. AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING. The Chicago Opera Crowded -A New Extravaganza. Ex-travaganza. Chicago, June 4. With an audience that crowded every foot of the sitting or standing stand-ing space from main Hour to top gallery, and w-ith over 2000 people unable to gain admis-' admis-' siou, the Chicago Opera house last night in-I in-I augurated its sixth extravaganza season. ' I The production proved more brilliant than ! even its famous predecessors, the 'Arabian 1 Nights," Crystal Slipper" and "Sinbad." I The extravaganza deals with the love affairs of Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter of Bagdad, and Morgian.i, his slave. Ali Baba, in order to win the heart ot Morgiana, who has been seized by the caliph of Bagdad, under-i under-i takes to discover the cave of the two-: two-: score Oriental robbers whose depredations j have made existence in Bagdad burden-! burden-! some. Around this story the extravaganza ; is woven. Many old favorites are seen in I the cast, including Ida Mullo, Ada Deaves, i Bessie Cleveland, Babbette Rodney, the ! premieres Hulda Irmlcr, Madaline Morando and Martha Irmlcr; Arthur Dunn, Dan Hart, i Henry Norman and Alfred C. Wheelan. The j scenic effects surpassed anything ever seen j in this country, and the enchanted forest of falling water, the caliph's palace, and the ! birth of the butterfly, the latter a brillimt j transformation scene, created a furor. The entire production made a pronounced I hit. In the boxes and audience were a ! large number of visiting World's fair com- I ! missioners, including envoys from several ! -foreign countries, and a large number of .prominent republicans en route to Minne-jN-.ToHs.