The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-31
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA,


The second performance of the Boarding
School was given by Minnie Palmer's company
at Portland Theatre last night to highly
amused audience. Miss Palmer herself had
rested from the fatigues of her journey and
was exceedingly sprightly and audacious as
Jessie Fairlove, while Mr.. Scanlon was as eff
fective in his way in the part Of David Doodle.
Mr.. Ince and Miss Jones repeated their sue
cesses as the Professor and Miss Samantha
brown, and Mr.. Davenport his of Master
BomDshell. Mr.. Scanlon'S recitation was re-
ceIved, as before, with hearty applause and
the various songs gave the usual pleasure. To-
night the last performance will be given.
TICKELICK.
Friday night Walter Goods opera of Tickle
lick will be produced at City aall for the first
time under the auspices of the Women's Tenn
perance Union. Apart from the interest
taken in the various charities in which the
Union is interested every one who is musically
inclined will desire to witness Mr.. Goold's
second effort The tickets are selling we'll
ana can now be procured at Stockbrid ge's-the
opera will be well mounted, and it is said the
voices have all been carefully selected and are
OF good quality and freshness.
THE VERY MERRY MARINER
Signor Opertis version of "Dsr Sc e-Cadet',
VIII be produced at Portland Theatre Friday
night by Frcnoh's full opera company of forty
voices. The American public knows much
more OF OHenbach, Lecocq, Johann Strauss
and Herve, but in Germany Genee holds a
very respectable position among the com
posers of the light genre. As the taste of a
German audience differs from that of the
French public, the manner of writing among
the composers of the two nations is entirely
different. While the French composers are
light and sparkling, the Germans are deeper
and heavier. Real opera bouffe has never
been written in Germany, and even their opera
comique is of a more sedate character. The
German wants to show his studies, and will
not sacrifice his studies to mere tinkling
melody. Richard Genees ''Seecadet' is no
exception. The score contains many beauties,
but 1t has none of the real operate character
that is usually found in works of its class.
Some couplets and quartette in the first act
belong to the best numbers of the work.
In New York the operetta was first given at
the German ITALIA Theatre, and later was
translated and produced at Days. Then
Rosenfield made the translation that will be
produced here. and Operti arranged the in
strumentation. While at Dalvs one night the
latter was put out of the theatre on the ground
that he was stealing the score. His music
was captured, but it was discovered he had
only marked on it how wretchedly various
parts were sung by the Daily company. The
second act of the operetta is supposed to intro
duce game of chess played with living fig
tuted, and solved in nine moves. Miss Flor
ence Ellis is well known here. Miss Sumach
was the Josephine of the Fifth Avenue Pima
fore COMPANY. Eugene Clark is tenor of re-
pute What is more the management declare
the opera will be brought out exactly as repre-
sented in the advertisements.
RENTz-sANTLEY.
The Rentz-Santley Ministries at Music Hall
Saturday night, are said to be one of the best
burlesqae troupes travelling. The seats are
ready. There are IS members of the COMPANY
The burlesque "Penn's Aunts Among the
Pirates is said to be decidedly comical.
CHANDELIERS BAND.
AT the concert and dance by Chambers
band at City Hall this evening, the following
is the programme:
Overture-Le Dademe. .............,... Hermann
Moonlight Medley. .....................W adsworth
Serenade and Polonaise. Mirsud
Clarionet Obgato.
Potpourri from Opera Martha =. :. .... Flotow
Oyerture-Rlp Van Wrinkle. ............... Brooks
Duo for two comets.
THE PERABO CONCERT.
Rossini Hall was filled last evening with an
audience that was perfectly delighted with
Mr.. Perabo's piano recital The pianist has
returned from his visit to his old home and
old masters refreshed, strengthened and. if
such were possible, better prepared to interpret
the works of the great composers than before.
The programme, published in Yesterdays
PRESS, was given without change, with the
exception that Miss Belle Bartlett sang in
place OF Mr.. Will Stockbridge, detained at
home by illness. With the space at our COM
mand tonight we can only call attention to the
delicious manner in which Mr.. Perabo treated
the Bach fugue, to his imprisoned and bril-
liant rendering of LISTS translation of Schu-
berts barcarole, OF the grandeur of the
Rubenstein fragment in major and, finally.
the Beethoven sonata Sherwood displavs a
perfection of technique, but Perabo shows ms
the soul OF the composer, in addition to admir-
able execution. His own group If pieces es
pecially the study in A minor were worthy of
particular mention.
Miss Bartlett gave great satisfaction in her
selec1iohs' ana MISS Adams accompanied judi
ciously.
Bloodgoods MINISTRIES gave their second and
last performance at Music Hall to GOOD honse
last night.
full description of the opera will be found
on the first page. Last night Mr.. Stockbrdge
received despatch from Major Pond that the
only change from the Boston cast would be
the substitution of Mr.. Donavan for Mr.. Tai
bot-a far better singer-and Miss Lowering for
MISS Roosevelt who is very sick All tie fifty-
th nee people VIII be brought as promised