Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

lamental most"
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
- .Self- Conquest" new dramatization OF
Wilkie Collins Frozen Deep" has been running
at the New York Fifth avenue theater the past
week, and is generally praised as a very good
piece OF work that would have long run, If
the theatef were not engaged for other shows.
- "Enchantment." the big spectacular play at
Nibo's in New York will celebrate its lOsth
night Tuesday, and will probably continue
through the holidays
- George Fawcett Rowe Is dramatizing .sThe
LeavenwOrth Case" melodramaic novel OF
the Wilkie Collins type, recently published by
the Putnams.
= Lecocq's new three act comic opera La Jolie
PerSane," whose words are by Leterrer and
Nanloo, has been brought out at the Paris
Renaissance. There are IS separate parts. in all
go CoStumeS,which are pronounced marvellously
heauttfu. OF the opera itself the P,risidn says:
The score is one OF the best written by NJ. L.
COCO, who, while abandoning the crazy buffoonery
which was the great attraction of some of his
former pieces, has not made the sacrifice in
vain.'
= Horace Lingard and wife, Alice Dunniny.
with company, are giving 'The Little Duke In
New Zealand, Miss Cunning as the Duke. \
correspondent says it is worth a trip out there
to see her
- Christine Nilsson is engaged for twelve per-
formanceS in Spain, to be given during the we'd
ding festivities of King Alpholso, for which she
is to receive SIS, 900.
MouISSkd Is S;tlu W NAVE JUST uulSltl II
translation into Polish OF Ruskin's Modern
Painters" but for what reason It is hard to see
as most Poles who care to read it, can do so in
English.
into the Italian school OF Music, and is par
ticularly hard on Verdi, whose Aida" he de-
clares unworthy the name of opera.
Some self-styled lawyer in San Frarcisco.
WHO tried to levy black-mail on Lolita While she
was playing at Philadelphia the other day,
made the funny mistake of telling her that her
husband, Erhard Zof," wanted $1,000 cash to
buy his silence If she wanted IA divorce from
lin, or at any rate to insure his keeping out OF
her sight and hearing forever after.
= The opinions OF English critics about Miss
1hursby are by no means unanimous, and the
American girl seems to have fallen victim to
putting paTagraphIsts. She will be warmly re-
ceived In America and her merits will decide
her position, no matter what her European
success may have been.
1t is town talk in New York that there will
be series of promenade concerts at the Madi-
son Square garden In January, and that Arthur
sullivan has been engaged to conduct two Of
them each week.
- The very long run OF ssThe Bells of Corne-
Vile" in London, Eng, is in danger of being pre-
maturely stopped because OF a dispute between
Henderson, manager OF the Globe Theater, and
Williams, who owns the English right.
New Workers are already beginning to rec
ognize the genius of Magda Irschick, the Ger
man tragic actress, and though she is acting in
crowded every night.
The New York Tribune speaks of John Nc
Cullough, as man who bears ga name that is
always remembered with honor and thought Of
with afectionate admiration by all who esteem
genius, noble manhood and devotion to art
1.-THE Messiah" will be given in grand style
by the College of Music and Thomas Orchestra
at Music Hall, Cincinnati, on Christmas night.
The attendance promises to be large, as great
many are coming to the concert from neighbor-
ing towns.
Mime Trebelli has definitely declined to join
Maplesons company for the United States, and
has accepted an engagement for the Russian
imperial opera.
pure female voice Is fast disappearing from the
opera, the concert, the performing church
choirs, and all other places Of pretentious sing
ing. 1t is fast degenerattng into that shaky
sometimes the vibrato, but which is more cor
rectly described by the vernacular term, wab-
bling"
This is the idea the French frog and snail
eaters, as voiced by the Paris Temps. have OF
our beloved .'Pinafore: +" 1.-The Vessel of Her
Majesty, the P1nafore, is, we are informed, sung
everywhere; the troupes OF Christian MINISTRIES,
a piouS opera corps, sing ii; NJ. Charles Godfrey,
band-maSter OF horse guards found marches
upon it; never in country of the English tongue
have there been seen like vogue and fury. 1t
is satire on, or rather picturesque tableau OF
the English navy, and the sailors, the little ship
boy, and sort of old she Sutler amuSes greatly
the public, which sings everywhere, Farewell,
my On, or 1 call myself the little battercup.
Captain Corcoran is drawing room mariner,
who has never navigated, and who, when they
speak to him Of tempestS or maneuverS, or even
OF a simple cracking of the sails and cordage,
replies gayly: 4 would like to see that; have
seen it. The minister has named me captain,
but know nothing at all about what ship is. ~
Alfred Celliers new English opera, "The
Lancaster Witches" has just been produced at
Manchester, England, with flattering success.
The work is said to be full OF musical beauties.