AMUSEMENTS.
THE LYDIA HOWARDE TROUPE. " II Travatore" still maintains its popularity at the Canterbury Music Hall, tho attendance on Saturday evening last being quite equal to that of any evening since the company commenced here. The success of this piece is undoubtedly in a great degree to be attributed to the graceful acting and unequalled excellence in singing of Miss Jennie Nye in the character of the "gay and festive" villain the Count dc Luni. As Leonora Miss Navaro was tolerably successful, but we confess as a matter of choice to see her in characters more in her line, such as those in which she has hitherto appeared. The masculine attire appears less ungraceful on the person of this lady than that generally worn by her sex, and the indifferent reception given on her appearance as Leonora may partly be the reaeon why she is better admired and welcomed when dressed in the garb of the stronger sex. Miss Howarde as Manrico was superb, but is even capable of better parts than that allotted to her. The other characters call for no special notice, excepting that they were all good, and contributed to the general success of the opera, " II Trovatore" will be repeated to night, and the ever welcome " The Loan of a Lover," certainly one of the beat pieces of its class.
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Globe, Volume VI, Issue 642, 10 July 1876, Page 2
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224AMUSEMENTS. Globe, Volume VI, Issue 642, 10 July 1876, Page 2
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