The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-31
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
GIROFLE-GIROFLA.

GlHOFLE-GlROFLA.
Notwithstanding brilliant and fashionable
audience attended the performance of the
Little Duke" given by the Oates Company
at Portland Theatre, Thursday night, still
larger and equally fashionable one attended
tho representation of "Girofe- Girofla'' last
evening.
Girofe-Girofa were the twin daughtere of
the Duke of Bolero, one of whom was prom
ised in marriage to Maresquin, the other to
Mouzouk, moor. The plot begins on the at
tempt to deceive Mouzouk, who arrives to
marry Girofa after she has been carried off by
pirates Girofe is compelled to personate her
sister and any quantity of fun is evolved out
Of the predioaments that the Bolero family
find themselves in owing to the deception.
OF course all turns out happily.
The opera is much more familiar to our
theatre-goers than the Little Duke" and the
music is of a far more taking character. The
action throughout is broad burlesque and the
principals and company entered into the spirit
of the occasion with plenty of vim. The dou-
BILE character of the twins met with good treat
ment at the hands of Mrs. Oates and what she
lacked in piqua,ncy aud delicacy of voice, and
action, she made up in suggestivenesS and vol
ume. Miss Rostelle sang her aria in the first
act with good taste and expression. The sex
tette and chorus at the close of the second act
were finely given; the drinking song by Mrs.
Oates in the second act, with chorus received
accompanied, in the third act, was well rem
dered, and the finale given with vigor and ex-
preston.
The opera was beautifully costumed. The
foot of the director was not quite as prominent
a feature as on the evening previous.
PAT ROONEY.
The following will be the programme by the
Pat Rooney combination at Portland Theatre
tonight. The entertainment will commence
with the laughable sketch DOG gone you John
Butts in which Carter, Ducrow and Lamont
will appear. Then the serio-comic singer Miss
Josie Granger, followed by Morris and Fields
in their Dutch songs. The musical sketch ar
fists Fanny and Jeppi Delano will give "The
Old Mill Stream" and "We Met by Chance"
Then the serio-comic star, Miss Mollie Will
son will appear. Reynolds and Walling, the
German sketch artists. will produce "Moon-
light, Music Love and Flowers" The happy
Hottentots, Lamont and Ducrow will display
their acrobatic abilities. Billy Carter, the
banjo-player, will exhibit his merits. Wood
and Beasley will make music out of coffee
pots and about every kind of a musical instru-
ment, while Pat Rooney, the inimitable, will
display his power on an Irish ACCORDION The
evening will conclude with "The Clockmak-
er's Hat"
NOTES.
Haverly's Ministries will probably play at
City Hail. Their programme will be very at
tractive They will give Pinafore, in black,
the Turkish Patrol, the Picnic, the Broadway
Squad, etc.
The next subscription concert will be given
Feb. 18th.
Little Corinne was presented with check
of e10 by Montreal gentleman.
Milo Benedict the boy pianist, has been
adopted by Carlyle Petersilea, who will give
him a thorough musical education.
The Musical Society at Woodford's are re-
hearsing Barnhy's four part songs.
The Deering people are to have an Old
Folks concert.
Mr.. w. R. Howard and his pupils, Of Saco,
will give a concert in that place Wednesday
evening.