he Concert of the Shanghai Choral Society on Tuesday (Srd) evening at the MasonicHall went off very well, but it cannot be said that it was 0 brilliant success, and for this the unavoidable postponement was partly accountable. There were seven numbers in the first part, five vocal and two instrumental, The opening number was the overture to Mozart's Nusxe de Figaro, " very hackneyed piece, which was not made more acceptable by the way in which it was played, the want of practice together being very noticeable. The piece chosen by Mr. Pratt for his solo on the violin, Mackenzie's Benedictus, was slow and rather tame, but it was well played. The first_vocal piece was the part song, "From Oberon in Fairyland it was decidedly well sung, though the reno were rather wesk. They wore better i No. 6, "Over the Woodland Chaco. Mr. Hagberg was hardly up to his usual form in the recitative and air from Tannhauser, but he was excellent in his encore song, The Two Grenadiers, by Schumann, The quartet with baritone solo by Kjerulf was hardly appreciated as it deserved. ig raully unnecessary to say anything again of the singing of Mes. Shorrock who is one of the most faithful stand-bys of the concert platform in Shi The second part of the Concert consisted of Sterndale Bennett's "Pastoral," The May Queen, with a really terrible libretto by Henry Chorley Vhe overture by the orchestra was anything but well played, but the chorus singing deserves high praise all through, Mrs. Lanphier was excel in the soprano part of the May Qu while Mes. Shorrock did her fine voice justice in the role of the Queen. Mr. Clapp began splendidly in the tenor part of the Lover, while Mr, Hagberg sang his words capitally as Robin Hood, so that on the whole this performance thoroughly deserved the applause it evoked. How well Miss Jansen accompanies everybody knows, and Mr, Crompton must be com-
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Lo Controleur des Wagons-Lits, a comedy in three acts by A. Bisson, was. prod at the Lyceum by the French A.D.C. Thursday night before a crowded audience. very new piece, and an 1 of it has recently under the title of Ox and tly written piece, exception the third act, from a of incident, the introduction of the ph graph, which brings down the the first and second nets, not having quite the expected effect, but the quick change of the breakfast party in the third act was excellent farce.
The leading part, and a_very onerous part it is, that of Georges Godefroid who ds to be a slecp'ng-car superintend-he may five half the d man at Auteuil and love with serpa, who played it very well for amateur, but who suffered from the con-ith M. Nayap, whose Alfred id was a particularly brilliant per-Labraydre was, of course, capital as Montpépin, the fussy, stout, little, good-natured father-in-law. Colmar played the small role of Moul de St. Médard very naturally and M. Barbanchu was a dignitied Labordave with one not unpardonable lapse from strict propriety. M. Poulard did what he could with te uninteresting role of Charbonneau, and M. Nomah was a characteristic Frang The part of Lucienne Godefroid, the regiected wife, was not one to attract such a finished actress as Mine. Reitrop is; she left nothing undone that could be done with it, but it was really not a much more interesting one than that of Rosine, tery naturally played by Mme. Resnas. Molle Rose made xn excellent Mme. Charbonneau, and Molle St. Barbe gave ie rendering of the Indy who ele, Mme. Lampion ing the most_of every opportunity in the part; and Molle Nitram was a very amusing Julie, The two interiors were brilliantly arranged by M. Lampion, and the management of Mr. Pipelet testified itself in the which the whole perform-while his nwt the vas really deadly. The Town under the direction of Professor yed four well-chosen pieces and there was loud applause when the euz-
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