The Portland daily press., 1882-12-04
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA
sTRAKosH OPERA COMPANY.

| SAnA4AOo6 OfEhA COhFANXt
owing to the necessity for cancelling an en-.
sagement elsewhere, on the way from Canada
the Strakosh Opera Company will put in an
appearance at Portland Theatre Thursday
night, IN Carmen" Bizet's spectacular and
pleasing opera. While Mr.. Strakosch's troupe
bears no names of especial repute, with the
exception of Mrs. Seguin-W Wallace, so well
known to all musical people in Portland, it is
claimed that they are all good artists and that
the opera will be we'll mounted and we'll pre-
sented. MI, 6trakoseh met with quite loss
IN the persons of Miss Van Arnheim, the
soprano, who so successfully assumed the part
OF Marguerite in Faust" at the Patti season
at the Mechanics Building In Boston, and Of
mr.. Sweet, the baritone, who was heard here
IN concert some time ago. Still Mrs. Wallace 8
contralto will make up for MANY difeencies.
Miss Fri'sch is pretty, with a pleasing voice.
Mr.. Seaman is called good singer. Mr..
hogan was here as the negro servant in the
Royal MILDLY" The other leading people are
all strangers, but on that account should be
warmly welcomed. The newspaper notces
which have been left with Us are quite flatter-
ing. The box Office will be open for the sale
OF seats tomorrow.
THE KNIGHTS.
On Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. G. S.
Knight appear in this city at Portland Theatre
In Baron Radolph," play which they have
already made known to Portland theatre goers.
In the title role Mr.. Knight is said to be even
better than when last seen here, and Mrs.
Knight has also improved. They have now
reached that point of perfection beyond which
It seems impossible they should be able TO CO.
Everywhere they are greeted with enthusiasm
and The applause is kept up almost continuous
~ until the hnal fall OF the curtain. The
other characters are fairly given, and the per-
Torrance is entertaining throughout
LYCEUM THEATRE.
The Lyceum, with its improvements, and its
S'- - 30 fa5Sd
nightly. Tonight the great sketch team,
Russell and Jorme, will appear.
NOTES
The Boston Post says
"Annie Louise Cary used to "point with
pride" to Portland, her favorite city, and more
than once she has sounded its praises as a
centre Of musical culture But we fear Port
land is degenerating when considered as C. Of
m. c. On recent evening two musical enter
competed there for patronage, one a
second-rate negro minstrels show, the other a
concert company, with Nine. Litta 4
for prima donna, and Blomenberg, Badanza
and others in the company. The burnt cork
crowd held forth in City Hall, and that great
auditorium was iammed with people as it has
not been since the American board held its
annual meetings there and entertained the
people with pulpit oratory and stories about the
in foreign land. While this vast
throng was arplauding the coarse jokes of the
end men, and going wild with delight at the
clog and jig dancing and the antics of men
dressed in old womeu's clothes, Nine Litta
and her company of eminent artists were sing
ing to an audience of 125 or 100 persons in
hall"
AT the same time the Post must remember
how the Boston Advertiser and Transcript
and perhaps the Post itself, scolded because
Boston culture" failed to patronize Won
Bulow, and how an operatic manager was
besought to give performance in Music Hall
of an opera that had been successful at the
Boston Theatre to please that portion of the
public who associate threatre with immoral
ity:
A concert will be given at Pythian Hall for
the benefit of lvanhoe Lodge Wednesday night
at which Mrs. Morrison, the Ladies' Lesbian
Quartette from Lowell, with Mr.. Harvey MUIR
ray accompanist. will appear.
The Emerson Concert Company, which was
announced to appear at City Hall on the 18th,
have been obliged to cancel their engagement.
Mrs. Ada Gary Stnrgis, sister of Annie
Louise Cary, has been engaged to sing in the
choir of the Universalist church of Lewiston.