The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1897, Page 30

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28 1897. For all its management, bad sing-, ing ana reckless repertory, some good came out of the Italian company’s seasor at the California Theater. It gave usan the music of We 1ce of the old school ex- de comparison with ity of the ne 85071 NOW W esteem. And the be- e beard the voices of the on re held them tradition- they are forced to adopt usions. And there 1 no happier nor g ler means kil ing a bad iilusion than by re- placi t with a better one. Our T bserve with mirth the silly ‘Boheme™ and “Manon Les- ire now hidden from us. In London, ere posterity already ob- tains among music critics, “Boheme’ was monccied and patronized to the la lor wus voted melody dey ballaa ritic of mu 1 Bayreuth <ou riotous for running The average bas f-d so corpu and tne Bach ch the minor melcd h uplifted ears. I was other day to find Mr. Run- e man who discovered Beetho- ven to the worid as a coarse pea Brahms ! ored al form. at the scarcely s of ant and tuil per-on whose beavi by other dull s was mistaken persons for esoteric genius— sz in the Saturday Review thiat “Don Giovanni” was the best opera ever wriiten. I should like to have read a Runciman criticism of Puccini’s ** Boheme,”’ for—and Isay it in al! modesty—there are moments of melocy in the “Bobeme’ that impress one as being quite Mozartian in spiri: and [fragrance, to say nothing of the minuet scene in “Manon,” which is obvio: after the mode of Mozart. But Mr. Runciman silently ignored the Car Rosa Company’s production of **Boheme”’ = Lol T THE CcOLUM AT TR | reckone: ths least the world.” inte lizent creature i s Itis on!y natnral that a be biased more o~ lecs by the eritics’ dis- likes and predilections, bu: it seems a pity tnat in the capitals of the world Italy s not given a more sympathetic hearing. The miebty Richard seems not only to nis own centary tu: the There is no hope of another gner—ahy not smisb'v cons.aer the little Puecinis of this I1ii=2 who are re- form the dr:maitic music of their land? Wagzner coud affora to wait and be misunderstood; 1t is not ex- pected of a man that he lift the world by the ears and set it down a hun- dred years from where he took it up with- out meeting with some opposition from those conservative, siow-freight mentali- ties that are at once the bane and watch- dog of ari—all that was part of Wagner’s triumph. But Puccini is not so import- ant. He is disputing no conventions that have not already been rszed; he is merely criticism ma t = NI CAVALIER oF FEANCE S BIA- o cn‘ TITTVTBEELBIVEB ; Gmmmmmmuw.ummmuxmnnnnunnszuggnnmgunuggggugnnunmnmwmunnuggn English prose of his; Peier Robertson opined likewise; even my learned col- leegne, musical doctor ' Stewart—with whom I often have been so fortunate as 1o agree—geve ‘‘Boheme” the second place; and when I sugge<ted to Donald de V. Graham that ‘“Manon” had not the graces of ‘Boheme” there came a bodeful look in niseye that foretold | the message from the Argonaut, which is not yet issued at the time I write. Signor Luchesi, the meteoric oritic of the Wasp, is the only one of the crait who stands with me. He extended a warm hand on Tuesday night ana assured me 1 was all 1ight. At present Luchesi and I are the powerful minority, but we expect to have history with us. *e It is not that I love “Manon” less, but that Ilove “Boheme” more. In “Manon’ I am denied the del:cate, distinguished | spell that 1s cast by **Boheme,” the sub: tle iufluences of suggestion that so beauti fully illustrate the humor, tenderness and spring of Murger's story. In “Manon” there is a splurge of color that is olten too diffuse, mauy of the melodizs are too ripe for ep:curean ears. Take those that are woven in the intermezzo, particularly the love themes of the sscond and last acis—they are more than luscious, they are juley; they slobber ali over the senses; like over-sweet wine, they cloy while they intoxicate. And that isthe sort of music that dies of indiscriminate popu- JM1SS GERTRUDE o STER—ALCAZAR: —~ listen to the zood music of this Puccini? | For there are few men living who write | even acceptable opera, and there is no | other Italian who so sweetly weds the flower and essence of Latin song with the dramaisms of real opera. ** The local musical teapot is tempestuons cver the question of which of Puccini’s operas is the better, ‘La Boheme” or OPERATIC QUARTETTE AT THE ORPHEU M larity., The ‘Manon” intermezzo has grown too popular for me already. Itis less directly melodic than the iniermezzo of Mascagni, and there is more variety in the orchestration, but I will vonture that it would never surv.ve the vogue that has attended the chestnut of the “Cavai- leria.” Moreover, *Manon,” while it deais with a story that is more compact and operatically practicable than that of TERM OF REPROACH. BY ASHTON STEVENS. | ent vein of feel ng the characters are all d:fferentiated, and each 1s of consistent identity to the