Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-17
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

One Of the most successful operate seasons
ever known In New York closed to-day. when
Mr.. MapleSon sailed with his troupe for Eng
season there next month. Signor Campanini
| and Miss Cary have been the main attractions
OF the company. Few tenors have received
more enthusiastic welcome than the former.
- The Emma Abbott troupe appear In Eng
lish opera at the National here for one week.
| commencing On Monday night. Mrs Seguin
and most OF the old fayorfteS are with them still
. Romeo and juliet" is on the bills, for the first
| time here.
The New York bulls and bears who are daily
| wont to shout themselves hoarse at the stock
exchange have glee club for the musical cu-
ilvatlon OF their superabundant lung power.
aI as9 Sasarnay evening the club gave concert
| fashionable audience is seldom got together. A
| more perceptible harmony. it Is said prevails
curing business hours at the stock exchange
Since This musical club went into training.
- Herr Joachim has lust purchased from the
collection of wellknown Glasgow amateur a
violin, which Is considered to be one OF the finest
specimens OF Stradivar1us extant. It Is extra
ordinary how the value OF violinS OF the old
Italian masters has increased of late years; e5O0
| being by no means too high figure for Stradi-
varius. an Amat1, or Joseph Guarnertus, with
a"pt dlgree:" The pedigree" of many OF these
| OF the maker.
| - The Madison Square Theater has domesti-
Gated In New York what became slangily known
IN LONDON Few years since as Monday pops"
Only In the New York case the pops" come
| Thursdays and consist OF series OF popular
| concerts. Last week Campanini and Mile. De
| Belocca were Chief among the musical lumina-
ries, and this week Miss Thursby and Angelo
IOrrlaDl were the centerS OF attraction. There
Is much jolity and frolIc on the stage by actors
| and singers. altogether making a uniquely free
| and easy entertainment.
ITO Marry or Not to Marry" and sTo OBJ
| lige Benson" will remain on the program at
Wallack's for the present. 1t will shortly be
followed by Mr.. George Hoey's adaptation from
| the French, the title OF which has been chang
ed from 1.-TWO Hearts" to The Child OF the
State"
-Byron's new play, 1.-THE Upper Crust. was
brought out at the London Folly Theater on
| March 80.
fla Vie de Boheme," Henri Murger's
charming and pathetic play, Is to be revived at
| the Paris Vaudeville.
The Partisan makes these comments On N
De Bornier's latest play: M Henri de Bornters
new drama. Les NoceS d. Attila,' is the great
literary event OF the season. 1t is work or art
In the truest sense of the word; it is great work
OF art and as such 1t will be lasting. 1t is nor
like play OF Sardou, of Dumas, or OF Gondinet,
| which, fifty years hence, will be regarded as
curosit1es of past age; nor yet does 1t resemble
tne grand plays OF Victor Hugo, which, whatever
may DE SAID, embOdy many eccentricitieS and
are, perhaps, finer when read In the solitude OF
| the tireside than when played behind the foot
| lights. Les NoceS d. Attila' is tragedy In
| verse, written to be acted, and written with
perfect knowledge of the exigencies and cond-
| tons OF the STAGE
| The Boston Musical Times sums up its esti-
mate of the composer of PInafore, &c. as fol-
| lows: 'Sullivan's larger works are not suff-
| GENTLY strong to live and his operettas deserve
| strangulatton-in them he deliberately panders
| to the most depraved musical taste. We have
failed to find one bold, original theme ia all this
| Mus. Doc. OXs writings: but he can be Convict
| n IariSr for H.,
| the substance"
Mr. Joseph Polk and Mr.. A. NJ Palmer have
had difference Of opinion. the result Of which
| is that the former has left the Union Square
I IN Polk opens at the Boston Museum In
| his new play, ga Gentleman from Nevada. !"
written for him by Mr.. Jessup.
| Mr.. Daily describes the new play which he
| has produced at his theater, entitled "The Way
| We Live" as "a cOntemporaneOuS comedy or
| society as it Is and might be-"
Mrs. Clara Fisher Maeder, who is with the
| ARABIAN Night" combination, occupies a
| greater place In the history of the American
stage than any other actress living: She was
| Ter. New York, as star feature before either
| Forrest or Cushman had made anv reputa alton
At 12years old Clara Fisher was starred" in
| little pieces adapted to her age, and great at
| traction wherever she appeared.
The critics of the New York papers are a
great way ahead-or behind-the taste of the
lheater-going public OF that city. Their com
nendation is seldom beneficial to play or an
artist, and their disapprogal rarely or never
| inter1tres with the success of either They
could md little or nothing to praise In Miss
| Pxley, but much to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
she Is playing to crowded houses nightly there,
| TO ''sit down" on "Hearts OF Oak" but 1t ia
| cciniDg money for its owners at the Fifth Ave
hue. Years ago they pronounced Lolita Nm
worthy OF criticism, yet she is one of the great
| favortes OF Gotham.
| Gus Williams recently presented Miss Dora
| Stuart. of his company. with solitaire Gla-
| mond ring valued at $500, as mark OF his ap-
! probation OF the excellent manner In which
| SIZE has sustained the part OF Mrs. Dinkel"
| during the present season.
| Miss Jean Vita, an English protean ac-
| tress, supported by her own company, intends
10 deyastate the country next season with a
| play called "a LIES Wrong"
| - Miss Kate Fields musical monologue" is a
| Light, agreeable medley OF song and satire. it is
| nothing more and nothing less. 1t is designed
| for popular ENTERTAINMENT and fulfills this plr-
| pose. Those who look to 1t for an earnest and
| artistic aim, or for anything deeper than clever
ness, will be Disappointed those who are con.
| tent to be amused by it Will be satisfied so SAYS
| the n. \. Times
| Mr.. Gilberts dramatic satire ''The Happy
Land, the production OF which at the London
Court Theater, few years ago, caused con-
siderable excitement, has given rise to an angry
debate in the legislative assembly at Melbourne
| and the enterprlSing newspapers of that CITY
| nave published the play In their columns
/ This has been a bad theatrical season In the
| French provinces. Performances in Brest.
| Lyons and Sedan have generally been followed
| by bankruptcy. At Rochefort, an excellent
| town, the manager has committed suicide II
Is said that the system of 'papering" is running
| several Partisan managers.
The Tattlers' Club are trying to solve this
| problem: Why does Lotta who protests yehe-
| mently that sh e is not and never was married.
| always wear wedding ring, no matter what
| character she Is play fng.-Netc FORK Star.
Sims Reeves, the welI-known tenor; has de-
cided to finallyretire to private life at the end
| OF 1881. His first appearance on the stage was
at Newcastle, England, in 1885, he being but
| Is years or age.
John A. Preston, well known musician of
Boston, has recently acquired a folio CODY OF
the Partisan Gfadtale, or altar book of plain
chant, used in Catholic churches, printed TO
Paris In 1853. 1t is In the old-fashioned square
notes, In red and black, beautifully printed on
heavy paper. 1t came into his possession In a
singular manner, having been found In a bale
Of foreign rags week or more since. 1t was
minus its cover, and is thought to pe relic OF
the days of the Commune.
The May Festival program In Cincinnati
has been somewhat modified since 1t was an
nOunced. The change was adopted to allow
two performances or BeethOven'S mass For
this reason RubinStein'S Flower of Babel" an
overture by Cherubint and one of Miss Cary'S
selections have been omitted The Beethoven