OPERA AND UPROAR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 353, 11 June 1877, Page 4

OPERA AND UPROAR.

Tie lAtugeeatonianaaeipate Wa very ft»a followingTsa»g*aph w* iind lathe letter .ofthe - .to Ji* -jp|n»Uji^ifJha pekc to iWi ilafaitnrefor Melbourne:—: .promised t*»etuyn iha ' tfcay-.WQatf'bT T-glid- tirWelrome the •MBJM97-»h- they wonhi bt . return jwmj a—tftne -has been brought • satber _; pronai neatly— -^befort. aaj ihat he ■lii i'rt alt) Jjft singing *m t«j f4u, bat his aotiag and draea wmmTrif iniMfrrp ♦« -especially- •>' «wnpa*ed <*jib jUta%.aM>«»'^kalent«d> axtistee enesyeiafajft fcfrr en»patiy. The entertainmeat last evening far the benefit_pf Mr. ~yartfnT fiimnnaen ,wt a mora ex--Tba;4rst part >et°4fc*eocic*rtpafls«l off jity well, Ti—fy -«fl living t© -iwpottd W tpooreip. Toward*. the; con> after. Mr* givenoßeofhisreinarkable viqlin,Madame Pttif the accompanyist, came on the atagoaa jawri to~playtho s«eon»paniement, aad ahet-.WfaieUowedby a total stranger to ®aat-»f theaodienoe—aoommercial.traYsllar whooomaenoed toaing the well-known *of» .iff. Whip other W anything tout aflorid ssyle, being lathed at and hisiH heartily, but, nothing. daunted, he - finished- hi* song, and retired amidst ; the meet deafening applause. _ Loud demands : .were 9>ade for a repetition, and Madame Simonaen—-who seamed to enjoy the fun aa mqch as anybody;—wane -forward tod aakedthe % audienee to excuse thegentlewas not accustomed to ; that -imd'of Bus&eea, he hairing only indulged offun, wanting to win a little bet he had on that , he would mot dare sing in public. The second part was finished, and ? after a short interval the third soaneof Norma " was commenced. .Ik hpd,iwV proceeded far when some one kv'the gallery wits making a noise. The music was stopped, and-Madame Simonaen said that when the disturbs was .done ih&jftntd go on. pie .performance wis eontimtted, but had-nofc -proceeded vary i far when a man sitting in the very frdnfc row of the pit waaobaerred to be throwing i his handa very\vifi(leatly, and shouting out to the top of.hU voice," My heart is in it! My conscience** priokedEfforts were made to pacify him„but in vain ; and ihe-dcOT'laadingfromthe pit anderneath thestaga waa 'opened for the purpose.of k»ving .him .but. he - got worie 'and wouldnotlet anybody lay a hand on h&L Thforcheetra presented amoflt ludioroha sight, the occupants climbing on to tka of their instruments Theperfonaers (Madame Simbnsen and Miss - Fiacher) had to retire, and. women in the pit were to be hutfd ahrietiag at tha top of their Tbiees. «n alarm of fixe had been, raised, and immediately rushed to-the door. In fast rOf confusion waa present*, aa to defy d*acrip%>n. : The cause of did < removed, the theatre waa s qmet- aa paaibla; f«d-.l r , think it. was more a compliment to Madame Simonasn than vQ&erwise. . ii shows , how natural her.acting was when it woold cause a per* fe<tjbr nan to b>i 1 in rap eiiraptved with tip d>l iaqati on . the charactar. quiM. -had -been " restored,' and the pecfonaaivet; .proceedied. a little further, another maa near the pit door was talking vary loudly, ao much ao as to tha and: when requested, to dasiai, ha l»l9aai« jpad. it took three polfaemea to eject him from the building. ' With the exception of these inUrmptiooa, tha performance pawed off 'ft&f ii with tha fJMfeaeTef ' • * J*:# V'-'."' - "