Word: leonora
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...productions at this house as a regular source of entertainment. The old time opera has never failed to prove as great a drawing card at the Castle Sq. as it has the world over, and for the revival announced the cast promises some brilliant performances. The role of Leonora will be alternately taken by Clara Lane and Laura Millard, and the title role of Manrico will be shared by Mr. Edgar Temple and Mr. Martin Pache, the latter tenor singer joining the organization the coming week. "Faust" is to follow as the attraction for Monday...
...programme consisted of Beethoven's Leonora overture, No. 3, and prelude andante and gavotte by Bach. Schubert's fantasia in C for piano and orchestra and Volkmann's symphony in D minor. The overture has seldom been performed so well; it is a very exacting work, but was given with the greatest delicacy and finish. The Bach pieces were perhaps the gem of the evening; and their beauties were admirably brought out with a breadth and solidity which were charming. The soloist was Mr. Sherwood, who played the great Schubert fantasia magnificently, overcoming the technical difficulties with apparent ease...
...names, with appropriate rhymes; the list might be indefinitely extended: Mary, airy, fairy; Laura, saw her, adore her: Lucy, truce he, boozy; and so on, ad infinitum. It will also be noticed that one set of rhymes will frequently answer for several heroines; for instance, Dora, Cora, Flora, Leonora, and others. In addition to these tables, long lists of adjectives are furnished, - usually of a dyspeptic, graveyard-like sort, such as despairful, deathly, chillying, somber-seeming, and the like...
...Leonora, in her singing and in her looks, achieved a great success. Her duets with the Count were invariably encored, and her solo, "Where art thou now, my beloved?" roused the most touching reminiscences, and was almost equal to the original. The singing of the gypsy queen Azucena was the best perhaps of the whole play, and the acting of the part, although slightly overdone, was very effective. Her solo, "It is the Sabbath morning," was exceedingly well sung, although its connection with the plot was not very apparent. It was very much regretted that so little was seen...