Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-11-02
DOUBLE BILL
PROVES BIC ATTRACT ton
Ettore Campana Receives 0va-
ton from Large Audience
at Auditorium
BY SHIRLEY OLYMPUS

If further proof that the Bevani
opera company is an aggregation or
artists and that Los Angeles music
lovers are being afforded an excep-
tional opportunity as well as rare
treat through the agency of Manager
Behymer, 1t was given last night when
the popular double bill, "Cavalleria
Rusticana" and "I Pagliacci," was
enjoyed by a large and enthusiastic
audience at the Auditorium. While in
the presentation of Mascagnps work
there were rough spots, nothing was so
marked as to mar the great beauty OF
the work The Leoncavallo opera
scored heavier than did "CaValler1a
Rusticana," principally from the fact
that there is more musical meat in it
than in the other. Whatever may be
the slight faults of operas sung by the
Bevani company, it Is certain that such
music has never before been heard in
Los Angeles, or anywhere else for the
matter of that at such prices.
There must be satisfaction to Man
ager Behymer to know that there are
many persons In Los Angeles who APP
preciate a musical bargain. Before the
week is out, unless ] miss my guess,
standing room in the Auditorium will
be at a premium.
In "Cavalleria Rusticana" Anna
Frery sang Santuzza with great sue
cess. Her dramatic passages were
rendered in a manner which brought
forth round after round of applause.
Umberto Sachetti's Turiddu was sung
we'll, but not acted properly. In the
scene where he bids farewell to
Mamma Lucia he seemed to lack the
dramatic intensity associated with the
role and scene. Secci Corsi's Alto was
excellent, as was also Helen New
combe's Lucia Edmee de Dreux pleased
1Io - ahnrI1u did mt yEnPiK in
perfect harmony, but the defect was
slight.
When Ettore Campana finished the
prologue to IT Pagliacci' he was given
an ovation, for he sang the prologue
as it has been sung few times before.
The tones of Campana's exquisite bari
tone voice are such as to please every
ear and enthrall every audience
| Campana is worthy of association with
the greatest signers of the day.
| Giuditta Francini interpreted Media,
I the faithless wife, in a satisfactory
manner, but did not distinguish her
self to any great extent. SachettPs
Canio, the unhappy husband, was
mastery. So we'll did he please that
an encore of the finale of the first act
was demanded and given with grace
and satisfaction. Secci Corsi as Silvio.
Nedda's lover, was excellent, and
Edmee de Dreux pleased as Harlequin.
! The cast for "Rigoletto," the bill for
tonight. is as follows:
Gilda, Giuditta F'rancini; Madeleine,
Fdmee de Dreux; Contessa di Ceprano,
Fstelle Burgess; Giuvanni, Estelle
Burgess; Conte di Ceprano, P. AL
bertini Borsa, William Giuliani: Ma
rullo. M, Cernusco; an usher, M.
Perron: Monterone, Joseph Florian;
Sparafucile, Alexander .Bevani; Duca
di Mantova, Eugenio Battain; Rigolet-
to, Achille Albert, Roberto Francini,
conductor
Fun, frivolity, music, dances of all
sorts and an exhibition of trained fe-
lines make up the program which Sui
| liyan and Considine offer at the Los
Angeles theater this week. Judging
from the generous applause the various
acts receive the bill suits to a nicely
the demands of the public. A dramatic
| sketch, usual in every vaudeville bill,
is noticeable by its absence.
It is to MaXimillian and Martini that
the lions share of the applause goes.
With their burlesuue illusions, the TOM
foolery of one of the team and the
really clever tricks of the other, the
team "cleans up" to speak in vaude-
vile vernacular. For twenty minutes
this clever duo keeps the audience busy
dividing it's time between laughing at
humorous antics and wondering at
slight-of- hand performances.
An athletic exhibition is the Offering
of Leonard, Louie and Gillette. Head
and hand balancing of an unusual sort
is the feature of the turn A few
novel acrobatic stunts add to the worth
of the act.
Although they cannot sing very we'll,
Lester and Mature compensate for this
lack by dancing we'll and telling some
new stories. The team dances in an
eccentric fashion and makes most