very last af the opera. To | comply with the Abbe Prevost’s tale, the { comedy in *Manon’’ must needs occur en- tirely in tie first and second acts. In the last act there is no action, no character sidel ghts to relieve the strain on the com- voser and his audience, as there are in “Boheme,” where even humor finds a place in the patuos of the finale. Puccini must carry the last act jof “Manon” by sheer music; must make his drama and his climax out of the two almost inactive figures of Manon and her lover. by the sugcestive power of his music. There are but two ways of scoring a scene of this sort. One |isto dressit in the old Italian fustian, | the other is to treat it Wagnerianly. Puccini naturally prefers the latter way; and be overdoesit. He gives to the scene pathos and passion, and undulating meicdy in abundance; but he seems to lose his sense of values; he overposes; the music writhes and sweeps and burns, but misses the true elements of dignity and sincerity. *x It is the second and third acts of ‘*Manon Lescaut’ that are the most spontaneous and teliing. The first act is inciined to be dull from amy point of view, | the second is model in proportion and cumulative power; the third in its less strenuous scenes reflects the characters | and the variety of moods with the same easy authority that marks ‘‘Boheme.” The littie madrigal is very ingen uous and entertaining, and I am sure that it is by no means as prosy a bit as the five young women of the I:alian company’s chorus would make it out to be. The minuet is wonderfut. Bar Paderewski’s minuet and Iknow of no modern music that so dex- terously captures the grace and perfume of this old torm. The melodic enterprise ot the minuet is almost Mozartian, and every measure of it 1s made to serve in bringing out the pioturesque comedy spirit of the scene. The crimson love | scene for Manon and Des Grieux which follows predicts to some extent the ex- cesses of the last act, but it gives | way to the most genuinely excit- | ng episode of the opera—the trio | wherein the comfort-loving Manon, her affable rascal of a brother and .oordream- inz Des Grieux are contrasted as bril- | liantly as are Mimi, Musette, Marcel and todolphe in the famous “Boheme” quar- tet. However, there are not many mo- ments of *Manon’’ that may be praised to that extent. Week after next the Italian singers commence s supplementary sea- son at the Baldwin, which will be largely givenover to Puccini’s operas. 1t is pos- sible that the scores of Lis latest, *‘La Tosea,”” will arrive from lialy in time to give us the first American production of the work. It is also possible that the | rivalry between ‘*Manon’’ and “Boheme” may be buried in the triumph of “La Totca.”” ASHTON STEVE! Golumbia. The Columbia should have a big audi- encs to-morrow night on the occasion of Louis James ovening in “‘A Cavalier of France.” The play1s a new one, of the romantic order, from the pen of Espy | Williams, a New Orleans newspaper man. | ‘fhe story is strung on a series of intrigues and conspiracie during the reign of the | Medicis in France, and i1s Lero is Rene de | ¥roisac, gentleman and cour: er. D Froisac’'s grace of person and his lecds of valer excite the love of Margares, | wife of Henry of Navarre, and with the | assistance «f Dz Froisuc's valet she suc- ceeds in having him dismissed from court on thecharge of stealing her royal garter, | and immed:ately afierward offers tu have him restored to the Kins’s favor on con- diii.n that he will accept her royal love. «sut he is in love with Gabrielle du Bos, | a maid of honor, whose gentle birth is « matter of mystery and who is the inno- | cent cbject of the Kine's passion. De Froisac declines the favors of Margaret of Nuvarre, and the offended Queen atiempts to poison him, but her wwiab’e plan is balked by the warning which e receives | thiough a magic rinz given him by Ga- brielle. This token serves him also to save the King, who isabout to iake a little of the same, and in deep gratitude his Maj sty once more extends to de Froisac | the fresdom of the palace. But the cheva- lier haughtily refuses to come home to court until he is exonerated of the charge of garter-napping. Gabrielle, who has repulsed the ad- vances of the King, is confined against her will in the tower of the Louvre, where the guards are commanded to protect her person from injury. De Kroisac atiempts | | Friday A Cavalier of France.” | sani brother and her favorite, the Duke d’An- jou, on the throne. She endeavors to use De Froisac in this conspiracy, offering secret of nim as an inducement the 0! Gavrielie’s parentaze, and on his refusal summons the guard to seize bim. Gabrielle, whom the guard dare not touch, assists De [Froisac to fizht his way out of the tower, and he escapes, bearing with him the papers which explsin away the mys- tery surrounding his sweetheart’s birth. He immediately seeks the King, assists him in defeating the intrigues of the Queen mother, and is restored to court with every mark of royal