The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-02-29
THE STAGE.
The New Plays That Are Applauded and
Kissed The Whereabouts and Doings
Of Actors, Actresses and
Dramatists.
FOREIGN,

Theatre, Paris.
The composer Strauss has Just completed a
new opefetta. Lin Maptille Bentille, which
Will be- performed at Vienna after Christmas.
with liberal acceptance. Tennyson's Queen
Mary, adapted for the stage By Mr.. Stephen
Fiske.
In consequence Of her triumph In Daniel
ROchat Mile. Bartee has been unanimously
elected societGire Of the Theatre Franchise
without the customary year of probation.
The opera season this year In London will
Garden will not be opened TIL April 10, and
Her Majesty's Theatre not before Mays.
Nassenet's 'Roi de Lahore Ia to be
brought out In Brussels. The composer goes
thither to superintend the rehearsals. and
from there. will proceed 70 Milan TO take
new work.
An effort is afoot In London to found q Ora
mattc Academy. A meeting OF actors and
others Interested In the stage has been held,
and Messrs. Hare. Byron, Neville, Vein and
John Ryder were appointed committee to
draw up . plan.
An organ and q full chime of bells have
been put upon the stage Of the Opera Popu-
laire In Paris, for the new opera "Petrarque." /"
II is stated the stage setting OF the piece will
cost more than $40 0o0 The number Of COS
tunes already finished for 1t exceeds q thou
sand, and there are still 200 more to be made.
A distinguished tenor, the late Si9nor Giu-
glini, being much applauded one night for
his singing In the Miserere scene OF II Trova-
tore. quilted the dungeon In which Manrico
y supposed to be confined. came forward TO
the public, bowed. and then. not to cheat the
executioner, went calmly back TO prison.
In splendid voice. and before an audience
whose brilliancy has not been eQualed In
Paris In many year. Adeltna Patti began
her season ct the Gatte on February II, In La
4hs dnn r,th A,YraGn IN the f",,rfh act act Har
.,t,v - nrnnnmncad cordisi nn ~ tho whnio
Snt Sh enthusiastlc only by ierks.Slulipper. M %.e'
Mrs. Farrel, after peing Missed IN the part
OF Zdira. the hero q "Ine Mourning Bride,
especially 10 tno dyiD9 scene, rose from Sne
stage. snd, advancin0 toward tne Iootiignts,
fhe ennlanse -, of % the andience M @ % AND exnIained
that having accepted the part only 70 o6iige
friend. s1e hoped sne YOU'D pe excused lor
not playing u better. Alter thls little speech
ana ns .SssS wss covered S BY the Attendants with
The following details az to the number Of
seats Id the theatres In Rome will no doubt
6e found interesting: The Apollo accommo-
aonale % "a tneW b.lildlns). 5000: politena, 1000.
Veila. 1900: Correa. $500: qapranica, 1900;
usr1s,.. :.v. prJa, Int1: Manzoni. nD: ,n.aeslni.
a. Matsatssio. 75O: Oulrino. ESQ: Steriste,.
rin 1900 RiDetta new buildin9l 25OO; Coldini.
1o1: San Carlo Oatlnari. $50; OonsOlazlone,
800; Alfieri. 250: 1!herino, 100. Total. nine
feen theatres, capable Of holding ~. 600 spec
tators.
A fair number Of successes have been scored
lately at various theatres ~ Paris. The most
brilliant OF them was that OF Les Voltigeurs
de la S2mo q comic opera BY Planquette, who
tlrat came TO the front with Les Cloches de
Cotnevine 30 laxUIdpy AuUwa ia aose. ,.,.aa
LD!etso s. y 49,, ~ .,rn avneiin,,t anna
enu sne ecCnk an t Ss rs,ast.s ~ n,,ors os1e
s..a a,,S y now nTarg,i Stnrv is tpid ~ bar
III hcr chiidhond ana arfYered from q nervous
naraIvsis which reduced her to total blind
naas mt she suddenly recovered her sioht
rom the shock impaired 70 her brain By the
awful soenes 0f the Commune. Of many of
which she was blind witness. No one would
believe Il, though, to look at the bright spark
ling eyes OF the Petit Duc-the sobriQuet she