Opera At Low Prices

Of ihe Starr Opera Oompany that opens a week's engagement at the opera ïouse Monday nigut,the Brooklyn Eagle ïas the following extended notice. "Last night the Starr company scored their freatest success of the week in the opera if "Krmiuie." The curtain rang up )unctually at 8 o'olock, and the opera )pened with a bright chorus sune by retty girls. Presently Miss Jessie iardiner makes her appearance, f uil of ïfe and ooraelinesB. She enacts the part of Marie, the niaid servant of the inn, called the Lion d'Ur. Dumont, the inleeper, has a short scène with her, and hen enters Minie, Celia nnd the General. These parts were respectiyely aken by Miss May Duryea, Miss Lillie Travers and Harold Loyd. "Lullaby" song was rendered to perfection and waB also suog with utmost pathos. Alias Lillie Truvers looked particularly pretty as ( (via, and Harold Loyd was an ideal General, both in looks and manner. Next enters the Chevalier deBrabuzon. portrayed by üeorge de Berry. This gentleman evidently knows the French language as well aa he does the Engheb, as at times he speaks nothing bui Frenoh. The cliaracter, which is that of an old French roue, was played to the life. Suddenly and without any warning the orchestra begins to play what is termed "sneaky" music. It is the signal tor the eutrance of the two thieves, Kobt. Macaire and Jacques Strop. Chas. Osborne is Kobert Macaire and Frank Deshon is Jacques Strop. Some amusing dialogues oceur here and then comes the song " Dowuy Jail-birds.'' This received a triple encoré and even then the audience was hardly satisfled. Charles üsborne was the beau-ideal of a gentleman highwuyman. He never secmed to forget that he was tlie man to work out the schemes and that his companion was to do all the dirty business. Frank Deshon as Jacques Strop was simply inimitable, lie looked hke the worst villian that eyer carne out of Five Points, always making mistakes, always being correctod, and yet never being able to say the right thing in the right place. During the Gavotte in the secom act, his dance with the Princesa is cer tainly worth remembering, for as the curtain falla he turna a somersault righ into her lap. Miss Grace Everett as th Priucess is particularly worthy of men tion, as she threw into quite a small par more life and vigor than one couk imagine. Her scène with Jacquea Stro] durmg the "Dicky Bird" aong wa simply killing. Torn Dagnall as Charle looked well and by the nianner in whic' he sang his aong "Darkeat the Ilour, shows that he haa been well trained.