The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-09
ADJUSTMENTS
| Academy-'fThe bohemian ctr,y
| matinee and night,
Bijou-"The Millionaire Kid, natl
| nee and night.
Disappointing.

Disappointing.
When the New York critics. excernts
TON th whose opinions were noated about
the theatre few nights ago. Iayished
praise upon the Aborn Opcra Com
pany's revival of 1.-THE Bohemian Girl"
sh1sy must have been reviewing a very
when when we are now being favored for.
Wnile there were some bright spots in
iiast nights performance OF the bc-
ttIVeo 0id opera, the whole was some
ming less Khan disappointing
In the first place, our own ,tt,,o
:. SheSIia OF SIX pieces and a piano
was augmented by one lone man, the
nia director, who also played the
slolln 10 asslst-and this to accompany
al opera, not 4 musical comedy! Again.
oae does not expect the chorus Of an
opera 10 be chosen for beauty. or
course. but he may reasonably eypect
tnat the participants in various and
suhary bailcts and figured dances. w nj
maSiHs lanterns, shimmerinE GAUGES
ana hear-Slistening knives, should be
aoie TO move with some semblance of
sTsce. Ihis expectation, however, fail
60 OF realizatton-thc dancers were
CHOSEN from the chorus. of some thirty
men anu women. and none of them
nad even a nodoSig acquaintance with
ierpsichore. 1t is true they all. the
people or the chorus, sang with a pre-
. asion oil attack and volume that
Iedounded to the credit of the musical
airector-that the quality of this vol
rne was not remarkable for Its beauty
is no fault of his.
:, OF the principals Miss Blanche Nor
rison, the airline OF the company. was
.ne most pleasing. She has an at
tractiVe personality and an arrerahia
voice, voice. somewhat thin, but clear and
barring an unfortunate trick of usin,,
the ri sound in the middle of a word
while going from one note TO an
1 ,sn.,, unusual in light sopranos.
voiced men, Her very high tones. how
ever, are pure. true and sweet, and IL
IS only the very high or very low
t Fe .hat the average audience cares
came Immediately popular after the
nrst upper note In Il Dreamt That I
p@eit in Marble Halls" Miss Marie
GG inn, o mogers sang the role OF the
Iipsy queen In two distinct voices, hut
70 the complete satisfaction of the
mouse Saul Roselle, the Dcvilshoof
aispiayed bass OF considerable power,
", ne H aiatry Luckstone sang the part
OF count Arnheim in Il baritone of good
resonance though lacking in the upper
TIesister. The florestein of Augustus
H 1ah u ~ was a negative quantity.
d omn r. fnr rnlilips, the tenor, sang Thad
poiish noblel In a mariner far from
pleasing. His very soft tones were
musical. but when he sang out his
voice was ugly.
still Il was good to hear again "a
Heart Bowed Down." Il Dreamt That
Dweit in Marble Halls," THE Fair
Land of Poland" and all the other
we'll Remembered and esinger-proof"
old songs.
The ''modernization" of the one,a
consists largely OF an utterly rcck-
less Dit OF horseback riding in the flrsr
act that made us gasp by its dare
oeViltry and Of the most marvellous lot
OF tiimblcrs that / have ever seen,
seven Arabs Ctassan Ben Airs, pre-.
sumably) came OH in the second act
and, after some good pyramid work.
lauhched themselves into the Widest,
most impossible, unbelicyabie series al
Whirlwind sonersaults, wheels and
eEe-baHiing Syrations that the mind
OF man can conceive. So wonderful
were they that even the most hardened
marvelcd. nv
All acting by the rest OF the com
pany was omitted w ID r;