There was a fairly large audience at the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday, when the Russian Opera Company fwesented the fantastic opera "The Demon,"' by Anton Rubinstein, with libretto adopted by Wisowatoff. Before the rise of the curtain it was announced that the parts of Prince Gudal and Prince Sindal, originally assigned to M. Karlash and M. Busanovsky, would be taken by M. Tulchinoff and M. Svetloff, respectively, and it may be said at once that despite the late call on their services the under studies did remarkably well. The feature of the performance, however, was the excellent singing and acting of Mme. Tcherkasskaya,. as Tamara, and M. Pantileef, as the Demon, while the dancing of Miles. Noumova, Casson, Feodoroft and Morosova was particularly, good, especially in the Caucasian dance. The chorus was also very efficient, but as a piece "The Demon" appeals only to those who are familiar with the plot and the music, and that probably accounted for the fact. that the majority of the audience were of Russian nationality.
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