faver, and as a maiter of course s saiely married to Ga- brielie du Bois. | The play is pledged to thrill. Managers Wagenhals and Kempe are said to have taken picturesque advantage of the six- teenth century in the matters of mise-en- sceue a1d costume. The company supportin> Mr., James includes Barry Johnstone, Norman Hack- ett, Frank Peters, W. A. Lincoin, Collin Kemper, Miss Enerson, Miss Aphie Hon- dricks, Mrs. Wells and Miss Fannie Gilette, who was lust seen here at the Baldwin, two years ago, in the capacity of leading woman for Frederick Warde. During tbe second week of his engage- ment at the Columbia Mr. James will pre- sent the flollowing of bhis repertory: “Oihello’” for Monday; for Tuesdsy, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday evening, “Spartacus’’; for Wednesday anu Satur- day evenings, ‘“‘julius Ce:ar,” and for Plcazar. Occasionally to this cheerless desk comes some wild, glad word from the passionate press agent, before which the biue per:cil crumbles and the blue editor turns green. Here is one, word for word, from the Al- cazar, in. pired by the success of Mrs. Pa- checo’s “‘lncog” : A week of well defined humor, seven ays of laughter proves too short a time for the capable players of the Alcazar com- pany to satisfy ils ratrons with their tinished rendation of Mrs. Pacheco’s idea of mixing up a household of lovers into a sumptuous stew “Fitting for the Gods” She has named her receipt “Incog’’ and such will be the bill of fare at the Alcazar for another week. “Incoz” furnishes in its pl substance enough for & dozen plays, its range for action is unl:mited its comedy veins dart out from every line, and with an exceptionally clever company large houses are contiu- | ualiy provoked to laughter from tte open- SHOULD BE A | spielers, THERE IS REALLY NO REASON NOW WHY <“ITALIAN OPERA” a o 39 will court the fiftieth performance. *The Geisha'’ is the prettiest musical comedy that has happened in years, and many persons whio have contracted the habit of looking in on it once a week ar least since its prodaction at the Tivoli will regret the end that comes to this, as some time or other it must come to all good things. On Wednesday nigit tue members of the All-America and Balti- more ball teams wi:l attend “The Geisha’’ in a body. ; A weck from Monday night will com- mence a short season of Planquertte’s ro- mantic comic opera oi “Rip Van Winkle,” in which Edwin Stevens wiil assume the name part. Then iollows the big Christ- mas. spectacle *‘The Tales of Motner Goose,”’ wriiten by Mr. Stevens and set 10 music composed and selected by Max Hirscafeld., Morosco’s. The play at the Grand Opera-house this week will be a Southern melodrama, writ- ten by Willlam Haworth, the author of “The Ensign.” Ia the part of Grant Sherwood, Pascoe will again impersonate a brave and intrepid detective, who in various deep disguises wanders through the mountains of the *‘moonshine” dis- trict bent upon the disruption of organ- ized crime. He meets his friend, Pl Barstow, a young blood who 1s =p the season hanting at bis shooting-bo This young man h:s & sister who passes through a deal of trouble, all owing (o Ger love for a lezder of the infamous Ku-Klux. He finaily comes to aspectaculardemise in the Crescent gambling palace, and e\'ery“ body is made happy in the real Morosco style. Special stress is pleced upen the scenery this week, besides which there will be a band of live pickaninnies; who sing, dance and play the banjo. Baldwin. The irresponsible playgoer who is look- ing for a light, noisy, spectacular time will find it “In Gay New York” at the Baldwin for another week. Absolutely nothing remains to be said of this show that has not been said before in the columns of THE CaLL. I:is thesameod show. Eddie Fuy is with it, the Hebrew cakewalkers, the Marmaiade sisters, 1he the bunko-steerers, the old- clothes men and tue short-clothes girls are still in 1t. 1t is now a certainty that the Italian Opera Company will play a two weeks' supplementary season at the Baldwin, followinz the run of *'In Gay New York." ing scene to the ringing down of the cur- tain on the last act. T e principal action of the piece rests upon Wright Hunting- | tan, Walace Shaw. Chas. Bates Gertrode | Foster, Florida Kingsley and Mrs. F. M. Bates. Tone first mentioned fils in | an exceptionally clever manner tue role | of Tom Stanhope, a scueming, head- | strong son of an erratic and dyspentic exceneral well ncted by Mr. Shaw. The efforts of Chas. Bates as the doctor of hz arium would indicate that he was no novice as a lile restorer, Of the women, | Mrs. Bates is seen at her best as the weep- ing wife of Dick. Winters, a detained sub. ject of mental aboerration et the sanita- rium In fact she is the principal in work- ing up the clin.ax at the close of the first and second acts wbich calls forth a storm of applause frow the audience. The ef- forts of Florida Kingsley is botn difficult | and clever; Gertrude as Kate Armitage does well und althougn cast 1o few