Show I FAUST MIST WEll SUNG M AT THE COLONIAL COtONA The second performance the matinee matinee- I of the tho La Grand Opera company compan at tho the Colonial yesterday afternoon was not nol so eo well en patronized as tho the opening per per- The opera Faust was s presented presented pre pre- senu-d senu In splendid fashion All n are arc familiar with the action of ot It It and can see m mentally the opening scene with Faust grown ol old oldIn In years and philosophy pondering and soliloquizing despond despondently nUy on the seeming futility of or human en endeavor en n- n I deavor vor then the sudden of or temptation In the presence of at Mephistopheles who offer orIel him hint youth and Its joys Joyo in a cup cun of rectal I The Th first solo polo of oC Faust All hall ball nt my last dreary diy day In tho the character of ot an old man was 38 sung with the tho voice of I ago age and m melancholy ane and gave O little hint hintor of or the fine One tenor of Graziani as ho sprang before tho audience d a a hiu handsome some young nobleman But nut this tenor lenor voice though much better trained and controlled than an ordinary tenor had not the the- superb quality of oC Antola In iii his Interpretation of or Vaten- Vaten time the tho brother of or Marguerite ll Hero there Is a great voice controlled with the tho mind and training of a master and It Is I h dramatic sense supplemented hy by supreme Ester was a charming Gra graceful grace ful rul Marguerite with a l. l wonderful s I voice oleo and splendid drama dramatic tic seu sense The Tho basso was 81 f exceedingly tine both as a a. asinger eln singer r and as an actor In tn tho the character of ot to but one ono wished for a little littlemore littlemore littlemore I more subtlety In his part and one thought of or tho the Interpretation of ot the thc Inimitable bl Lewis Morrison In the part and nd wished u. u little of or his work could have bare been In Infused Infused Infused In- In fused In tho the opera action The Tha soldiers soldiers' chorus aroused such applause i It was re repe re- re pe l 11 As s always tho scene at the church was most nn and tho i-ho music haunting and unel th the following recitative duet duel I was suns superbly Tho The tragedy of the I nunc 1 dc on at of oC Marguerite b by Valentine left the house for a 3 moment breathless but It was followed d it by a storm of or ap up- S The singing and Interpretation as well as perfect enunciation of this company haunt tho the memory It Is IsCO very CO wonderful wonder wonder- ful the tho ensemble cast Cl can b by their singing sing sing- ing make one ono forget their esthetic crimes in iii costuming One mans man's heliotrope I legs still stalk through h my 01 memory to the accompaniment ac ac- nl of shivers ors up n my spine while m my ears cars ring with melody |