Show The Melville Opera ompnY iOn i-On Tuesday evening the Emilie i Melville Opera Companybegins a five nights engagement at the Theatre The-atre here There is no question as to thH result of this engagement When here some time ago MihS Melville Mel-ville made such a marked impression impres-sion tha the name alone will make the engagement a success No comic opera actress who has ever been here left with such a good iin pres ion She has a b autiful voice is a good actress is most prepossessing I preposses-sing and graceful and is at all times I and in all characters a perfect lady never stooping to any of those vulgar vul-gar catches so common to opera bouffe singers Regarding Pa tiriice one of the new productions of this company by Gilbert Sullivan Sulli-van and which will be presented here during the engagement the San Jose Iimes says Patience cannot fail to score avery a-very pronounced success in San Francisco particularly when interpreted inter-preted by so popular and talented a company as Miss Melvilles Speaking Speak-ing of the troupe reminds us that a stronger more efficient corps of singers never appeared here before The soloists are all excellent and the choruses particularly strong Miss Melville is a favorite here and her aopearance last night was a signal sig-nal for an enthusiastic burst of applause ap-plause As the milkmaid she was tastefully costumed and acted with her old freedom and abandon But when she came rut as a fullfledged aesthete in a costume that spake of a love for mediaeval beauty she looked charming and rather turned the scale in favor of sesrheticisrn Of her singing but one thing can be said Of all the light opera singers that have lifted up their voices before be-fore California audiences she is the most satisfactory Her manner is p easing she is a pleasing actress and a songstress that even the birds might envy On Friday night Miss Melville enjoyed a benefit at the Bush Street Theatre which was a tig success when Prince Methuselah was presented pre-sented On Saturday night the en gagementwhich has been a brilliant success closed with the performance of the Pirates of Penzance This morning the troupe leaves for this city As stated elsewhere the sale of season tickets continues until 4 oclock on Monday afternoon and the sale of single tickets commences com-mences tomorrow morning and will continue all day |