Dryane French Opera: La Juive

“The French Opera Company appears to have come to temporary grief. Last night, when a goodly audience came to witness a promised performance of ‘Robert le Diable,’ the house was found closed, and a notice appended to the door stating that there would be no performance that evening,a nd that tickets could be redeemed the next day. M. Dryane’s company contains several artists of genuine talent, and we hope that under judicious management they may still be heard here. The operas already produced here have been given with conscientious care, and, especially in the case of ‘Lucie de Lammermoor,’ were creditably sung. As several new and interesting works were in rehearsal, it is to be hoped that the management will be enabled to resume performances. An announcement is made to-today to the effect that, when resumed, they will begin with Ambroise Thomas’s ‘Midsummer-Night’s Dream.’”

“M. Dryne’s [sic] French Opera Troupe, after giving a few performances at the Academy of Music during the past week, suddenly collapsed, and now the members ‘want to go home,’ but can’t, owing to a lack of the filthy lucre.”