AN EXTRAORDINARY ROW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1997, 22 May 1885, Page 2

AN EXTRAORDINARY ROW.

The Opera Comjqiie at Paris vas the scerieof ah'extraordinary" row'onMarch 26, when all the petty disturbances which MMkwdiiHlis fettre ijipMdlle, Mai* -Van 'Mt's iliirn WiiU, The 'remained. f 'witlr the .Van £fajcjites'. hut tire' result was aot r decidivfe enouglifq'Baiisry the' v pi;Qiid-BDirited little WiMMm. 1 " The' echoes of Jierltfurapt ll|e tl'jt'e 'l ftilF?!l'| sriKHffl" ftflfli fcll« 's| F ge|, (mo* tl| FPIWMWy §!§!) fill AelMtAOt of % W fflliU Mfe Yiffl fendj informed M, Oarvalho that she would sing no more at the Opera Comique. The cause of the row was this: The difficulty experienced in buying tickets for i! kW d.fPflf te %Birt» bad. §%e§ lip' fflfiQli "M fueling, aqd. fiWftk§PCi- a SHBPi?ion''{|ia|''ft!i' 1 would ha Thesupposedendeavorof M. Carvalhoto interfere with the public right of hissing lliul 'still further embroiled matters. Lastjy, the manager had got entangled in a ■ribi'soM ip'nfj! iiver !!Lakine"witH the "Gil Bias,." Bnd'HJiat'atnVsih'g, but not overscrupulous organ had rowed vfiri l ge'ance, and formed an' offensive and defensive ariti-Vari 'Zandt aHiailbe- witll the Btut}iou'si yQJith/of'the 'Quartief Latin'.' riatj-'aMomicet} 1 thai tb-mgjit; 's!s wMa' rise in their thousands' fcpWeWagainst felle, Van sm<jfc being allowed'td sing!' •s)e TGil Bjas,-qn tlie fitlipj'' knf}, procjaimef) its resolve to, ljjsj jjer fjqwn. 'SJj. by.djimer time wagrpa^yf^c feiy, About 1 o'clock, 5Q(j students jjtartadfop the Opera. Qnniiquo, As, they went they gathoved strcngh and courage, By the time they reached tho Theatre their numbers were tripled. Finding it impossible to get in, they massed themselves rpiint} the house, shouting, hooting, 9f14 psirtg ft wsf WWi «4 pwlyingft pyjaf gotig. ty eight fl'cjqcj; MM viotqrs thronged the 'Place *4e McJW Thegrowd tqqk to shouting; ''Resign'! Down with (kvallio! Pawn with the Gommeux! Down with Van Zandt!" Growing weary of this, the]students pushed a way through the place, and made a determined rush at the Theatre door, f«jPJng}p. tako/fteliqijspbf stqj;m, They were met' and rfcpuKea By a amiihimnv de jwKcc, backed by a detachment of ai.'nfe'ij ifai;(js;'w|o \jm soon reinforced !]>'! m s falft' f WWW4 strijggle' }a9te<| some, jjjjj; tjie ribjprg were, gradually forced bc|'. ifeajjw]i]leMfP)e ; V«ai}' K M<j lpl driven up to tlio fjqqr, jjad. (Iresjetjj and was just stepping on to the skge |f) sing the opening prayer of "La\me. !l T]|e hopp was full in every corner; the fffiltefe iyaj filled with grjtjcs an' 4 musicians; while the weajth ans Jjeajjly qf Parjs tho bnxeij, Tliegpiiepii} faqling was strongly favorable to' M4le, Van Zandt j but it'soon beoame evident that a desperate attempt would be made to crush her. A small but determined sang had come provided with whistles. A s PJ} ?.| Lakme's prayer died away there was a yollev of epalls and hisses', These manjfes'tatioiiß wore replied ; io ; cheers 'soort drowned'the'hi?ses, but they began again whenever Mdlle. Van Zandt sang, and flie theatre at moments was more like Qharentqn 'riiad-n'oflse'-tlaVa temple' of music, !fj|e tl|e" l 'bbxe's. shouted dehance at'the geqtlbn]eri in/the stalls, and tho gontlomen in the parterre defied the gallery. In several cases words. led to blows. A woman, who proved to be an ftotross from the Varietes, was so beside herself with indignation at the cruelty shown to tho prima donna that she cr.ed: " It is an infamous cabal, gotten by the " Gil Bias.";" Who said that ?" shrieked back a frenzied member fo the ' Gil Bias' W: •W' ffi#Ohelady.anii4 roars of apiljafise. ft looked fo« an, as if she would Wy,e cTiallehge'd the' cabajler. All .this time the students' oufsiije were chorusing !< Le'roila Carvalho 1 0! 0 ! 0 j" Snatches pf this song yvere warftejj jn now and tlwnraii'djnfmsified the frency qit the I§l|e fan Zand's attitude thrqughqufi the was dauntjesfj. Except fqr a nionient at the first hinges, she never flinched, trembled or broke down. Her voice wag stoadyand purer than perliapaifchadoverbcen, andshe . sang the love duo in the. first act so faultlessly that she was obliged, to repeat it. She was called before the curtain after every act, the whole .audience, rising repeatedly, and cheering, till it was hoarse', i At the close of the opera she was twice : recalled, and was so overcome' : with plea-

sure and excitement that she could hardly totter forward to bow her thanks. As she was driven away with her mother, a crowd got roundjie carriage and mobbed her.' She manatt to escape bodily violence, however!,!xhe boulevards were thronged nearly all night with rioters and students, making night hideous to the tui»e of " Fais dodo .Garvalho" and other irreverent songs. The police made a number of arrests, Mdlle Van Zandt has written a letter to, the directors of the Opera Cojnique iajjjjtfi ing she will not sing in Paris any more.-^