Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-29


Captain Marcel Noycr, well-known
French pianist, is coming to this country.
Perugini, the tenor, has made hit in Car
men, with Carl Rosa's company in London.
Mary Anderson's American tour will be-
gin on November IL. She will not have an
exclusively English company
Dramatic affairs apparently do not flourish
in GAINESVILLE Texas. The opera house has
been turned into a clothing store.
T. Russell Sullivan, who dramatized "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for Richard Mansfield,
the actor, has deserted commerce for liter
ature.
Dion Bouccaut's new play is called
''Cushla Machrec." IL is to have its first
production in Boston at the Hollis street
theater.
Arthur b. Chase director of the Edwin
Booth Lawrence Barrett company predicts
that the profits of the tour will reach nearly
S6OO,OOO
They say Mrs, James Brown Potter needs
another play. An actress of her transcend
ant ability can wear "a play to tattcrs in
very short time.
Miss Geraldine Morgan, an American girl,
won the Mendelssohn prize for violin playing
at the recent Berlin recital IL amounts to
$500 i'll American money.
Rose Coghlan has signed starring con-
tract for three years with Augustus Pitou
Her new play, "Jocclyn," will be reserved
for New York opening
Sara Bernhardt says that in her American
tour of 1890 she expects to rccoup herself for
all the expense she went to in giving her son
good matrimonial send-off.
The latest piece of sheet music dedicated
to Parnell is entitled II Cannot Pay the
Rent 1t could be sung with pathos by
good many people both in Ireland and Amer
lea.
Bolossy kiralfy has originated and copy
righted new ballet called Les Coquettes,"
and it has been presented with success in
San Francisco as one of the features of do
lores."
De koven and Smith, Joint authors of 1.-The
Begun are about to disspate some of the
wealth derived from royalties on that inter
esting work in publishing "a weekly paper in
Chicago.
The managers Of Howe's circus are hay-
ing Il hard time in Montery They were ar
rested for misrepresentation in not perform
ing and showing what they advertised, and
fined $500.
Henry Irving did not come to this country
in vain. 1t is said he will make at least
Sl5O,OoO out of his present American tour.
Barrett did not do so we'll when he went to
England.
Joseph jefferson is devotmg much of his
tlme in Florida TO the preparation of his
book OF "reminiscences which will be pub
lshcd next year He will resume work on
March IS.
Miss Helen E. Metz, of New York, is de-
velopment vocal talents of high order and
Will adopt the lyric stage as he. pro-
fession. She is a granddaughter of Signor
Blitz and "a cousin of Marie Van Zandt
The German novelist and playwright, Fried
rich Spelbagen has come out with fero-
clous attack on actors and actresses, and crit
les, and thcater- goers, all because his last
play, Die Philosophin,' was failure.
ltis well known that Wagner at one time
conceived the idea of writing music drama
on the subject of Jesus of Nazareth A
sketch OF the drama, written in 1913, has lust
been published by Messrs. Breitkopf and
Hartel
:, An international musical exhibition, under
the presidency of Signor Verdi, will be held
at Bologna from the lst of MAY till the }1st
of October next 1t will comprise all objects
and publications relating to the art and sci
ence of music.
George Henschel seems to have made bad
bargain III buying for $500 the English rights
for cights months of the Wagner symphony
The work has proved anything but success
In England, but on the continent it has been
met with more favor.
Helen Barry, the English actress, will
prlng over an entire company from London
for her American tour. She has four new
plays from which to select the best and will
give one of them Il trial next month probably
at the London Comedy.
Nine. Adeline PATTI will remain in Portu-
gal to the end of January, then go to Madrid
III.
a month, and sail for South America on
March s. She will make her south equatorial
debut at Buenos Ayres April &.
The motto of the Queen City Opera COM
pany, of Cincinnati is Ito give preference to
American operas by American composers"
"Roslta' Will be sung by the club on Feb
ruary2 2. Two new American operas have
been offered to the club by their composers.
The musical arrangements of the forth
coming f'arls exhibition are dctnity settled.
They include three competitions for prizes to
be given to the best libreto of cantata the
best music to the same and the best military
march. The contest is limited to French
subjects.
Anna Dickinson has just put the fniahing
touches to "A drama upon which she has been
engaged for years. 1t is called "Aurelian,"
and is historical play, as the title implies
Those who have -ead the manuscript pro-
nounce it not only good reading but good
acting play
One of the most curious of the safety ap:
pliances for theaters is the iron curtain which
has just been put into the theater Francis, in
Paris. The curtain is of sheet iron stiffened
by braces of iron and decorated by canvas at
tached to it. 1t is worked hydraulcally, the
valves so as to be operated by electricity.
Sara Bernhardt is supcrsiitious. 1t leaks
| out that the reason ''La Tosca" was DELAYED
| so long was because she would not act with
young Volny on account of his "evil eye.n
She will not have the witches music played
| in Macbeth and turns yellow with fright
when she touches anything of saffron tint.
AS public recognition of Mr.. C.E. Locke's
| success in carrying on American opera, and
with special reference to the series of per-
| formances of grand opera in English given at
| the Boston theatre, testimonial has been
| offered to him in that city, which has OBJ
| tained nearly seven hundred influential sigma
| lures.
"Heart of Hearts," by Henry Arthur
| Jones' was brought for the first time last
| week at the New York Madison square thea
| tire. The Heart of Hearts" is big ruby,
and the motive of the play Is the theft of the
| jewel, deed uniusuy charged upon the he
roine, The play was only moderately sue
cessful.
Nine. JanauschclS is supersttious in the
matter of retracing her footsteps, which she
| will not do under any circumstances. AT
| Portland, Me, recently, when she endeav-
| ored to enter the theater by the regular en-
| trance, which was locked, she waited until
| the doorkceper came rather than go back and
| around to the stage door.
In Germany theater-goers seem to be safe
| from the dangers arising from fire, but on
| the other hand are exposed to the risk of
| being drowned. At Bonn recently, an aud
| ence was drenched in the middle of an
| opera, owing to mistake of the man who
| controls a huge water-tank to be used in case
| of fire. The same thing happened at
| Munster to an unlucky company Of concert