local
stage in charm and substantial value
And at the close. Miss Nielsen sang a
couple or It'd bits In English-"Go Bye
summer" with the "Suanee River for
an irrepressfble encore. They were rem
oered IN heart-warming way that kept
the audience lingering for more. but con-
siderately not demanding vet another "ex-
ira number from the gracious little star