The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-24
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Musical MstterA

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.... HER MAJEsTY's oPEAR- s-.....
Great interest is already felt in the sea-
son of Italian opera, announced tooom-
mence at the Grand opera-house February
I'd. by Her Majesty's Opera Company The
season will be for one week only, COM
mencing Monday night with LA Sonnam-
bula," by this cast: ...-..... ....
Elvlno.. Sampannl
II Conte Rodolpho.. Del Puente
Alessio signof Gfassl
Teresa. .. .lon this occasionl. m Mime, Lablache
and
Nile. Marie Marirnon
(Her first appearance in Clncinnati)
Tuesday, February Sd, Verdi's Chef
d'@uvre, Aida, with entire new scenery,
dresses and decorations
On Tuesday night Nine. Emelie'Ambre
will make her first appearance here in the
character of "Aida." Wednesday, Lucia
Di Lammermoor," Thursday, "Mignon," F"
Friday, "Ill Travatere" Announcements
for Saturday matinee and Saturday night
not yet made. General admission isput at
81; reserved seats, $3, " so and 81;
gallery, 81.
ORGAN CONCERT
For the organ concert this afternoon the
following excellent programme is an
nounced.
Introduction Austrian Hymn. Kdhlef
Organ.
At the conclusion of the hymn the Choristers
viii sing the music OF the Austrian Hymn to the
words GLORIOUS Things of Thee are Spoken"
Passacagi
Organ .
The Troubadour.. Leslie
iai
sicilian Mariners Hymn Lux
Organ.
La Car Dt
b Hark! 1t is the Evening Breeze.
Chorlsters.
OuerL0lre W ely
Organ.
THE AMBROSE SOCIETY.
The Ambrose Musical Society gave de-
lightful concert at the Lawrence street
Church last evening. All the singers ac-
quilted themselves very handsomely. There
are few better societies in the city than this
one.
TESTIMONIAL TO MISS IDA RoFF.
The friends of Miss Ida Rolf will give her
testimonial at Melodeon Hall January
Both, previous to her sailing for Europe to
complete her musical education. She will
be assisted at the concert by Mrs. Weston
dorf and Others.
vine-Street Opera House.
The Vine street Bonanza" is giving a
first-class, respectable performance, and will
loom up next week with a new bill and
large number of new people. Fields and
Leslie, Irish, can not be beat; Dorr' and
Son, acrobats, are the finest in the world;
Crumley and DeForrest are well-known;
Ophelia Star is good, and the remainder of
the performers up to the point. For next
week several of the above remain, and
among the new faces to appear will be
Niles and Evans who come highly recon-
mended as negro sketch artists; Ward and
Wells, two clever Irish comedians; Jennie
Farren, skipping rope dancer; Melrose sis
ters, serio comic and sketches. Matinee to-
day and tomorrow.
Amusement and Musical Notes.
Wilhelmi is in Frisco.
The Emma Abbott Opera Company are
in Columbus.
signor Mageroni is seriously i'll in New
York with consumption. -'l. ID.
Frank Mayo has taken lease of the
Olympic TAeater in New York. ...
McVicker's Theater, Chicago, is to be
Illuminated by the electric light.
Mr.. S. NJ. Hickey has assumed the man
agement of the Syracuse Grand Opera
house,
Adolphe Adams one act opera, lie Fa-
fardet," was to be revived recently at the
Opera Populaire in Paris lr,. ..
The first time Adelina Patti sang MAR
guerites at Covent Garden last season the
receipts were 81 400, or about ST. 600,
Miss Nelson, Miss Mary Anderson and
Miss Lolita will shortly be acting in Boston
simultaneously at different theaters.
Gus. Williams engagement at Heuck's
will prove very successful. He closes TO-
morrow night, and goes to Dayton, Ohio,
Monday.
An,autograph score Of Handels opera
"Amadim" was recently sold in a London
auction-room for f35 los, and one Of Mo.
zart's quintets in D major for 43 guineas
Mr.. sothern has new play, by Harry
Beckett adapted from the French, entitled
"A DCS6AA Oh lAOloODhShs AILo was
played BY the late Mr.. Montague, under
the name OF "0ur Idol" ,,.r"
DR.. Laird Collier, In. a sermon. on the
drama, preached before the members of the
Bradford (England) Mechanics Institute
said: ''ro see Mr.. Jefferson as RIP Van
Winkle' is means OF grace; it's better
than prayer-meeting." tH+l F.f
John Mccullough has had great and
steady prosperity this season, having al
ready earned over $4,000 as his own share
clear Of expenses Yet we read in print
that 'our tragedians receive less. favorable
support than in former years" Nonsensei
The best actors were never SO well paid as
they are now in this country, and they
never received so much attention as they
do now, from all classes of the people.
THE oLIo. LIS 0-8s'ioa'
Matinee tomorrow. ed ... 5i"
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