Show f aitt COLUMN 1 the bijou burlesque q IB 4 opera ap fw monday ight u f ig h t union opera filled with nil an au all to take in the rendition t lohof orpheus oreb eus by max freeman the performance had been well advertised as one of unusually a attractive features and aa duely joy the attractions were strong on enough 6 ugh to be called allurements allure ments I 1 r orpheus and Eury eurydice aice is 13 a travesty ot grecian mythology tho the story odthe of the great musicians tribu lacons through the loss of his wife Ii eurydice in in her abdu abduction action by pluto tho the king of hades forms the stem af around huud which are tire brandling out t the different rich rare and racy peccadilloes of jupiter mars venus ivenus and the other pagan deities offenbach the gay vienna composer who found in the lubay land lustful seine metropolis of the second empire the fruitful field for hia his extravaganzas wa was tb the musical modern lucian As the latter in his inimitable dialogues of the goda gods arid heroes eap exp exposes es s folly of his hellenic fellow citizens belief in the amorous adulterous occupants of olympus BO so offenbach brings the sublime of greek in mythology theology down to the rhythmic le level odthe of the ridiculous ous not hesitating either to flavor it with salacious ingredients when occasion presents itself his plot is simple eurydice P the wife of the musical orpheus becomes unfaithful to he her r husband through infatuation to the shepherd aristeus Aria teus who revealing himself as pluto the ruler of the sulphurous realms below abducts her to hades where she fails to find the satisfaction faction anticipated anticis abed orpheus I 1 impelled and guided guided by public opinion re reaches ac the up upper per regions of olympus where jupiter king and father of gods and men afen bears rule at least as much as I 1 his jealous and fretful roy royal al spouse juno lets him on orpheus complaint the gods and goddesses including warlike mars bewitching venus chaste prudo diana exhilarating g bacchus healing IX III us i and others descend to to nades hades plutos igneous abode w where here they haye have a good time and where orpheus is fiven given his spouse to re turn with her ae r to the verdant fields j of hades on condition that derix during his passage ho he never looks bac back remember lots wife 1 I he ile however through a trick caused by jupiter who himself has taken a fancy to the lyre tuners better half turns his head before he lie has le left ft the lower regions and loses her forever i of course only people who are familiar with the classic mythology with the tales of homer hesion and rind ovid can fully a appreciate preci ate the fanciful and funny allusions allusions tra vesties vc sties parodies and hints to others the plot must appear not only incongruous bu but absolutely a absurd Ds u r d and silly senseless and meaningless no not quite senseless for the senses are appealed to in orpheus and eurydice by all the powers of melody mimic mimie merriment the car delights in pleasing ig tunes while the eve eye feasts on gorgeous us toilets and wardrobe e sometimes even in the suggestive absence thereof As presented by the bijou burlesque company the original offenbach is greatly obliterated in all except the musical parts of the plot lot the dialogue which was last night full of telling and well received local gags ha bai been thoroughly america americanized nihed with all the excrescences and eccentricities of bf the yankee slang of the day the acting was perfect and left lef i room only torone forone tor one regret that the lamentably limited stage facilities leafed the merry multitude of pagan deities in BO so narrow and uncomfortable a compass the individual and play were as fino fine as could ae be desired and the singing was alternately sweet and strong especially was this the case with the intermezzos inter mezzos the quartet 1 I long for thee by watterson dob son aiken and leone being the best heard beard for long years on an ogden stage the other interspersed songs were no n 0 less lees graceful and tuneful tun e ful and only on I 1 y lack in c k of space 8 pa cc pre vents us from parti particularizing particular cula riz izing ill them the costumes were all it that was pr promised 0 little enough in some cases but brilliant in quality aud and i style ty le |