Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-12
MUSICAL AND

Ristori recently gave English read
ings 10 Rome. Salvini played there at
the same time.
: Signor Salvini is reported to hav,
engaged to visit this country mex
fall to give a series of performances
! 1t is stated that Theodore Thoma:
has grown tired of Cincinnati and is
about to return to New York city to
stay.
Miss Ada Cavendish will begin at
Wallack's Theater, New York, as
" Rosalind," a week from Monday
next.
The Grand Opera House, San Fran
cisco, was opened last Monday with
the opera Of Aida to a crowded au-
dience.
Modjeska is playing at the Grand
Opera House, in New York, and
Aimee is giving opera bouffe at the
Park Theater in the same city.
The beautiful opera of Fra Diavolo
will be presented by our amateurs on
Friday evening next, for the benefit
of the Butler Anderson fund.
blanche, the author Of the Chimes
of Normandy, is upward of eighty. and
is so poor that he must constantly
labor at his desk for sustenance.
The singing of Mrs. Emma Thursby
is much admired in Paris, and she has
been received with marks of high
favor wherever she has appeared in
Europe.
One of the most popular Of the
grand operas-Verdi's II Trovatore-
is the next musical sentation our
amateurs have undertaken to present
to the public.
Miss Anna Boyle, a pleasant and
promising Washington girl, is in Gin
c%innati, and is about to make a tour,
playing Juliet and other prominent
characters. She expects to come
South next fall.
Maggie Mitchell performed Fan
chon, Jane Eyre, Pearl of Savoy,
Lorle and Little Barefoot in Chicago
during last week. The Colville
burlesque opera troupe have heen
playing in the same city.
A week from tomorrow Pinafore
will be repeated for the benefit of the
orphans and for other purposes. A
matinee will follow the next day. The
amateurs are in good trim and will
give the spTightly travestie in a spirit
ed manner.
The bUrlesque comedy Engaged,
with Jane Coombs in the leading part,
was the attraction at the st. Louis
Theater during the past week.
At DcBar's, in the same city, the
operas Of Il'Trovatore and Norma
were performed with eclat by ANA
tours. Lester Wallaek opens at the
to-day.
The French play of l'Assommoir
has had a steady run of four months
in Paris. 1t was recently introduced
to the New York public by AuguStin
who hopes to revive his fallen
fortunes thereby. The drama is called
realistic, and abounds with groayhop
whsky-soaking scenes, with any
number of low-lite characters thrown
in.
Mrs. Barney Williams has returned
to the stage, and played in Philadel-
phia last week, appearing in Leap
Year and Customs Of the Country.
Mrs. Williams is succeeded by Eliza
Weathersby and Nat Goodwin at the
Walnut Str eet Theater. The opera
Of the Daughter Of the Regiment was
presented in Philadelphia, at the
Academy of Music, on Friday last, by
amateurs.
The Hayerly Minstrels closed their
Fast week at Haycrly's Lyceum Thea
te. New York, Saturday, with a grand
flourish, having performed to large
and brilliant audiences II roughout
their engagement. Next week the
English Opera Troupe give Pinafore
at Hayerly's. The company includes
Peako, Annie Montague, AIDE
laide Randall and several members
late Of the o. ties Troupe.
II has been dcGnatoly arranged that
Adelaide N ellison is to revisit this
country She opens in New York 0c-
tober 9th and gives one hundred per.
iormances n that and other cities UNI
dor Max Strakosch, winding up in
California AHor a season in Aus
tralia she closes her stage career. 1t
rs claimed thst she is the only perfect
. Juliet of our time, the only "Vio-
Ia seen nincc tho best days Of Ellen
Tree aud the only d" Imogcn - worth