vV s-roT rf . v f lji&p(j LOUISE" BRILLIANTLY GIVEN First Philadelphia Performance by Metropolitan One of the Best It Has Evor rrosenwa nit; csf ... 0rlrilne I "';' . . .Ion llMhlir . l.nillFP liri III .j'nnln Ananlnti .tulin Tiio flh;r stil,f-a Itl ihP "'".. IllAPi fjlirfPll . """ ' .... uilloti AMwx!. v.'."f:.B.S.r" Kl "nh.-Ml. rant 'itnfar'ln IJla. M"" r.tnnn Vnltrlnlerl. I. null tlchUimn. Mill.- ricrn, MnUtMtn. rl"r? ' Hji'nlr f'lora "erlnl. Mary JMIIrti. Minnie l."'r' ' ""fiVmi Ann Unfile. Mrl Tiffany. Alice """'" ,.i, Ar. ., iin i. (inn iriiinn - - vVliW Olu-orP mcrz.nl. londucior Willi Oornlillup I'nrrnr lirmling up n rnl wlilc-h inxed even tlie cnormmii Tornl icotirer of the Metropolitan Openi To llirrp being no fewer (linn fortv Onsing pnrts ilenmnded by the rnmpn.er. tin company Inst evening Kve , most lirllllnnt performance of Char nenlier'M opera "Louise" nt tlie Acad mr of Mu'lc, the first time tlint this nrjanb.ntioii has ever presented the nftrk in I'lilludelphla. The opera It probably one of the creates! pleeei of enKpmble ever writ frn for if depeniM about equally upon tlie'develoninent of the somnwhat Kocio osiral theme, the acting of the various nirH both principal and subordlniite. he taK- settings, which wero excep- ionallv fine, making Paris nppenr both n -lt of lieautv and of terror, and. last the muilp. There is not ft purely "sln'gins" part In the opera, nlthougli the role of .lulncn comes closer to It thnn anv of the other chief ones. One nc-tilinrltv of the opera Is the enormous Importance of the subordinate parts, any imp of which badly done would put the effect of the whole iu danger. Rut tlili ( one of the innlu sources of strength f the Metropolitan Opera Co., for tt put in the.e comparatively minor parts I, 10t of singers capable of taking nl rnot an of the principal parts on the operatic stage. Mks Karrar. In the title role, has frequently appeared here In far better voire than she. was last evening, as she did not display her usual llexlblllty of voire and the high notes in "Dcspuls le jour." the chief soprano song of the opera, were plainly taken with some effort. She did her best work of the evening in the duet In the third act. Her artlng was powerful nnd convinc ing, ns it always is, being especially line In the strong closing scene. Mr. Hnr rnld aio was evidently not In the best of vocal condition nnd seemed to luck tonnl power in the climaxes. Mr Hothler ns the father nnd Miss Tlerat as the mother were superb ns to voice, acting and above nil in clinrni' terliation of the roles. Much of the riiccci of the opera depends upon the manner in which these two great parts are performed, and nothing better thnn the presentations, of Mr. Rothler and Mis Herat could be nuked. Of the many minor parts, all were wi well done that it is difficult to select those especially well performed from so muri.v Rut Mr. Anntiian in the somber ioe of the Hag Picker. Mr. Diaz as the King of the Fools. Ellen Dnlossy as Irmn and Mary Bills both In the part of n street Arab and as the apprentice in the dressmaking establishment, were es pecially good. There are nor many ensembles In "foulse," but the one nt the close of the third act. where tlie heroine is crowned as the Muse of the Mont mirtrc. was mngniticent, the chorus being enriched by many of the finest voices of the Metropolitan which ap peared In the enst. This was also one of the most gorgeous utage ncenes which the company lias ever presented here, the costumes of the revelers, with the lighted city in the background, making a magnificent picture. Miss Farrar made the mistake which she has done before in other operas of overdressing th part "liOuise" is a story of f'ariidnii poverty, which is the nmin i.iuso of the tragedy into which the opera iesoles itself, but an of Miss Frrar"s gowns after the first act would have kept the uveragp Parisian wnrkiDgmau's fnmlly In comfort Nfor 'he remainder of their lives, with a 'Duple of .InlletiH thrown in. To any one who remembers the plain shirt waist ami skirl in which Miss fiarden did the uart jenrs ago. the contrast was m riffing. Miss Fnrrar's dresses were more redolent of the Faubourg Si (iermain thnn of the Montinartre. Mr WoIlT did one of the best bits f conducting thnt any director lias nilueved for a long time. Familiar both with tlie atmosphere whirl) the mueie depicts, us well as with the score ituclf, he gave a masterly reading. 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