Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
MUSICAL AND DRAMATICAL.


Henry Abbey is perfectly charmed with
PATHS Welsh castle.
Mr.. Edwin Booth begins his season in Buf
falo on September 13
Rubinstein has just completed his sixth
symphony. 1t will have its first performance
at Leipzig.
Helen Dauvray has engaged Joseph Whit
ing to replace Louis James, who goes on n
starring tour.
Aimee will commence her tour this season
next week with "Mamselle."
Adelina Patti will sing in Dublin Novem-
Der l, en- route for her coming tour of this
country under Henry f. Abbey's manage
ment
Neil Burgess is making quite feature
ths! year out OF the famous circus scene in
"Vin" lie will play the piece in all the
| principal cities.
Miss Adelaide Moore, who has just arrived
| in New y ork on the City of Berlin, will COM
mence her tour on October 4, and Will travel
| in her own palace car.
Strauss is said to be composing three new
numbers for the "Gypsey Baron" being two
| grand tinales of second and third acts and q
| waltz song for Laura Bellin
Madame Marie Roze, who is holiday-mak-
| ing in France. recently gave concert at
| Nichy for the benefit of the poor 1t bene-
| fitted the poor to the extent of $500.
Frank w. Bangs, who made considerable
| fame. out of the title role in ''The Silver
| u
| tour, commencing Friday, September II, at
RichmOnd Va.
Mr.. Louis James appearance in Chicago
as Othello and Benedick this week have not
been regarded as successful as his Nirgnius
though he is credited with careful study and
| signal dramatic intelligence.
Minnie Maddern's leading man for "Ca-
price" this season is William Morris, one of
is known as Mantell's double. and will sup
fail. ' ' " '''' " "'' WHO
Nine. Sembrich closed her late successful
season in Berlin by giving l,50O to the poor
| of that city. She has signed contract with
| POlini for a tour OF Europe to comprise sixty
representations for which she is to receive
| $4,000.
Nine. Janausche1 announces that this will
| positively be her last season on the American
| stage. To add interest to her farewell APP
pearance she has determined to appear for
the first time rs Meg Merrilles and IN other
| roles new in her experience.
Mrs. Langtry and her company will leave
| Liverpool per the Alaska on the 18th of Sep
nue. in the LADY of Lyons" on the Attn of
| October. The Lilly will show some won
! derful some wonderful millinery.
NJ. Coquein. who is coming here next year,
| is giving series of performances in Alsace
and Lorraine in conjunction with Emil
| Simon. Then will follow the American tour
which Coquelin is looking forward to with
| eager interest.
Gas light will soon be entirely banished
from the imperial opera houses of both Ber-,
| lin and Jenna. The safety and comfort of
the public demand that the introduction of
electric lights in every theatre throughout the
world be made obligatory by law.
Miss Bessie Hatton, daughter of Joseph
Hatton, the Ensli novelist. is going on the
stage. Some time ago she was going to be
| an artist, and several of her pictures have
actually been exhibited. Now She is going to
take the shine out of Ellen Terry.
AT the Frankfort opera house during the
past season SS evenings were, devoted to
| Wagner, 2S to Weber, % to Verdi, 20 to Mey
erbcer etc. To Schiller's plays 36 evenings
| were given, to Goethe's 5 only There were
q new plays given and new operas and
| OperattaS.
| Maurice Bernhardt, who calls the wonder
| full Sarah "Mademoselle, ma mere" tele-
| graphs to the Paris Figaro from Buenos
AyreS an absolute contraction of the stories
| from Rio Janeiro about his mothers fight
| with one of her company and consequent
| night in the lookup.
The opening ne qis Glqy of om: Mrs hHanstrys Ian en-
mencing October 4, will be Bulwer Lytton's
| Lady of Lyons.n Her impersonation of
| Pauline, when the play had a run of 100
nights lately at the Princess theater, London,
| drew forth unstinted praise from the press
| and the manner IN which the piece was
| staged was also favorably commented on.
| The Boston Ideal opera company, which is
| becoming quite puffy and pretentious or
~
| new baritone, cambridge This is tine COM
| pany that makes speciality of mutilating
| the works of such masters as DOnizetti,
| Auber Flotow and Ambrose Thomas, under
| the pretense of giving English Opera" 1t
| has prma donna with a pleasing Jewish
| face and voice like toy flute, and mana
| ger of phenomenal assurance.
| Gluck's operas appear to be coming into
| vogue again. For a number of years the Ber-
| lin Opera house was the only one which kept
| Gluck regularly on its repertory, but wit Inn
| few years other cities have seen reyivals of
his operas, always with brilliant success.
| "Orpheus" was the most popular work given
| by the American opera last year. AT Prague
| the theater has Just been opened for the sea.
| son with 'Armida." which is to be followed
| by three other Gluck operas.
The late King Louis of Bavaria was fond
| of playing the part of Lohengrin on Lake
| Steernberg. Clad in silver armor he would
float in fancy skiff and listen TO the voice of
| prma donna warbling on shore. One
| prima donna ventured, in the course of these
| amateur theatricals, to pass her hand through
| the kings hair. lie promptly pitched her
into the lake, and Wagner had to rescue her
| with an unromaDtic boat hook. When the
latter died. by the way, the king had all the
pianos upon which he had played locked up
and swa thed in Grape.