Bateman French Opera

After this week La Chanson and Les Bavards will be replaced with La Perichole. Mlle. Tostee has almost recovered from the effects of her recent unfortunate accident and will shortly reappear.

“Mr. BATEMAN announces that there will be a change of bill after the present week. La Chanson de Fortunio and Les Bavards are charming works. They possess, too, the rare merit of being irreproachable in point of dialogue and plot. Mlle. IRMA assumes the leading role in both pieces, and she looks as dainty in knee-breeches and bag-wig as a court figure in any of FICHEL’S pictures. Mlle. TOSTEE, who sustained the leading role in Les Bavards, has unhappily met with an accident. It is not of a character to excite alarm, but it disables her for several nights. We are delighted to hear that the lady is already approaching convalescence. She had a severe fall, and it is a wonder that the consequences were not more serious.”

“’La Chanson de Fortunio’ and ‘Les Bavards’ were listened to last evening by a more crowded audience than any that preceded it since the first presentation of those charming Offenbachian productions. Mlle. Irma took the house by storm, while Leduc, in ‘Les Bavards,’ was simply perfection. To the latter much credit is due, for he has made a hit where most comedians would have almost failed in provoking a smile. The chief features of the two pieces have previously been alluded to, their plots being trifling, but the music charming. The appreciation of the audience was frequently manifested throughout the evening, and though perhaps the encores were a little straining, the demands were gracefully complied with.”