Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-30
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
MUSICAL EVENTS IN JANUARY-THURSBY To
LEAVE" LIBERIAS"-ITALIAN OPERA. ETC.

| 1.-The Indians" at Harlem n Y, this week
The English composer Macfarren is writing
new oratorio. 'king David" for the Leeds
festival next year
Hazel kirke' will soon reach its Z. 5OOth
performance. and the event viii be celebrated by
the presentation of handsome souvenirs
Miss Minnie Maddern appears shortly In
Philadelphia in "Fogg's Ferry"
Madame Janauschek is to bring out a new
play In January at Haverley's Theater
-Ihe Philadelphia engagement of Mr.. Fred
erick Gebhard closed last Saturday evening.
- Signor Salvini. the eminent tragedian. opens
at the Chestnut Street Opera House. Philadel-
phia, January 18th
Gideon's Rock" dramatlzation by Mrs.
Martha LATTE Johnson. has been sold by her
ana VIM Dayidge to Frank Evans.
- Robson and Crane will appear in Philadel-
PIMA New Years week Tico Of a Kiad-The
1'csns-1n the - Comedy of Errors
- The Emma Abbott opera company. of which
Miss Emma Abbott is the leading soprano, is in
New England.
- Emma Thursby will give five farewell con-
| certs in New York between January 4th and
18TH, and will then return to Europe. where her
| talent finds greater popular appreciation.
- I. G. Pratt, the composer of 'Zenobia"
| is said to be arranging the whole score for
Christine Missions voice, and proposes pro-
ducing 1t in an eastern city when her concert
tour ends.
- kiralfy's big elephant, Bamboo, has been
"cutting high links" out west. Last week he
| threw a train Of cars off the track Bamboo had
MS trunk bursted, but fortunately the company
escaped
Mr.. Barley Campbelrs spectacular play.
| Siberia which, it is said. has been success
| fully produced in San Francisco will be given
| at Haverlys Philadelphia Theater i'm February.
The papers are saying that Modjeska is
| painting picture for the Paris salon OF 1888.
| the subject being an incident from her own
| childhood. She has been given by the dramatic
censor of Russia the right to perform in the
Polish language in the empire.
Louise Montague. Forepaugh's $4,000
beauty, was offered $500 night to play at one
of the Philadelphia theaters this week. as a set
| Off to Mrs. Langtry, but she declined the tempt
ing offer. She is studying for the operate
stage.
The title Mr.. Grover has given the new
play which he has written for Mr. and Mrs Ran
kin is 'Dominick Bayard," but it will be changed
to more general one.
Miss Catherine Lewis has organized an
opera troupe and will begin an engagement at
the Chestnut-street Opera House January Sth
Her greatest creation. "Oliyette,' and The
MttScot Heau the repertoire.
The Baltimore Oratorio Society has secured
the services of Mr.. Theodore Thomas and his
orchestra for its musical festival. which is to be
held on April Is. 81 and %. The works to be
performed are Gounod's Redemption" Ber-
lioz's 'Dannaton of Faust and Handels
"Messiah''
Around the World in Eighty Days was
given in German at Cincinnati last week by
Comer's Dramatic Company. its translated
! title being die REESE UNI die Welt in AchtZig
Iagen." The ballots and stage effects were fur
nisled by the kiralfys in the usual language.
Nine. Adelina Patti will sing in La Travi-
alta. LA Sonnambula' and 'Semiramide" dur
ing the operate festival in Cincinnati, which
opens on January %.
MFR. and Mrs. Georg Henschel, Miss Emily
Winant and Mr.. Charles Adams will be the solo
lists in the performance of Handles Messiah at
Providence on January 16
1t was currently reported that Mile Sara
Bernhardt was engaged to appear in America
| next season. AS no doubt Mr.. Abbey would be
connected with such an enterprise if true. Mr..
Tlllotson Mr.. Abbey's representative, disclaims
any knowledge of such an undertaking.
George R. Sims and Henry Pettitt are writing
| a play together, and, strange to say 1t has no
sensation scene and no crime connected with it.
but is simple and healthy domestic story, of
an emotional character. Mr.. Sims is represented
by the Dramatic Times London correspondent
as tired of stage carpenters, plays" particu-
larry of 1.-THE Romany Rye" and to have re-
solved never to write another thing of the sort
for any price.
The Baltimore .S,1, thus speaks ofthe Humpty
Dumpty troupe, which appears affords on
Monday night:
AT Ford's Opera House between $500 and
1900 tickets were sold for the afternoon per
| Torrance of ''Humpty Dumpty," and over 3, 700
at night. besides several hundred persons had
to be turned away from the box office. so there
was not even standing room left. Judging
from the frequency and heartiness of the ap-
plause, no audience could have been better
pleased ''Humpty Dumpty" is as old as the
hills, but the way in which it is given by this
company is almost entirely new Mr. Geo H.
Adams, the inmtable clown, is of course the
great feature. and to be awarded first place
among SO many attractions is no small honor of
Itself he is probably the funniest man on the
| stage. The speciality department Is the best and
most varied yet presented in this city. In addi-
| ton to these and other attractions however
there are four performing elephants, and alto
! gether the entertainment is SO amazing and ire
slstlbly funny that everybody should go to see
| it. 1t is a treat for the children"
Pretty Ada Rehan saved DAYS. theater the
other night, if not from destruction, at least
| from serious damage and stampede of the
audience She and James Lewis were alone
| upon the stage, when a lace curtain at the back
OF scene caught fire. Miss Rehan at once tore
| 1t down and stamped upon it. and then seized
| pot of burning artificial flowers. and crushed
out the flames with her hand. Then the per-
| Torrance went on as usual.
The Italian opera season at the New York
Academy Of Music closed this afternoon with
performance Of Carmen by Minnie Hauk
The troupe sang al Trovatore' at Hartford
Tuesday, Les Huguenots'. at Providence We'd
nesday. al TrovatOre' again at New Haven
| Thursday. The closing week in New York was
made remarkable by the debut of a new con-
tralto Wednesday-Mm Schalchi, who sang in
| ''Semramide' with Patti. She took both town
and critics by storm. All agree that she is a
noble dramatic contralto, not dwarfed by her
| contact with Patti, and three or four of the
papers declare that she is by far the greatest
contraltO since AlbOni.
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