OPERA HOUSE.-"The Sorcerce."

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 193, 22 August 1885, Page 2

OPERA HOUSE.-"The Sorcerce."

"The Sokceiiob" was performed In tho fa. House last night to an exceedingly knK ' very appreciative audience. As forth.!, f f ormancc.thc action was smooth, andthe*£ being in good, voice made the varionsS points or the music tcUwith thedataKf Yho applause was frequont anitKKfX !• bouquets were plentiful. ItisgratifrtoK ; ceivc that some of the more glarim?S isms of costume have been corrected aSK oilier details have been improved' kt ; chorus the female voices assert a decidedm! 1 doininuncu over the males, and'at tlma % tenors and basses are almost ovemhew '- Uetween the acts Mr Edmlston adyancedtS 1 footlights, cordially thanked the publioffelE patronage, paid_ a thoroughly welkaadttH of gratitude to Hcrr Sclnnitt for hiseWiiS i announced that Monday evening'!perffina i would be for his benefit. In thisconnecUaiti i may he permitted to express the hope' ttst ill ' lovers oi music in Auckland will Somfcj ( render this benefit a pronounced and mma cal success. Tlie conductor dpßervesswdilft ■ i-o-nilkm for the large Bhnre'be laihSj achieving success for this operatic reotora. & one who has not been actively concerned in & preliminary work can conceive tta mm(t labour and anxiety it has entailed tarn & find it is only by realising it thathis dewS be appraised. He had comparativelymdei* terlul-from a professional standpoiiit-towt upon, nniitheauoccsshohasachievediadiis it into efficiency is the result of paßentiuiJp eistent ollbrt. The boneflt is the only mi thai, the conductor gets, and it remains to S« public to make ita substantial ono. Itim;i well be stated that tho prooeeda of tte is niglit's perforinauec arc to bo devoted to then-tei-iml renovation -of the Choral Hall, and tial the receipts of the other thnjo nightiof 8i week, after expenses have beendens^tpii form the nucleus of a fund for furttarjtri* lions. " 'i'he Sorcerer" will berepeatedtai^ und it will be observed that tho pricsteimj and pit liavo bocn reduced to tftiait respectively.