lines they are made the mo:tof by Miss Julia | Crosby.” “Tne Nominee” tollow. is in preparation to Orpheum. Much is promised for the new attrac- tions at the Orpheum. The feature of the new bi!l isthe Vesuviana operatic quartet, who make their American debut to-night. This quartet was secured by Mr. Walter during his recent European travels, and comes direct from the San Carlos Theater, Naples. It is said that the singers are famed throughout the Continent. The comedy feature of the bill wiil be 0. K. Sato, a comic juggler, who is said to be strictly novel. ¥ordyce, the ventriloquist, | will affect a new line of work for the rew | week, in which be manlpulates seven or eight musical fizures. Stanley & Jackson appear in a musical skit written specially for them and en- titled *‘After tne Ball,” and new views have been secured for the Biograph, among which is a reversed picture of the “Pillow Fi_ bt that has attracted so much attention during the past two weeks, “The Haversiraw Tunnel,” “The Horseless Fire Engine” ana “The Atlan- tic City Fire Department” have taken so well that they will be continued. Bervais Le Roy has esiabiished a high reputation as an illusionist and magician, and he promises some new mysteries. The clever ponies will end their engagement with this week. The Tivoli. fter the longest and most brilliant run | aiic and orche-tral concert. A subsequent attraction will be Stuart Robson and his company. Mr. Robson will play “The Henrietta,”” ‘“Comedy of Errors’” and other piays in which he has won peculiar fame. Galifornia. The closing of the Italian opera season at the California Theater will be cele- brated to-night by a miscellaneous oper- The pro- symphonies from iliani,”” “The Barber includes Si gramme Verdi's I Vesn of Seville” and a D.avola.” Monta- nari will sing a romance from *“*‘Amico Fritz,”’ an opera of Mascagni’s that never bas been give: here. Auostini will sing the romance of *“Aida,” and “Paglizcdi”’ will be given witn Viceini, Collenz, Ui and France:coni in the principal parts. Sutro’s. An entertaining bill of specialties will be presented at Sutro Baths to-morrow afternoon. Lepente will perform a ladder act for the first time. Cariisle and Wil- son, burlesque comedians; Jules Zzlette, European equilib-isi; Pierpont and Clay- ton, tripie horizontai-bar experts, and Otho and Nieber, grotesque comedy acroff bats, are on tie list. The Oberon. Commencing to-morrow night the Metropolitan Quartet, said to te a clever combination oi male voices, will appear at the Oberon in conjunction witu Stark’s Orchestra. Dramatic Brevities. Joseph Jefferson recently made an address before the students of Yale. At the close of the address a student inquired the possibility ofmaintaining a theater in the United States modeled after the Comedie Francaise — in short, & playbouse subsidized by the Govern- ment. “A subsidized playhouse,” Mr. s ffer- son sald, *is imposstbie in this couniry. Where could such & theater be located? In New York. Boston would nothave that. In Bostou Chicago wouid object. In Chicago? No. San_ Francisco would wunt it In Washington? No. There would be too much poiitics there. If any city did get it there would have to be a einocratie tragedian and a Republican tragedinn. No; we never can have such & theater. The republic changed everything in France except the theater and the overa. Tney remsined; for art must always be consistent.” Miss Cisneros has been “scooped” very as Mr. Powers' *‘First Born” was “scc A New York manager has presented & m ,r drema called “Evangelina Cisneros.” / of 1 ey G = wiiing sane Italian opera; writing it in | “Manon Lescaut.” I awakened Tucsday | “‘Bohems,” is by no means the Stronger | ;, rescue her, and stumbles into tihe scored by an opera produciion in San .ll erm farden. The last mention of the idiow that is demanded by modern | to find that Tug CALL did not speak for all. | opern in the symphonic sense. The unity | midst of a plot to overihrow the King. | Francisco during the last ten years GoaEI6. hE Thatoris T Beat ot ‘u.l_v um'l read of his sai ‘The musicians. So why not encourage him? | Herr Boswortn settied the surremacy of | of “Boheme’ is the more pronounced; | The Queen mother desires the abdication | the Tivoli’s *‘Geisha” will come to E‘.,mu‘,,mbmge"“gcd;‘;mm’,;y for b taliantenor or barytone is usually | O resi of the world, fall in line and | *“Manon” in one line of that imperious | and in spite of each act cailing tor a differ- | of Henry. which would place his younger |a close next Sunday night, which | formances in the Journal aud the Exsminer, 1 ey TR T 1 = e NEW TO-DAY -AMUSEMENTS. NEW | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated). . Laesseay TO-NIGHT and ALL NEXT WEEK. —LA'T 9 TIMES. Klaw and Erlai BURLESQUE BIG RAVAGANZA, IN GAY NEW YORK! MATIN ot MONTAY ITALI SATURDAY, —— Dec. 6—~LA BOHEME.” N GRAND OPERA (OMPANY " CALIFORNIA THEATEZR. ’ll'—\l(i"l‘l‘n\“']' TIME, ITALIAN GRAND OPERA CO. 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