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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 101.
July 25, 1891.
OPERATIC NOTES.
[Illustration: _Amonasro_ (_the Black King_). "I am your father. I've
kept myself dark so long that I've become quite black!"
_A?da_ (_the White Maiden_). "Oh! go away, black man; don't come anigh
me!! You ought to be _Otello_ to-morrow night."
_Little Ravelli-Radames_ (_aside_). "No matter what colour, I love
her!!"]
[Illustration: Covent Garden Stars seen through the Harriscope.]
_Tuesday, July 14_.--Madame NORDICA is not at her best as _A?da_. It
lacks colour--that is on the face and hands, where at least should
be shown some more "colourable pretence" for being the daughter of so
blackened a character as is her father _Amonasro_, played as a villain
of the deepest dye by M. DEVOYOD. When the celebrated march was
heard, the players didn't seem particularly strong in trumps, and the
trumpets giving a somewhat "uncertain sound,"--a trifle husky, as if
they'd caught cold,--somewhat marred the usually thrilling effect.
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