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A Knlcmli(! . .iuaii'hlOn sat uni : c. ulut ftt, ;he spiicmu Fitzgerald’a li.iil warfitU ? with a highlydelighted nn lit*rice, at the rendition of ^ I ho Cantata of ILtLer, * The beautiful Q teen* 1 As wo have \*fore pre iieted,wo DOW affirm that a rintr.'mouth audience was never more delighted—neverha*l an occasion I t he tame proud than while so iny rind Ju 'irii 7 our linger' perform in this .splendid Oratorio, commencing as it iloOff with a grand, swelling chorus—“Hainanf Haiti in, Img liveHainan,” while 1 ach singer was arrayed in a becoming costume, many of which were extremely 1 iiiiau: and beautiful— the srige presenting :i splendid appvar ance, such as can 0 or b- witn - d outside the largest cities. It was truly ! Kuagiducent . every ey#s riveted* arid every car delighted, it is v md *rhd how, that Hi a spa-NS of time, Itv il in two week?, that v. • irh took two hour*to perform, could he so thoroughly committed to memory—not a perceptibleuii rjL • occiuiiur not a hook f anyitcription visible to the audience.Be fire the curtain rose, the I lev II i Foster aave a idiort, 1 at d old-ally iu?c letting n vivW of !i : ; r Eebtent characters eouUtued iu the Cantata, in a veryhappy iu armor.Mbs Ella Crocker, ever pleasant and • popular a- a lady and musician, has won ' fresh laurels as “Esther, the beautiful lt;Jue n, Right rcgaily d; I -ho sustainher difficult part , whether arrayed in Itahil iu.cius of uiourmrtg for her people, or cl id in the guy rubes of the lt;urn whether in representing a voting ami lovely woman, jcoiMmltzing her life for her peoj lc, or in the daring and dashing act id pointing ut ?r*d rxpodng the guilty Ihimun—sdl was well don \Mr, J. N. Wise, oue of our best singers, perform'.;-! th** part of the greatAlia.sucrus King of ill Media and Perdu. He sccuie J to fully cmuprtdu iid and to It *- into the spirit * f tin character lie was rej rearing, Tin* Kingly costume and glittering Crown hr were appeared to lit our flit nd Whe, w 11 asth cigh h hud been the old monarchhim elf His -lugmg was in good tustv,and no doubt correct. ‘ L ug live our noble King/1Mr-, L Vinton, as Zeresh, thoughnot a “Q ie1 n.*’ certainly is a “winningcar 1. Dressed in beautiful and gliffeting o:m*t Lost a m c, she • ruteht iown r heIr.u-e, and aha* -f t»«ok v.- up out of our chair ns sir1 pointed hywurd to show her lord h wt h: h lie sh mid I mi Id that terrible gallows; had she actually ?u-peinl* 1 u - 1 i ti; way t » the ceiling, tur fall w odd have been fearful at the time she Sinn and nrt»J% ‘Thereon let tliis Hebicw din* It V- 1 * admirably lone, ami the large an lienee per-/ted in si rcpetiti m of the .tv in 77 rcctie. Mi s. Vinton has a vt.ry sweet and powerfulvoice.
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Plattsmouth Nebraska Herald
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1871
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