The Sunday critic. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-19??, 1883-12-16
Musical and Dramatic Notes

| -MdilS al LdllLt 10 STdnQ- daughter
of the late Signor Bitz. Her age ID 20.
-Salvini has written stating, in posi-.
tive terms, that he will revisit Anleffica
next year
1t is probable that Lester WaIhck's
+ company will go to the Australian colo.
mics next May.
-Callendcr's Consolidated Colored
Ministries will appear at the Gazette Thea
tire, Paris, early in March.
--Turgenieff's two-act comedy, "The
BIead OF Cir ce, /" achieved great success
at Frank fort Main.
Miss Naomi Davenport is to Star.
and Mr.. Henry Z. Warren, of Troy,
N. Y, is to be her manager.
-Masager Daniel Latham. Ethel Al
den, and Adeine Stanhope are prinei-
pals of the first American company seen
in Buenos Ayers.
-Rumor has it that Spencer Cone has
inherited some money, with which he in
tends to build theater for his sister.
Kate ClaXton.
Manager Horace Wall, of the
Southern Combination, says that young
Lytton is a second Dundreaty come 10
judgment and large receipts.
Joseph Joachim is bringing out the
young American pianist, M. Alexander
Lambert, of New York, with whom he
recently gave a concert at Gottingen.
Anton Rubenstein, the famous Rus
sian pianist, has, it is stated, received an
offer of $I25 900 for a series of I5o con
certs ia the Uuited States. 1t is not vet
known whether M. Rubenstein will &C.
cept the proposal.
MIR. Henry E. Abbey's operate rep
ertoire for the Cincinnati Festival Febru-
airy IL, will comprise lie prophete, Lucia.
Gicondia, Il Trovatore, LIE Nozze dl
Figaro, La SmonambuIa, Mignon. Ham
let, Robert lie Diable, Marta, and Metis-
toflles.
Mary Anderson reems to have final.
ly captured John Bull, horns, hide, boots.
and all, and her Galatea was the picture
that did it. There are few more beauti-
lul or artistic presentations on the dram /
attic stage than Mary Anderson's Gala
tea.
Herr Joachim, the greatest living
violinlst, has been engaged to give one
hundred concerts in the United States
next season, and he is to receive 900. 900
frances
Carl Baermaun, the celebrated
pianist from Munich now of Boston. has
scored a great success thus far in America. |
His Interpretation of Beethoven's " En-
peror," concerto with the Thomas
Orchestra, has never been surpassed in
his country, and has been equalled only
by Rubenstein
George Lehman, young musician.
nineteen years OF age, made his debut
Friday evenlng,a the Brooklyn Academy
Of Music as the ''Young American Violin
Vlrtuoso." Mr.. Lehman, who studied
Lelpsic tor three years, took the prize at
The Conservatory Of Music at that place.
His reception was very fattering.
Edwin Booth is at prese Mt deliphtino
New York. His reception has left no
doubt that he holeis the warmest spot n
the hearts of the American people. His
foreign travels have had considerabl.
influence on his acting and in some Of
his parts notably Richeieu.n there
has been some modification. An actor
OF Booths ripe dramatic Scholarship i
ever ready to add an intellectual point
1t is quite impossible that eccentriclties
and nannerisms should ever dis6gure
his work.
THE RAJAH The success of This
merry comedy at the Madison Square
Theatre this summer has been something
phenomenal. We opine very few people
have clear understanding Of the mean
ing OF the word 'Rajlh'. 1t is literally
an East Indian word, meaning an abso-
lutte monarch or potentate. AS applied
IN Mr.. Young'S play, however, it has a
different meaning. Harold Wynoot r.
ceived the appellation from his associates
while living in India, from his INDECENT
air as well as his his indifference 10 his
or happenings in any way.
in this manner he became known as sThe
RaJah,' which cognomen even clung f.
him when he resided in England in after
years. The original cast and scenery Of
this remarkable play will be seen here on
December 10.
Giuseppe, Marquis de Gambia.
better known as Mario who has lust died
IN Rome, was born at Turn ia 1910. OF
family, and evinced from his
boy hood high musical abilities. lnIS3o
he received his commission as officer IN
he Chasseurs Sardes; but having III.
iolved himself in some youthful escapadt.
vas ordered from Genoa to temporary
retreat at Caglari. From thence he
.hrew up his commissions and finally
escaped to Paris on his resignation not
being accepted. The young Sandman
ieserter speedily won his way into the l
most exclusive circles Of fashionable
Paris, both for the manliness of his
nature and the charm of his exquisite
,oice, he was appointed first tenor Of the
Opera, with salary of I,oo) francs Der
aonth, and at that time changed his y
la~e to Mario. After two years al he e
~onservatoire, he made his debut on Dec. Ii
), 1888 in R06ett le Dia6le and thus be- t
ian his great career, which was the a
ongest and most brilliant ever known. y
Is tenor he never had an equal. In n
he days of his financial prosperity he P