The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-03
MARTHA PROVES
 GRAND SUCCESS Morris Steinert Opera Com pany Wins Applause of House on Genuine
 Merit. ENTIRE CAST DOES FINELY Performance of Finished Artists Is the Verdict on the Work of Local
 Amateurs in Grand
 Opera.
ENTIRE CAST DOES FINELY

It is difficult to conceive of a greater pleasure than going 10 an amateur performance of grand opera and carry home with you the conviction that you have been listening to a performance of finished artists.
 The city beautiful grows and will grow very slowly. but the city artistic comes with leaps and bounds and transforms the community over night
 Honor to Morris steinert, the father of music in New Haven; honor to Max Dessauer, the very able conductor for the work he has done so well; honor to everyone who participated In last nights performance, because they kindled a light and showed the way to the self-centered, to the pessimists and to those who have cried fraud"
 The performance of Flotow's opera, Martha" given last night at the Hy perion was an unqualified success Seldom if ever have the people of New Haven had an opportunity of seeing and hearing such an orchestra at a theatrical performance, before the rise of the curtain. The best men in New Haven and number of tne best men in New York, made up an orchestra of about forty men and the overture was played with a style, rythm and finish that would challenge the criti- clsm of the most fastidous. Through out the whole opera, MT. Dessauer kept the orchestra well in hand and the rendering of the music was well done and will remain for long time as a most pleasant memory Of the characters on the stage Mss 1 Bradley as Lady Harriet Durahm, ' must be accorded first place. She is l q young lady of exceptional ability, 1 both as singer and as an actress | She felt her part and consequently there was not moment when she was not "in touch" with the audience and | let 1t be said to her credit that she carried more than her own apportion- ed load more than once during the per. | formance.
 She has carved her own pedestal; lei her stand on it and let us all tel her that we love and appreciate her work,
 Mrs. Adele Guerin Johnson as Nan. cy." was splendid-if there is to b, any difference in the verdict betweer her vocal work and her acting The ribbon will have to go to the last men. tioned although her singing was very satisfying.
 Frank McManus played and sang tn, part of Lord Mickelford" in a very acceptable manner and Edwin Smitf as "Plunkett, made a decided hit H. is a man of resource-graps the char. acter with both hands and never let. go.
 George Kelsey as "Lionel' suffered from a tight throat" and did not dt himself justice He is well fitted fol the bart. however, and will undoubt ed lv redeem himself at the next perform ance
 Mir. Tinkenbach as the sheriff, mad very favorable impression.
 The chorus sang splendidly and tn feminine part of it had many point
 of excellence apart from the singing
 The Ballet girls were simply bewitch
 ing and the mosc bewitching part e
 ii was that they did not seem to knot that they were bewitching. but the
 ,ou can never tell how much gil knows.
 , The principals received several eur tain calls and Mir. SteineTt was calie out and in a few well chosen word , thanked the audience for its arprova 5 of their efforts
 Let us hope that this undertaking c our great citizen, Mir steinerL Is sin ] ply an opening wedge, and that " 1c-nntin,,ed on Second Page