Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-20
MUSICAL AN }

John 81. Raymond is acting in New
York.
Ernest Stanley lost $4,000 with his Al.
lied Shows.
Charlotte Thompson is Eyre.ing herself
in Georgia.
Joseph F. Wheelock is on the New Eng.
land circuit.
"Iolanthe," in the smaller towns, Is not
raising any enthusiasm.
w. H.. Gillette is reported to be writing
q play for Elite Ellsler.
Mile. Rhea will shortly appear Ia q new
piece entitled the Adventures"
Mile Rhea's engagement with the Chase
Brothers has yet three years to run.
Salvini vii not 20 to San Francisco. He
lo,es Sic, 1000 by refusing the engagement.
The Emma Abbott opera company will
| open the new opera house in Minneapolis.
The Chicago newspaper Philistlnes arose
| with one accord and "went" for the Jersey
Lily.
Nat @. Goodwin has been added to tho
| list of stars engaged for the Dramatic Fes-
tival in Cincinnati.
Within six days no less than six compa.
MES have collapsed. Three or four back
| counties to her from yet.
Mrs. Mckee. Rankin has entirely recov.
cred and appeared with the company in
$40" at the Park Theatre, Boston.
| 1t ia all but settled that Miss Margaret
Mather will brave the perils Oh New York
criticism for the first time g month.
| John Mccullough, next season, will have
an entirely new set of costumes. Frank
! ID. Millet, of Philsdelphia, has made the
designs.
Minnie Palmer was the recipient of a
| handsome orayon portrait of herself, in st.
Louis. from Manager Robertson, of the
Peoples Theater.
William M. Conner will shortly resign
as manager of John McCullouch, to be-
come the landlord of the st. James Hotel,
New York,
@. Chizzola. the present manager of
| Sal, mi, says he has engaged a bright star
| for next season. The name he will not
divulge.
Maggie Mitchell denies that her daugh.
ter, FanChon Paddock, is going on the
stage. She is at present at school, not
dreaming of such q career.
John II. Rogers has made excellent terms
for q season of twenty SIX weeks in Eng
land, Scotland, etc, with Miss Minnie
Palmer, which begins In June.
Fifteen years ago John A. Stevens. at
present starring in "Unknown," carried a
banner and led the supers at Holiday
Street Theater, Baltimore.
In June next Js ffreys.Lewis will go to
England. where she intends to remain dur.
ING the sumner. Next season she intends
to star in the part she is now playing.
IN r H. r,sn L., o.uor al A..
Cincinnati opera festival; "Traviata,"
"LiAfricaine," ''Sofinambula, " civilian
Tell" 'Ssmiramide," "Fliegende Hol-
lander" and Don Giovanni"
At the close of the performance of "The
LADY of LYONS" in philadelphia, recently,
Mary Anderson was presented, by the
Stats Fencibles. with q superb crown OF
solid silver, richly set with jewels.
The gdate FIXED for the Philharmonic
Musical Festival in Boston is the 9th Of
Nav. and will consist Of -four concerts anG
three matinees. The orchestra will have
100 competent musicians, with o chorus Of
500.
John L. Owens, the actor, complsini
that one day he is reported to be worth
mi lion aud the next to be q beggar. IL
owns a farm of 236 acres, just outside Bal
timore city limits, which is assessed for
value of $4,000.
The librette of "Aida" wss written b.
Mariettv Pssha, the distinguished Esyp
y ~tologist, and given by him to FellcieI
: David, who, however, was unable { fur
: Man the music in time. 1t was then OF
i, fered to Verdi, who accepted the task, tn
, sum stipulated being $4,000. He com
a mepced work the same day.
, John Mccullough has given seven pei
, formances in BROOKLYN, at Haverly's Thei
2 ter. 10 crowded houses, and he now goes t
Boston, Some idea If the enormous popr
g larity enjoved by this great tragic acta
NAV be gathered from the fact that the o.
tuSl receipts from his two weeks in Phils
|. delphiA, ending on the 9th inst were $40
900.
Male stars have proved q better attrS,
traction OF the GrAud opera house, Del
YER, than the female. Rose Eytiugs an,
a Charlotte Thompson only drew $500 eaC
r for one week; Lawrence Barrett, $3.50,
Mccullough, S6,S00. The taste of Il
Denver public is opera and operation II
Y Emma Abbott stooS in Sl2.249; BArtC
T. comic opera company, $500, Alice Gate
70 So. 1926, with q mediocre company.
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