The evening world., 1911-02-01
Mary. Garden
Sings Louise
At Metropolitan
Gives a Fine Inpersona.
tion Of Charpentier's
Heroine, Supported by
Dain1ores, Duffranne
and Bressler- Cianoi of
Former Hammerstein
Company.
ny sYL vEsTER RAw WILING.

AT OC1SE," the up-to-date French
opera by C~hsrpentier. in whi,h
Mary Garden made her hrst big
nit In Paris. N later was so 1uccessful
at Ar. Hsmmersteln's Manhattan Opera
Rouse, got a first presentation at the
metropolitan Opera House last night by
the Philadelphia Chicago opera COM
pAny. with Miss Garden in the title part.
There was q crowded house TO enjoy the
psrformance, which m the main was
hishiy creditable. but there were some
oesscns that should I'VE been averted.
IN Inc scene OF the third act, upon the
sleps Of Montmartre. with It's nnc PAN
oramic view Of Paris ~ the declining
day turns into night. and the crownins
or the Muse. with Its stirring spectacle.
takes place. the lighting was very
badly done. The sewing : room scene,
too. lacked much Of the realism and et-
~feetiveness that Coini put Into It at the
Manhattan.
MISS Garden. who had not completely
recovered O the grip which came
near 10 preventing her appearance as
Thsas on last Tuesday night. sang and
acted the part of the Partisan sewing
gtr1 with hne fervor and abandon. It
was her mood to emphasize the pecu-
liariy Gallo side OF the author-com
peoer's conception. Her romantic at
taehment for Julien. the artist. was
suoordinated to her desire TO live enan
ctpeted from parental tyranny and free
20 do As she pleased. When the last
curtain fell and she had been turned out
OF homo into the streets by her fren-
lied father. Il was not at all certain
that she would seek to renew the ro-
. with her FORMER lover. Not the
least of Mss Gardens charms Is her
variety. AZ to her singing. II was neve
bSNer. In h trying solo and the due;
with Julien in the garden Of their home
on Montmartrs her voice filled the house
anl reflected admirably all tho shades
a dramatdo colorinG with which she Is
won't to Undue II.
Dalmores ~ Julien repeated his con-
vinoing Improvisation Of the care-free
artist lover. acting with delightful
charm and singing exceedingly well.
DufrannA a. the father. gave q graphic
picture Of the narrow-minded, self-re-
spsct3nS Paris workman. 1t II a pity
that he shouts his fine natural voice
into h~oarseness. Memories OF another
french singer. now dead. who nrst por
trayed the part for Us. would not down
Broesler-Qianoli. sterling Artist that she
ID. made b mother . striking ngur,
by . SINGLE ~naturalneas with which
,she Depicted her and by her artistic
singing. Edmond warnery. . newcomer
was sxoe1aent as . NoctAmbulist. bu'
was not 30 happy a. the King OF Fools
whioh vsnturini used TO impsrsonAts O
effectively. Marie Cavan a. Trina sAni
her sentimental ditty IN the sewing
room very we'll. Suzanne Dumesmil a
street Arab and a. GRAND girl. Huber
dsau a. . raGptcker. Daddi a. an old
- clothes man, and Giaconia and Venturin
stood out In a cast that carried NOR,
than twenty Individual parts.
Campanini conducted with the skill
that sndeared him TO US when he wa,
the musical director Of an Opera Hous'
that 10 now given over to vaudeville
He was greeted warmly '.Don his mrs
entrance n most enthusiastically be,
fore the last act. The opera begar
only about six or seven minutes late
n the intermissions were long enough
only to permit the scenery to b,
changed. The maestro declared to tn,
writer that the late beginning and tn,
long waits in '"Thais" last week wer,
not his fault. Miss Garden was 10 III
he said, that everything had to wal
upon her readiness to 90 on or sh,
might have broken down.