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Show A. C. Operas a Grand Success Two Finished Aristic Performances Miss Cardon a Star as Well as a Rose. Considering tlie. lateness of the season sea-son and the lack of spectacular attractions attrac-tions the two operas given last Wednesday Wed-nesday evening by the A. C. students under the direction of Prof. Thatcher drew a remarkably good house, It wa a strictly college affair, for every one who took part, whether as member mem-ber of the orchestra or In the opera caste, is a regular student at the college col-lege and only one or two are merely music students. The two operas with their lively music went with dash and sparkle. In the "Marriage by Lantern-light" Lantern-light" Mr. Herbert Nebekcr, whose claims to distinction so far have rested on his ability in the mile run, showed that he was an excellent actor as well as a good singer and dancer. He did some very clever comedy work as did Miss Jacobsen and Miss C. Montrose, who played and sang the parts of the two saucy widows with so much life and energy. Their scolding duet In which they whisked oil their shoes to throw at each other, brought out enthusiastic en-thusiastic applause from the audience who Insisted on having it repeated. Miss E. Montrose was a charmingly modest and pretty little Liza, especially especi-ally In the last scene, where her sweet voice blended so well with the others and the lanterns and evening shadows formed such an attractive background for her personal charms. The whole scene, with the angclus music, the curious villagers and their lanterns, the shrewish widows, and the country Peter with his treasure, made an unusually un-usually pretty slagc picture. Pleasing as the first opera was, the audience seemed to prefer the second, "The Rose of Auvergne," and certainly it is as dainty a bit of opera as one would ask lo see. The Rose was Miss Cardon Car-don uud a moie ocwltchlng, enticing, lovely rose has rarely displayed Its charms before a Logan audience. The part titled her admirably and she Interpreted In-terpreted Its coquettish, mischievous, girlish phases as a consumalu actress whoso work Is distinguished by many delicate shades and touches.. Miss Cardon has everything that makes for stage success; a sweet, sympathetic singing and speaking voice, much personal per-sonal charm, and great native talent as an actiess. We should like to see her in more ambitious roles. At her side were the gentle Alphonse and the sledge-hammer Pierre, Unit is Mr. Winsor and Mr. Stratroid, both ot whom have excellent voices and played as well as professionals. The humorous humor-ous complications that arose about the cooking of the soup and the wooing woo-ing of Fleurelte kept tho audience In a gale of laughter. Thus we were regaled re-galed with two finished, artistic performances per-formances and Logan should feel grateful to Mr. Thatcher and his students stu-dents for giving us something so fresh, sp.ukllngand unconventional as these Offenbach operas. |