The Portland daily press., 1888-10-04
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
BENNETT 4 MoULToN.


Yesterday two splendid audiences greeted
the Bennett q Moulton Opera Company at
the matinee and evening performance. In
the afternoon Robert Macaire' was given
TO the great pleasure of the audience and
created as much enthusiasm as when it was
produced by the company last season.
In the evening the popular Bohemian
Girl gave great enjoyment. Miss Green
wood proved delightful Airline. Mr.. Ar
mand sang the charming tenor solo of Thad-
deus with fine effect. Mr. VOLTS deep bass
voice and comic powers had great field for
expression in Devilshoff, and Miss Russell
and Mr. Moulton were respectively good as
the Gypsy Queen and Count. The chorus
and orchestra were effective.
Tonight "The Black Hussar" is billed
and is one of the prettiest of the operas now
on the stage Seats should be secured dur
Ing the da
The following is the plot of Thomas opera
of "Mignon' which will be performed by the
Bostonians in the Stockbridge course:
Lothario is an Italian count and Mignon
is his daughter stolen in childhood by tie
gypsies. The guests at an inn are amused
by the gypsies who try to force Mignon to
NohSSs oi0 w odfO bCA liOiil tntlI
Lothario-who is incognic, and does not
know Mignon is his daughter-and young
student named Gughelmo, interfere. Gugh-
elmo purchases Mignop's liberty from the
gypsies, she being in love with him. and she
follows him. Felina, prima donna of an
opera company fascinates Gughelmo and
Mignon tries to drown herself but is rescued
by Lothario. In her grief she wishes the
castle, wheve they all are staying might be
burned to the ground. Lothario sets fire to
the building, aud Gughelmo saves Mgnon
from burning to DEATH In the second act
Gughelmo discovers Mignon's love for him
and also that LOthariO Is a noblenlan. LO-
tharlo has recognized in Mignon his daugh-
ter, and she recovering. from fever recog-
| nizes her old surroundings familiar to her
when child, proves her identity, and all are
| made happy.
MENDELSSoHN QUINTETTE CLUB.
Yesterday we published the programme
for the concert to be given at Haydn hall
tonight by the Mendelsshon Quintette Club,
assisted by Miss Alice II. an. The tickets
can be secured at Stockbrdges today. An
exchange says:
1T was treat-a musical feast If YOU will.
but all that is highest and best and purest
| in the realm of music was set before the fair
sized audience which assembled last night
at Music Hall. Those who did not go have
only their own loss to remember. We were
promised much, but the revelation was in
all respects up to expectation and in some
respects far beyond. Who can describe the
wonderful sympathy, the blending, the ex-
auisite en- nldsse modulations of the quartete ?
The service OF time. natural talent, and the
closest application is required for the pro-
| ductlon of such music. Some of the Dianis.
sinl0 effects were simply grand, and one
perforce held his breath to catch every
sound.
Three Maine people are now attracting
considerable attention in Melbourn, Austria
Richmond, his remarkably talented wife,
Miss Amy Sherwin, and Dora Wiley, OF
Bucksport. whose experience as Mrs. Klch-
ard Golden and in other roles has been
enough to make several books.
Annie Pixley was recently offered by a
well-known manager guarantee of thirty
thousand dollars for twenty weeks tour
| In Australia. 1t was in the Antipodes that
Miss Pixley first won fame and fortune.
There will be complimentary concert to
". .; Ryan, the blind boy, at City hall, on
the 10Th OF this MONTH Miss Bertha Webb
will take part and among the attractions
will be bass quartet.
A dispatch from London says that Sir
| Arthur Sullivan's new opera is entitled "The
feoman Of the Guard. or the Merryman and
In conversation with a Chicago re.
porter Mr.. Lawrence Barrett said that he
ana Mr.. Booth expect to remain in New
YORK throughout the third season of their
artistic partnership, 1SS9-9O. The season
following they may go to Europe.
Inc dramatization of Amelia Rive's "The
Quick or the Dead" that Estelle Clayton
brought out in New York Monday night, Is
reported to have been a dead failure, the
| play Delng stupid and the actors bad