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Show Montague Singers Warmly Received "Simple sublime and just what Gunnison wanted," is the verdict of the audience that packed Peterson hall last Tuesday night at the initial number of the Lyceum course. The Montague Light Opera Singers won the hearts of the warm plaudits of the lovers of high-class singing and reading and the hour and a half accupied in the program was well worth the time and money spent. (The performers, should they ever return re-turn to this city, will certainly be greeted with an equal or even larger appreciative audience. It w-as the opening number of the winter program of the Lyceum course and from the very first number until the closing the audience was held in rapt attention. Opening the first part with a quartet, " "Spirit of Spring" by Cadman, and in which Althea Montague, as contralto, Margaret Mar-garet Mellor, soprano, Hayden Thomas, Thom-as, bass and accompanist, and John Eikenberger, tenor and manager, appeared, ap-peared, was the signal for a splendid program. The second number, a soprano so-prano solo, "Polonaise" from the opera Mignon, was a splendid rendition. rendi-tion. The quartet, "Rose of My Heart," the tenor nd bass duet, "Two Jolly Beggars," and the "Churning Scene," from Robin Hood, contralto solo, "Twilight Dreams," and the tenor solo, "Nicolini" were all of the highest class and all were warmly applauded. ap-plauded. During the short intermission between be-tween the two parts Miss Montague delighted her hearers with readings. The concluding part was the "Japanese "Jap-anese Romance," an operetta with music, from "Madam Butterfly," "Mikado" and "Geisha." The playlet play-let was interesting and the entire play was most cleverly executed by the artists comprising all members of the company. For the next number, Opie Read is announced for November 22. Mr. Read has a nationwide reputation as an entertainer, and his brilliancy always al-ways pleases the vast throngs which greet him. |