"THE GONDOLIERS."

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 39

"THE GONDOLIERS."

; The Princess Theatre was crowded in every pai t i on Monday night on the occasion of the production of '"The Gondoliers" by the Pollard's Opera Company. The performance was quite b equal to anything that the company have done i uring the present season, . and the Audience p howed in an unmistakable manner that they 3 ft«»r©«sjWi »ppi«oi«fetßd foe effort*. %i ti# mi*

fornfori, 'Jhe dc'igbtfuiiy turefnl mafic of tbe opera was sung is o way which called forth frtquenfe demonstrations of approval, and the acting also afforded the alienee a' great deal of pleasure. Mis? Marion Mitchell And M\ss Maud BeaMy spp/'ared as Mar^o »t>d Gaiscjspc Palmieri (the (we ■^•-'nooYierii) rsapeoWvely, &r<« r&ey both scq-iHted tbpmiujre? i& the v-nVa satisfaction of all present, 'ifaair '-"ogiog and acting evokiag the bea.t'.Ac-tii ap t >l*uß(». One of the best of Miss Mircheli's *oc&l tffort' was "Take a s*ir o^ eparkliag ujes." •a-hich was prettily h .-rig and i .v<ismly encored. Tha parts of Tensa and Glanefla, Iht. wives of the Gondolierif, v;zu> curtained by Miss Lily Stephens %i,? Mis:- SSnf Bealtv resyycilvely. The iortn^:' gac<r > ' r er.T good sevdetinp, oi " Wh?« a n?9"i'j «is s fttV' 'osj-ries/' r*r.d Misr. BeaU.y uaeg wi\S. good cf¥-;cf ' AS/ sue ; for sn^a cau never uncJmt&nd.-" fttrrs Maud .ffewtos madft a g«ocl Oasi'da, ib? daughter jf LUe Dak« of Fhza Toro. >-n<i S!is?jg fiastefariy ail through; but vas heard to -Jaost s^rftdtage in '• Thine, only fhivu/' wfcic/. »)ljoitf.d nx> :mper*fc : -.-e encore. Miss Np'llie Wi!»ou ha(i x part that hwhud her ps T.uiz, the' attendant of f.hs Duke, '.?ho tutcs oufc to 'm fcb* King of Barataris. and ehe and Mise Hewaou wera jointly responsible for a couple of very pleasing duets. Mr Alf Stephens gave a capital representation of the Duke of PJ«za Toro— -a character io which he created a good deal of amusement. Mr Harry Quealy was afro decidedly mirbh - provokiog as the Spanish Inquisitor, Don Alhambra del Boloto, his siugiHg «' Of that tbere is no mannes of doubt " being oas of his happiest efforts. Tha quartet "In contemplative fashion," which wa3 »ung, by Misses Marioi? Mitchell, Maud Btatty, Lily Stephen*, and May Beatty, proved very diverting, and so torli tbo fancy of the audience that they rf called tite singers. The choruses of tbe opera were si' 1 fell sung, asd, in fact, the porforua* anoe as & whole was decidedly suooessinl.

The company made their iasfc appearance on Tuesday evening in the musical comedy "In Town."