El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-19

AiteE all the NE OF every day. the life
/ rlgnt around US, is as full of frightful
daze and amazing consequence as this.
! La Boheme" is a trifle concentrated.
that is all
Magnificent Support.
me second scene of the opera was
merry with action and life and color.
! ~ offered great opportunity To
I Musette mabel Riegelman1 which Wa
| made the most of. Miss RiegeIrnan has
! a delightfully."- arch manner, and in
/ the third act her lovers quarrel with
] daIcellO Graham Marr) was full of
I pretty spitefulness and artless abandon
/ thaL IS the very proof of art The
! second act IS Musette's. and all else is
I suoordlnated- The chorus was ade-
! Hudtes ana so many individual excel
J fences were there as to make the
ensemble one Of rare effectiveness
MISS Rlegelman has a lovely voice and
/ eAce4llhS dramatic sense; she is ardent
ana SPIRITED, and suddenly transfers
/ the interest of the audience to herself
| without seeming to bid for it.
Maroones, Puliti, Ananian, all were
/ 5 soetHls SIN gers and good actors, and to-
seLher they furnished a fine foil for
] the principals Graham Mari as Mar
/ celIo displayed high dramatic ability
and MS vocal Interpretation is expres-
siFG aho convincing. Ricardo Martin
as Rodolfo divided interest with Mimi
herseII- Their work together is al
| ways satisfying. Ricardo Martin has
tineiy trained and beautiful voice
anu nc uses Il with notable skill His
work alone or IN ensemble, is artistic
I eItectiVe. and forceful, whether con
sldered as pure music or as Intelligent
and capable Interpretation of operatic
larity.
Martin has studied his part well
and is not guilty of herofcs that would
/ spoil It all. He is simple and almost
cnlIollke IN his unquenchable love for
the little embroiderer Of his Youthful
lOVe-dreams- When the dream is rude
~ broken off by Minis faithlessness
( ftodolto goes back to his attic and to
MS hard task Of inducing a reluctant
and unappreciative public to give him
a Hylng, and there he tries to forget
ms loss He is even able to ioin the
otheF boys IN their frOlicking, and he
becomes almost his old Joyous self.
But he Is true. and the sad fate il
I reserved Tor him TO be stirred to the
very dregs Of his being when the
I prodigal comes to fold her tired wings
and rest in his arms
me orchestra quite outdid itself in
La Boneme The score demands
mlnutest attention not merely To the
gestures OF the players but even to
the thoughts that are passing through
their minds, and here Is where dis
ciphne comes into play. All through
there Is sort Of undercurrent OF sound
IKE the ceaseIess little noises in deep
woods, and the orchestra must be per-
1ectly coOrdinated and synchronized
with what is proceeding on the stage
IN order that no opportunity for emo
tlonaI stimulus shall be lost to the
audience Some Of the Passages in
which subdued harmonies and musical
background rather than pencils of light
are needed, were exquisitely rendered
under Guerrieri-
sour Friend Miura.-
FL Paso has adopted the tinv Jana
ngse trlma donna, Tamaki Miura. into
the family. Last year in Madam
6ulterIly she sang and acted her way
INTO FL PasO's heart, and this wear
atter Iris, she was enthroned there
to stay
1t is an unhappy little story. Through
II all Iris saves herself unspOtted. and
When the lust Of WastefuI and cruel
men pursues her too far, and her poor
1atner, misunderstanding. is moved to
curse her into oblivion in the name AZ
al the relentless gods in his Olympus,
she passes through death into a hap
pier hereafter. and her stricken body
amid the purple iris is laid BY like a
superI!uous garment, when the sun
calls her 10 himself
There is some great Instrumentation
IN the opera The prelude, night. dawn,
the Invocation to the sun-Jhere was
a wonderful tone picture, and Fuifvaua
with It's glaciers rose dominant above
the petty squalid scenes and deeds of
earth, when day revealed all. The
dynamic pOtentiality Of the orchestra
was put 10 a test. and the dramatic
erect OF the chorus used behind the
scenes as an added instrument was
impressive.
The scene Of Iris with her old blind
father in the first act and some Of the
dramatic and vocal work of all the
principals in the house OF evil. were OF
surprising excellence Nirgilio Laz-
zarI, the blind father, has a part that
calls rather for acting. defamation Z
unaccompanied recitative, than for
singing according to form. IN his aD-
pearance strictly in keeping with the
=.
closed powerful dramatic sense and
commanding ability as an interpreter
OF character. He was a central and I
dominant figure whenever the book J
called for him to assume control of
scene. while at all other times he was q
nothing but a mumbiing old derelict
helpless ana thrust aside as rubbish I
Though his part was q comparatively 3
allow ed his work was mastery.
Elyira Leveroni. formerly of the New .
York Metropolitan and the Savage Grand
Opera companies. had no great oDpor- B
tuaity to display her high abilities. but 7
she and Boscacci satisfactorily rounded .
out the excellent east in parts imDor-
tant II. by the book. minor :
The puppet show was an excellent D.
scene. in which the principals and the
chorus made a striking ensemble The F.
play was carried forward with swift
unfolding. The dance Of Joy. Death.
and Evil. the episode Of the KIDNAPPING
and the leaving OF the purse, the lone J
" old mans vigil. the search for Iris.
the hopelessness voiced by the echo,
the fathers dismay turning to hate
when he imagined his little daughter
had left him for a baubIe-au this
prepared the audience. but did not pre-
pare Iris herself, for the pitiful tragedy
to come.
COnsum- rate Art.
MiuTa's great opportunity came in
the second act She made a dainty
and graceful picture always. and her
childish infatuatiOn with the pretty
things thrown around to tempt her was
pretty TO see. But she thought she
was dreaming or playing with her be-
loved dolls in some wonderful para
disc, with no suggestion of sorrow
and only the flying moments to senjuy
to the full as they sped on During
this scene the little japanese artist
with her lovely posing, her delicacy of
touch, her rhythmic movement her
pure thoughts and ingenious self con-
seriousness, created for the eve hun
bred panel pictures Of exquisite beauty
Of composition
Then came the fearful awakening.
the sOrdid attempts to net the little
1ne and despOu her; Iris resisted to the
1fferru0sf far her hmm frTra nina