The Portland daily press., 1888-11-16
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE sTocKBRIDeE CONCERT.

THE sToCKBRIDGE CONCERT.
Vocally and instrumentally the second en-
tertainment in the Stockbridge Course was
an unqualified success. Despite the rain the
City Hall was crowded, as is customary, and
never have we seen more attentive or en-
thusiastic audience.
Miss Juch-whose first appearance here
with Theodore Thomas some seasons ago
was an unexceptionable introduction-neyer
sang better, and never gave greater pleas
ure. Her rendering Of the celebrated aria
from "Mignon." 'Know'st Thou the Land
sung here so lately by Miss Juliette Corden
of the Bostonians-was magnificent, and the
house fairly rose to her at its close. During
its rendering the audience remained almost
breathless lest single note should escape
them. The delightful stage presence of the
singer added much to the simple dramatic
style with which she sang the song. For an
encore, to the great pleasure of her hearers,
she gave "The Last Rose of Summer" As
contrast to the "Mignon" aria Miss Juch
sang with great brilliancy the Jewel Song
from Faust, in place Of the trio Of Schubert
songs on the programme, and for finale,
Braga's "Angel Serenade" accompanied by
Mr.. Lichtenberg and Nine. Carreno, which
in itself, with such an accompaniment, was
a sufficient inducement to brave the storm.
Miss Hope Glenn, who made her first ap-
pearance here, is an American girl, who has
made a celebrated name for herself in the
musical world Of England. She sang last
night nothing but ballads, while her audience
would have been pleased to have heard also
something more ambitious. She has not one
of those great contralto voices that awakens
great enthusiasm, but an alto of purity Of
tone, admirable quality, and she sings artis-
tically and simply without any attempt at
trickery. She was heard at her best in her
encore Jock O'HazeldeaB. Miss Glenn
was warmly received. She apparently la
bored with a cold last evening, for her enun-
citation was not as distinct as 1t should have
been.
Nine. Carreno is as admirable a pianist as
Camilla Urso is yiolinist. Refinement of
style, delicacy and frmness of touch, per-
feet mastery of technique. marked her play
ing last night More brilliant execution
than that display ed in the List Rhapsody,
or the Paganini-Liszt cGmpaneltd, hasn't
been heard here we venture to say at the
hands Of any Of the great pianists and Port
land has heard them all. For an encore she
gave cdpriccio by Fogrisch.
Mr.. Lichtenberg, always welcome, played
with his usual skill and taste. One Of the
features of the evening was his duet with
Nine. Carreno, when they gave two move
menJS from huDenSLelu'S SONATA In Y major.
For an encore he gave second maZourka by
Wienianski. Mr.. Litchtenberg labored un-
der great disadvantage last evening, which
would have been Of serious moment to an ar
tist of less ability. The wet weather affect
his violin strings materially. Mr.. Heard ac-
eompanied most acceptably.
The hall was very dimly lighted; Either
the Electric Light Company should furnish
more lights or put on more force.
HERSINIE.
Today the sale of seats will begin at Port
land Theatre for the play of "Herminie, or
the Cross of Gold," which will be presented
next Monday night by the Redmund-B Barry
combination. William Redmund, who plays
the leading part, is the adapter of ''Hermin-
ie'' from the original French of la VIVIAN
diere," by Ernest Ferrier. This story treat
ed of the daring and adventures OF daugh-
ter of the regiment, who name was Hermin-
ie-Mrs. Thomas Barry-and in the play she
is given even more prominence than in the
original writing. The play, which is in four
acts, shows the terrible hardships of war,
| the imprisonment of a faithful woman who
| has followed her lover to the front, where
she becomes his wife, the supposed death Of
| the heroine, and the second marriage of the
| hero with designing woman. Herminie Is
led blindly into plot by which she is made
| to suffer fifteen years Imprisonment for a
theft which she never committed. At the
| end of that time she escapes through the
| aid of friend, returns to Paris, and there
| makes herself known to her husband, who
| has been promoted to a generalship in the
| army. With the stigma Of crime still cling
| ing to her, she declines to make herself
| known to any one else, and becomes a maid
to her husbands second wife. While en-
| gagged In this capacity she discovered the in
| trigues and plots of the faithless wife and
/ her lover, prevents the murder of her blind
husband and at last establishes her own in
| nocence. The play concludes with the over
throw of the william and the thorough vindi-
| cation Of Herminie
| NINE. PICARD.
| Speaking of Nine. Rcard, the dramatic
reciter and impersonator, who will appear at
City Hall in aid of the Samaritan Associa-
| tion next week. the Boston Traveller says
"The lady showed herself in every gesture,
| expression of countenance, and intonation OF
voice, to be an artist. Her recitals
were of the highest order of elocutionary art
while her impersonations were simply with
out flaw. She stated to the audi
ence that it was not her purpose to carica-
| ture Gen. Butler, but to impersoDate him
and that she had permission from the Gener-
| al himself to do so. And we'll he might give
her permission, for she gave one OF bis
speeches in such forcible manner that the
audience several times applauded the telling
points she made
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