The Portland daily press., 1883-10-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
NOTES.

NOTES.
The sale of seats for the ''Shaughraun" will
begin tomorrow morning at Portland Theatre,
not this morning as previously advertised.
The Summer Boarders'' gave their second
and last performance last night.
Ine hits OF the season in New York are Joe
Jefferson's Caleb Plummer in "The Cricket on
the HEARTH" and Miss Cornelia ,Jackson's
lilly Slowboy, at the Tnion Square, Monday
night.
Great Interest exists in New York in the
opening of the rival opera houses to come off
the I'D inst. The artists are on the ground.
Nine. Sembrich, the foremost living repre-
sentative OF kind of singing passing out of
vogue, has arrived in New York, and she ex-
poets to interest the public once more in the
woes OF Lucia, Elvira, Amina and other hero
ines OF the canary bird order. She is not a
pretty woman by any means and cannot be
SAID even 80 have an interesting face; she
looks like good, honest little German woman.
who takes very matter of fact views of life
and intends to make hay while the sun shines
Campanlnl, the tenor, has also arrived in
new YORK, looking the picture of health, all
though he complains of not having slept for
week He had furnished house rented for
him IN advance and moved right from the
steamer to his own house, bringing with him
an Italian cook and two servants He has
never yet discovered a hotel where his meals
have been quite to his liking, and for several
years past he has never travelled without his
own cook He has had years rest, and saws
that he has not sung even scale for six
months, and does not know whether he has
any voice or not; but he hopes that there is
something left. Cleofonte Campaninj his
younger brother, whom he has had educated
as an orchestral conductor, he brings with him
as assistant to Vianesi, who will have chief
direction. Mr.. Abbey's forces are now all
here, with the exception of Nine. Valera.
Work upon the new building goes on at a tre-
mendous pace. The programme for the first
week consists of "Faust' for Monday, the 22d
OF October, with Nilsson and Campanini:
Lucia" on Wednesday, with Sembrich and
Campanini; I'll Trovatore" on Friday, with
Valera and Stagus, the new tenor; and
Faust" again at the Saturday afternoon per-
formance. The second week will begin with
. "Mlgnon, in which, Nilsson is incompatible.
Frank Curtis is having great success at his
New York theatre. 1t is crowded nightly.
The Rankins are playing 1.-THE Danites.''
Nine. Bentham Fernandez, whom Mr.. Nc
Caull has engaged for the Biiou Opera Gem
pany is esteemed in London an accomplished,
and charming artist. She is soprano singer.
Mr.. Robert Mantell, who has made such a
bit in New York in Fedora, with Miss Daven-
port, has been engaged for three years after
the Davenport season by Daniel Frohman
manager OF the Madison Square Theatre. The
contract was signed Monday night.
Miss Davenport has met with remarkable
success as Fedora. The Fourteenth Street
Theatre, New York, is crowded every night.
lie Wednesday matinee at that house is
dropped-as needful precaution to relieve
the strain upon Miss Davenport's strength.
Sardou, having been informed of the lady's
success, has, the Tribune says, pro missed to
her the refusal of bis next play.