Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-21
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
rouNcE AND oo-A NEW COMO orERa-THD
SALEM wrrcH-rHE BALrINoR8 FksrivAL-
sArANELLA IN NEW YORK, ETC.

| -Carncross minstrels an excellent company.
open at Ford's Monday night
- Hermann. the prestidIgitateur, begins .
week At the National on Monday, with late
novelties
Mrs Langtry. who was 90 much pleaseA
| with Washington, returned yesterday TO New
| York, where she opens another season on Nom
day at the Fifth Avenue
- He,inds Dramatic Daily says that Tho
chronic scheme Of the new opera house In WASH
ington appears regularly with the advent al
spring. and then it is pigeon-holed TO sleep
| another season"
Next season Ford's Opera House. Balti-
more. will be Lit by the Edison lncandescent
electric light.
- Elliott Barnes new play. - Blue and GRAY"
VIII De produced at the Union Square Theatcr,
| New York. this summer
"A Bunch OF Keys" is reap,ng rich har-
vest for Willie Edouin at the San Francisco OPP
| era House. New York
Young Mrs. Winthrop" has so far proved
the best paying attraction on the road sent
out by the Madison Square Theater manage
| ment.
Quite family party will accompany Mary
Anderson to Europe. her mother, brother and
| stepfather having all secured passage.
- Leander Richardson's version of Heart
and Hand" will be produced at the Globe The
| alter, BostO N, next season.
| - Dion Boucicault, upon being called before
the curtain each evening at the New York Star
| Theater. says" will not give a speech, as
| the English government might ask for my ex-
tradition" He plays of course an Irish char
| acter.
GA Russian Honeymoon" at the Madison
Square Theater. New York. has been slightly
altered since the first performance The third
act has been cut down and the song introduced
| has been eliminated.
- The dresses for the new New York opers
House are being made by Dazian at a cost Of
&l00,OOO for the twenty operas. force has
| already been working on them for a month and
| the work will not be completed until October
18th.
- Henrietta Vaders and Ada Ward, the latter
an English actress of good standing, who has
been playing recently at the London Hay
market have both been engaged TO play lead
ing business with MIR. George Edgar next sea-
| son.
| - Miss Florence Valliere. a young lady Of
good presence, who made q success in light
opera In New Orleans last season, singing
equally well In English. French, Spanish and
Italian. will shortly appear in New York city In
| the leading part OF q new comic opera.
| Mr.. Henschel was warmly received In Bas-
ton by the Marquis Of Lorne and by his former
pupil, the Princess Louise, who honored the
Henschels with call at their house on OTIS
| Place.
just twenty years after he appeared as he
Child In " Rosedale," with Mr. waIlack's COM
PAW, MIR. Seymour. of the Boston Museum acts
as stage manager for the same piece and with
the same Wallack in the leading part.
- The referee in the suit brought against
| Adelna Patti, for money said to be owing for
singing lessons given her twenty years or moro
ago. has decided that the evidence offered 10
| not sufficient to sustain the claim
Tho Salem Witch IL the title OF a new
comic opera libretto, by Geo. Russell Jackson.
of Boston, music by Bichard StahL II will 10
produced next fall m Boston. with a speciai
opera company. WA. Evans q Co., OF Boston.
have secured the copyright.
| On May LIST the Indianapolis Opera company
recently organized local institution, will pre-
sent the opera of Fra Davalo," with William
Castle, OF the Emma Abbott Opera company In
the title role. The company is a strong one and
has received the substantial aid of leading
citizens of Indianapolis.
The McCaul Comic Opera company has 70
turned to New York and appears at the Casino
| on Monday evening. presenting Gilbert and
Sullivans successful opera, ''The Sorcerer,"
with the entire original cast, including Mics Lii
| liam Russell
| Mr.. j. H. Haverly paid IS $50 for tho
tickets OF the McCaull Opera company from
Omaha to San Francisco and return. Forty -nine
people We're provided with passage
- Miss Obers benefit BY the Ideals at the
| Globe Theater, Boston. last SATURDAY. night,
| Melted $l.675. Hundreds were turned away.
She received several very elegant floral tributes,
and Mr.. Barnabee made neat speech Ia her
behalf "Pinatore" was the opera given
- This Is the last week OF Barnum's circus in
New York. The attractions which have drawn
| so largely are retained for the final perform
ances. There are the triple circuses four rings
| q stage, museum, a hippodrome two double
menageries, 800 performers, curiosities aud
countless other attractions. The show goes to
Brooklyn, Baltimore and Washington.
- Balfe's spectacular opera. SataneIla, will
be produced at the Standard Theater, n. Y, on
Monday, May 2. with new scenery costumes,
props etc, and q star cast. including Miss Alice
May, the noted English prma DONNA who will
make her first appearance I'm America i'm the
title role. which she has played in England,
Australia, etc.
The arrangements for the Spring Musical
Festival In Baltimore have been completed. as
Enthusiastically, April 20, rehearsal OF the
redemption" and the same work at the con.
cert Friday evening. April %. Mr.. T.. Hum
phrey Allen and Norton Hartdegen. Belle Cole,
Fred. Harvey and +. Remmertz viii be the solo
lists. with chorus of seven hundred voices and
the Theodore Thomas orchestra A miscella-
neous concert will be given on Saturday April
%, Theodore Thomas directing In person Round
trip tickets can be had ut the railroad stations
In Washington, good for five days
Nilsson sailed Wednesday from New York
for England in the Gallia, and was given grand
'send OFF," The floral tributes nearly filed her
staterOOm. One Of them was floral ship. made
up OF aarechal Neil and Jacque roses The Gallis
was accompanied down the bay by steamboats,
and tugs with flags flying and champagne glasses
glistenng from their decks. Albani sailed in
NJ nds ais hap
of.
-"POunce Co." new satirical opera by
B. E. W00if, was brought out at the Boston
Biiou this week, and was very well received.
The libretto is very good. and the music has the
Jingle Of Sullivan all through it. The firm Of
p. Co. are wealthy manufacturers imbued
with the nobility OF the laboring men, who, In
turn prove to be schemng workmen denouncing
'blOated capital" Pounce wants his daughters
and neces to marry his employees, but they OBJ
ject In the course of events. however, EN-.
ploye and employer change places and the lat
ter then demand the dnugh ters In maria "a