The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-12

chestra programme of music at Burnet
! Woods this afternoon
| March, "Casno" Bauer
Overture, Golden Cross" Brull
maIn, " btauulul May ...........".S Strauss
! MazouFka, In Dcauteous Bloom" .......... .Stasny
Selections, lone" petrella
Overture, lie Siege de Corinth". Rossini
ra,, pssuiias tssi Jungmann
Finale, Galop, 'Waly Heinsdorf
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Organ concert at Music Hall this after
noon.
Ella Chapman and Kate Everleigh will
be in the Folly Company next season.
| Selda Seguin is announced as the Gear
mem for the coming Maretzek's English
Opera
Fanny Davenport contemplates playing
Lucille Westerns drama, "The Child
Stealer."
Rondil, Mapleson's new baritone, is pro-
nounced by the London critics a singer of
the highest rank.
new opera by the Conte di Novera, en-
titled ''The Seabird," has been successfully
produced in Italy.
J. F. Dean is the old man with Fanny
Davenport next season. The negotiations
were conducted directly with Miss Daven-
port
Punch gives this argument of the drama
tzed IL Assommoir," in the three acts:
Let us have some more Le' ha' s'more.
~ L'Assommor!"
Miss Anna E. Dickinson is in Philadel-
phia, and is also, it is said, in good spirits,
and still holding to her determination not
to desert the stage.
Where Is He?" is a new play to be pro.
duced at Wallack's 1t ought to have a
large corps of New York policemen in the
cast Boston Post.
Nine. De Murska will leave New York for
London next week, having received an en-
gagement by telegraph. She is to sing both
in opera and concerts.
Mile. Sarah Bernhardt is really coming to
America next year, as well as Mrs. Langtrv
and George Eliot and half the other famous
women in Christendom.
Madame Albani and her youthful son,
Master Frederic Ernest Gye are reported
as doing well.' The lady will not how
ever, reappear this season.
Charles Mapleson, son of the opera man.
ager, has, it is reported in London, mar
rled Cavalazzi, the dancer who was inthe
United States with the company last
winter.
Annie Pixley, the rising star OF the Lolita
school, begins her season in PHILADELPHIA
on August 24th, opening in Boston Sep
tember LIST. A Chicago manager is negotiat-
ing for an early date thereafter.
James Robinson's Circus at the Lookout
House has drawn fine audiences all the
week: The show is good one and can not
help being satisfactory to all who attend
Matinee this afternoon and regular per-
formance tonight
Miss Bateman reappeared in Liverpool a
few days ago. She performed in Tom Tay.
lor's MARY Warner" and according to the
accounts received made an impressive sue
cess Her portrayal of blending rage and
pathos was overwhelming. 1t is a pity
that Miss Bateman does not allow New
York to enjoy her performances OCCASION
ally.
DR.. Hans Won Buelow is giving recitals
in London, assisted by Herr Anton Schott
leading tenor from Hanover. This vocal |
ist was formerly in the army, attained the |
rank OF Captain, and severed in the Franco |
German war of 1870. His voice was dis
covered by musician in the service, and |
permission was granted him to leave the
army and devote himself to the operatic |
stage.
Vocalists should be careful what they
eat A case has been decided at Zurich
which bears on this fact. A vocal contest
was recently held at Kloten, in the Canton
of Zurich, in which a thousand vocalsts
took part. Of course they had a banquet,
and on the morrow seven of the number
were dead, and six hundred and ninety
pipht ill Tho ,rina
quilted, but the man who supplied the
eatables was sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment
Some of the London correspondents pro-
nounced Beaconsfeld's play of Count
Aarcos' success. The London CORE
spondent of the Manchester Examiner
makes this blunt criticism: II doubt if in
the whole history of the drama there has
ever been more prepostcrous failure than
that Of Lord Beaconstield's tragedy, Count
Alarcos' which was played at the CRYSTAL
Palace yesterday with the sanction of the
distinguished author. The piece, believe,
was once done at Astley's in Miss Menken's
time, and an eminent critic is reported to
have said of it that there might be worse
play in the world, but he would givea hun
dred pounds to the man who would show
it him."
Miss Nelson's first appearance, says the
New York Times, during her forthcoming
engagement in this country, will be made
on the Goth of October, at the Brooklyn
Park Theater. Thereafter she will play in
Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond, Lynchburg and Norfolk Va.
Columbus, Chilicothe and Cincinnati, o..
Chicago, st. Louis, Detroit, Toledo and
Grand Rapids, Mich; Buffalo, Hamilton,
7 opInp fTor,ptn Montreal op5 0ttou,o ~, |
Canada; Boston and the other New Eng
land cities New York and San Francisco.
Miss Nelson will act only five nights in
each week. Mr.. Edward Compton will be
the chief actor in her support He is son
of the famous English comedian, and is
said to be promising young artist.