MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 9

MUSIC.

fßr TstBLE CLir.l

"Not a Lamb!" There was a Belgian tenor who, several years ago, swig in French opera at the Boston -Opera House. He was a poor_teuor, a very poor tenor, and after his lirst appearance one of the best known. Bosten critics was moved to say of him, "Mr. So and So baahed like a lamb." f King friends translated the passage for the tenor the next morning. Should this insult'iie calmly accepted! l "Mondien! Mais nonl Jamais de la vie!" Several psirs-of French and Belgian shoulders were shrugged. Exclamation points poured. out : of French 'and• Belgian mouths with a pyrotechnic cffect like that d'r.wvn from tne winfl barrel by Mophistoplifiles in the first . act of "Faust." letter was written to the critic. Hg received it. Ho acted upon it. Like tho gpiith'man ho is, ho made "l'amendo liouorabie." Tho next day in his paper, phlu''! up on n prominent page, there ajiiicaiX'd in bbla-facod type "Mr. So and i-o aaj l ; hu is not a lamb." A Popular Hit, To her general popularity with the public, Dorothy Brunton has addedithe distinction of being the soldiers' idol; In .Melbourne, -where she lias won an enormous success in "So Long, Letty," Miss Brunton is a great favourite with tho military men, who have made "So Long, Letty,"-their most popular attraction. Night after night the men from tlve camps throng Her Majesty's, .and not a performance passes that does not reveal what a great favourite Miss Brunton is with tho soldier boys. Tho marching song, "Crood-bye and Good Luck," which Miss Brunton sings, has been adopted by the men on the inarch and by the military bands which bring the soldier parties to Her Majesty's. Theso havo become exceedingly numerous sinco the opening night of the play, and in tho evening, when , a body of soldiers marches through the Melbourne. streets preceded by their band playing "Good-bye and Good Luck," or other- "Letty" selections, the uns-wor to the question as to where they are going is generally given as: "They're oft •to see 'Letty' again!" A Creat Last Nipht. "The most remarkable. last-night performance I have ever seen." The description was applied by Harry B. Burcher, tho producer of "So Long, Letty," to tho concluding performance of the musical play when it terminated its sixteen weeks' run .at Her Majesty's, Sydney. "I have never seen a more demonstrative farewell anywhere in England pr America," added Mr. Burelier. "The sixteen weeks', season was in every way a remarkable one, and it had a fitting ending. The audience stayed in their 6eats for over a quarter of an hour, taking part in tlio demonstration, and accompanying the presentation of heaps of flowers with cheers and applause. Evon the ladies of the chorus were laden with floral emblems of goodwill, and tho enthusiasm was simply electrical. It was indeed a memorable night*"