The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-02-10
Tooley Opera Co.
To Sing Here
Tuneful Operetta Will Be Fourth
Number of Lyceum Course
Thursday Feb. II

present the fourth in the series of
entertainments being presented in
this seasons Lyceum Course. The
Tooley Company is now on a
transcontinental tour and Sank
Centre is fortunate in being able
to secure such a high class at
traction for their Lyceum Course.
The Imperessario is Mr.. H. w. d.
Tooley, one of the younger of the
operate Tenors of the day. Mr..
Tooley has not only been blessed
with a voice of unusual quality,
but also splendid personality and
dramatic ability. Mr.. Tooley has
studied with such teachers as Os-
car Saenger and Richard Hageman
of the New York Metropolitan
Opera Company.
Miss Keitha Ward is the soprano
of the Company. Miss Ward has
coloratura voice of remarkable
range and warmth. She is also a
pupil Of Richard Hageman. Miss
Wards performances are not mar
red by the raannerisms that so Of
ten are noticeable on the operate
Stage.
The supporting Company have
all been carefully trained in the
traditions of the Opera, so that the
ensemble is a perfect one. The
special scenery and spectacular
lighting effects are exact reproduc-
tons of the scenery used by the
Chicago and New York Opera
Companies. The costumes used
are by j. w.. Weber, of the Chi
cago Costume Works, and their
excellency adds great deal to the
pleasant spectacle of the Opera.
The vehicle which the Tooley
Opera Company will use in their
performance is that Comic Opera,
"The Chimes of Normandy"
Below is given the cast of char
acters and the story Of the Opera.
The following is the cast Of char
acters: a
Serpolette, the good-for-nothing
%. Keitha Ward
German, the lost Marchioness
Catherine McLin
Gertrude, the village maiden.
Emma Dorsey
Henri, Marquis of Bonneville.
..5.. C. Holt Steck
Jean, Greincheux, a Fisherman.
....-z...H Howard Tooley
The opera opens in an old Nor
man village where a fair is in
progress. Henri, Marquis of Val
leroi, has just returned from
America to his native town after
an absence of many years. The
gossips are discussing scandal
about Serpolette, who arrives just
in time to vindicate herself by
turning the tables on them. Gas
pard, the old miser, has plan to
marry his niece, Germaine, to the
Bailli (or sheriff., but German
feels it her duty to marry Greni-
choux because she thinks he saved
her from drowning. To escape mar
rage she takes advantage Of the
privileges of the fair and becomes
a servant of Henri, and due to an
old law Gaspard has no longer a
hold over her.
In the second act the ghosts are
reported to be roaming in the old
castle. Henri does not credit
these stories and soon discovers
it is only Gaspard, who when found
out goes crazy through fear of
losing the gold he has concealed
there.
In the last act the castle is re-
stored to Henri and me is given a
fete to which he invites the crazy
Gaspard. Serpolette is there as a
fine lady with GreninchOux as her
factotum. The action shows that
German is the rightful heiress, and
the opera comes to a fitting con-
clusion with the betrothal of Henri
and German, while the bells in the
old castle ring out to tell the
happy news.