The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-04
PHILApELPHIA OPERA HOUSE


will be presented in the presentation,
which, as before said, is to be upon quite
a lavish scale.
PHILADELPHIA OPERA HOUSE
'Rigoletto," one of Verdi's most melo-
dious and attractive operas, and which
last year was one of the most popular
works in the Hammerstein repertoire,
will be sung at the Philadelphia Opera
House next Saturday afternoon, with the
incompatible Nine. Tetrazzini as Gi1da.
Mr.. John Mccormack, the young Irish
tenor who has rapidly become a favorite
because of his charming and artistic lyric
method, will make his first appearance
in Philadelphia as the Duke, which is
well calculated to display all the posi-
bi1ities of his vocal and dramatic talents.
M. Polese, the favorite baritone, who has
not been heard in two weeks, will make
his re-entry in the title role of Rigo1etto,
which ranks with his Iago in artistic
completeness and vocal polish. The rest
of the cast includes Mile. Bertha Soyer
as Madalena; Mile. Severina as Giovanni;
Mile. Egener as the Countess; M. Huber
deau as Sparafucille; M. Gilbert as
Monterone, and MN. Ma1fatti, Fossetta
and Zaini The ballet will be seen in a
splendid advertisement in the first act,
while the entire production will be mag
nifcent in every detail.
Lucia will be sung Thursday evening,
with Nine. Tetrazzini in the title role.
1t is needless at this late day to expatiate
upon the achievements of the prima
donna in this opera. 1t is unquestionably
one of the most dorid works of the old
school, and represents the musical style
e I'll \
supreme. Mr.. John Mccormack, who
made his debut in Philadelphia as Ed
gardo, will repeat his success in the part,
one of which makes for much effective.
ness in his lyricism. Sammarco will be
heard for the first time in Philadelphia
as Ashton, his beautifully rich and we'll
rounded voice adding fuency and
resonance to the familiar melodies Mile.
Severina will be the A1isa, and the rest of
the cast is as follows: M. De Grazia,
Raimondo; M. Centurini, Arturo; M.
Malfatti, Normando.
Samson and Deli1ah' will be given its
third presentation this season Saturday
evening. The extreme popularity of the
Saint Saens opera, which is even greater
than last year, when it was accorded an
unusual number of productions, is un-
doubtedly due to the peerless cast en-
gagged in its Interpretation. There are
few roles upon the operate stage which
offer such bound1ess possibilities as that
of Delilah, and as its exponent, Mile.
Gerville-Reache, is unquestionably SUI
preme. There have been great contraltos
in the past, but it was not until the debut
of this singularly gifted woman that a
competent interpreter of this difficult part
appeared on the operate stage. So I'M
usual has been her success that it may
truthfully be said that Delilah is her own
exclusive role, there being no singer pos
sessing the vocal, dramatic and personal
requirements necessary for its character
ization. Dalmores will, of course, be
heard as Samson. His conception of the
role is heroic to an almost ideal degree,
as he meets every requirement demanded
by the musical and physical standards
His transition from the love wracked lead.
er of his people to the blind, scorned and
contrite captive, IS effected with amazing
artistry, which terminates in the over.
towering spectacle at the conclusion Of
the opera, where, amid the revels of his
revilers, he drags down the temple upon
their heads. The scene of his captivity
at the mill excels in pathetic picturesque,
ness any hereto presented upon the local
stage. Dufranne will once again sing the
music of the High Priest, and Crabbe will
repeat his success as Abimelech. Waller
Venturini and Malfatti and Sampieri com
plete the cast The ballet will be seen il
the first and last acts, and the production
will be the same sumptuous one previous.
ly presented.
'Trovatore' will be the bill this even
ing, when 1t will be sung with practically
the same cast which b hitherto beer
heard in Verdi's immortal melodies at the
Philadelphia Opera House. Mime. Mar
iette Mazarin will sing Leonora, and Nine
DORA will be the Azucene. Nicola Zerols
as Manrico will again voice the stirring
measures of the role. M. Po1ese viii
make her re-entry as the Count Di Luna
Mile. Egener will be Inez; M. De Grazia
Fernando, and NJ Malfatti, Ruiz. M
Sturani will once more conduct ever,
opera.
AUDITORIUM, BURLINGTON
Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the cele
brated authoress whose wor1d-popula,
novel, "St. Elmo" as dramatized for the
first time by William Holcomb will be
presented by the Vaughan Chaser Com
pany at the Auditorium, Burlington, this
Tuesday evening, enjoyed one of the
most remarkable careers of any American
literary woman While her best known
novel has been called 'The Uncle Toms
Cabin of the South and she herself was
the tavor1te woman writer of Dixie,
neither fame nor the popularity of ''St.
Elmo" was confined to any section. On
the contrary, it has for forty years been a
standard household volume wherever the
English language is spoken, and has been
translated into almost every tongue of the
civilized world. Women in particular
have worshipped at the shrine of s'St.
Elmo" and the book further served great
moral purpose in practically discrediting
and putting an end to duelling in the
South, where even stringent laws had no
effect before this novel. Mrs. Wilson.
who was over seventy at the time of her
death last spring, was born in Alabama
and her maiden name was Augusta 7.
Evans, under which she first gained fame
as writer. While she was vet a girl, her
family moved to Texas and for a time
lived in San Antonio. From this expert
ence she gathered materials for her first
novel, entitled Inez, Tale of the Alamo. -
Although written at the age of fifteen,
it abounds in the elegant language and
erudite references to religion and other
abtruse subjects characteristic of her later
works, but with which the average girl
of that age is not supposed to be familiar.
Returning to Virginia just before the
Civil War, the young writer showed her
self possessed of the metal of her heroines
by going into the camps and hospitals as
a volunteer nurse. During the siege of
she wrote her novel, ''Mararia, -
which was printed in the Confederate
Capitol on brown butchers paper, none
other being available, owing to the block
ade. immediately after the war she wrote
est. Elmo" which she published in 1866.
Shortly afterwards she married Mr.. Will
son, a banker of Mobile, where the
authoress settled down to life of blended
social, charitable and literary activeness.
She never wrote simply for the sake of
writing, although her novels were in such
demand that she was paid 81, 500 advance
royalty on "Infelice" before she set pen
and paper. "At the Mercy of Tiberius"
was her second best seller, while ten years
ago she published "a Speckled Bird
which proved that her pen had lost none
Of its trenchant skill. ''St. Elmo" how
ever, was her favorite.
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