Year: 1878

II ia no wonder that Booths Theatre was
Allied last night with audience which crowded 1t from
floor 10 ceiling. for the attraction was strong one IL
vas Mignon" given with the three prime donne OF MT
Max Strakoschs troupe, and with nearly the "hoie vi
the power OF that troupe in the cast The opera was
fairly well given, with respectable setihg' 'nouS
and there was a house without ROOF, ana suo"iiAo
tries and the chorus though 1t rather rough was
better than the common while the orchestra whieh WIS
very weak was not 80 bad as IL has sometimes oeen'


The Mignon Of the evening, Nine Marie ho]e' was
very satisfactory. AS we said, after her
ala Favorita" she Is not one OF the great
the world she lacks too much in vocal power ana per
sopal magnetism that. Her voice. what noio 10 VI
IT, s very she sings carefully and correctly
but the upper notes, with which singer Is wont 10
gain the applause Of the multitude are weak ana her
lower register, in which lies chiefly the power
OF expressing emotion is almost nil AS to her
acting 1t Is thoughtful and intelligent. and though
abe often misses the subter shades and finer mean
ngs of character to perceive which the prerOgative
of few great geniuses she perfectly the more
salient features. makes her mpersOnatiOn quite
acceptable IL not intensely interesting In singing and
still more in acting, she has been trained in good
SCHOOL and she shows it, Her Mgon is better than her
Marqseritc which she does not quite TO under
stand and though never carried away by it,
there was nothing to crate upon while there was
much that exceedingly good. IL was q thoroughly
smooth and creditable performance throughout


Miss Kellogg, as IHtnQ, was Dettcf tnan III Olncr
rifle in which remember to have seen her. The music
Of the part lies excelleny within her voice. much bet
fer than would that of Mison, and the acting is all
hight requiring display of passOLate emotions. in the
expresson of which she is weakest Her music was all
nicely sung with clear true voice. and with sufficiently
facie execution. though decided effort perceptibe
IN the Poacca. But this number was quite the most
successful OF all she did and the house insisted
repetition.


Miss Cary. the Federico, met with the warmest OF re-
ceptions sang and acted capally Her aria in the
second act vas admirably delivered and she fairly
earned the encore she obtained. Her acting was bright
and very spirited and while her part afforded but few
opportunities for brilliant display she did 1t so well as
10 win almost more than her share of applause


OF the rest of the cast Mr.. Comfy made respectable
Jotario and Mr. Gottschak good Laerte, but Mr. Tom
Karl the Wilhelm Meisr. was not equal to his work 1t
NAV fatigue, for he was in respects bet
ter night before last Faust though not good even
there; but last night he proved quite unequal to the
strain and though he sang and played carefully several
of his numbers and especially the Ah non credivu
were sung shOckingy out Of tune that 1t painful
10 have to listen to them However the performance as
a whole was fairly pleasant. and may be accepted as
proof that Italian OPERA without stars OF the first
magnitude may be given in such manner as to be ateast