Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01
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rius violin is said TO be 5000.
Goldmark's new symphony has been as
well received in Vienna as 1t was in Dresden
a few weeks ago.
Miss Lillian Russell has achieved the GREAT
est success of her career as Dorothy Bantam
in the comic opera dorothy"
NJ. zamara's new opera LA Chauffeur de
Palermo had great success on its recent
production at the Carl theatre in Vienna
Roland Reed, Americas great original com
edian, has made a decided hit in New Hovh
as Samuel Buudy in ''The Woman Halter"
Carmen sylvia, which is the literary nom
de plume of the Queen of Roumania, Is at
present writing a ballet entitled The jew
els.n
Tho Bostonians are having great success
throughout the country with "Fatinitza''-
done in spectacular s%tyle-and the Poach-
ers."
Miss Druid is the ancient name borne by
the latest Louisville girl who aspires 70 fol
low in the histriouiC footsteps of Miss Mary
Anderson. She has announced an carly de
but.
John Thompson, one of the first and most
successful of American actors starring ia
highly spiced sensational dramas, will, after
several seasons retirement, return TO the
stage.
Louis Harrison of "Mystic Isle'' fame, will
play the part of Ty-foo in pearl OF Pekin"
(Lecoq's Fleur de The) when that operetta
shall be produced ut the New York Bijou
theatre.
Lilly Post has been secured by Willard
Spencer for the soprano part of Violet IN
"The Little Tycoon" which was made va
cant by the abrupt departure Ada Glasca
from the company.
Joseph Jefrerson's spring tour of relaxation
and play will last only eight weeks, during
which time he will travel in his own private
car throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Geor,
gia, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama
Mile. Marie Van Zandt signed an engage
ment with M. Maurice Grau, for the firm ut
whose head Is MIR. Abbey, before he let foi
South America. She will give In 17sS-1Sg0 a
series of operate and conbert performances
in America.
The opening of the Campanini Italian opera
season at the New York academy OF music
has been postponed from April 5 to April9
owing to the fact othat one of the prineipa,
artists, Mawred, cannot arrive here In tim ]
for the former date.
Fanny Davenport as La Tosca has dis,
carded the use of the numerous garments
over which ladies devote a great deal Of
pains, time ana money, and under elaborate
and really beautiful dresses is cnveloped only
in silk tleshing.
Of the stage Ada Rehan, says a gossip, Is
not a really handsome nor even a pretty
woman. Her complexion IS what some un-
kind people would call "pasty." But her face
shows a kindly disposition, strong character
and abundant good sense.
Rose Stahl, a pretty girl and a native of
Trenton, N. j., will make her debut In the
CaSJ Oh IT. Jekylla anu MI. t1yue, Wueu
Bandmann represents that play at Nibl0's.
Miss Stahl has the reputation of being an ac-
complished elocutionist.
Messrs. Edwin Booth and Lawrence Bar
rett are said to be averaging upward Of
$1,000 for each performance at the Baldwin
theatre in San Francisco, and yet they can
not afford q respectable p~opulace for the
forum scene in Julius Caesar"
Wilson Barrett is going, to revive that pict-
uresque old play, "Belpheger, the Mount
hank " Mt the (tlnha fhnQfra in IInndnn HA
has had the play revised and altered some
what. He will act Belphegor, and Miss
Eastlake will be the montebanlk's,' wife.
Mile Zucchi, formerly leading ballet-dancer
ried to Prince Basetchitkoff, and among the
wedding presents were 100 silver drinking
cups, each from a former admirer, and each
fashioned like a dancing slipper.
One of the features Of Mr.. Baudmann's
version of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE" will
be a revolving scene showing the murder Of
a clergyman by Mr.. Hyde. The first view is
the interior Of a church, showing the pro-
cesslon of choristers, and the scene revolves
Hyde is discovered stopping with his hands
the attempted CRY of his victim.
A niece of John Stuart Mill has made d
most successful debut in Italy on the operatid
stage. This young lady Miss Coleman) has
chosen the name of Vera Verrenski by
which to be professionally known. She
chose for her debut the part of Lucia di
Lammermoor, and seems to have captivated
her Italian audience at once.
One of A. M. Palmer's 'Jim the Penman,.
companies had a curious experience in Texas
q few days ago. Five members of the com
pany were arrested for playing cards on the
train, taken off at a small station near Dallas
by the sheriff, and fined S24 each. Profess
SIGNALS about TO visit Texas may learn q les
son from this.
The total amount left by Jenny Lind was
S23O,0OO. About one-third of this amount is
to be devoted to charitable and educational
D,lrpOSag Her yalunhla paiptipoo aora,tap,.
rich in original portraits Of famous musicians,
List, Meyerbeer, Rossini. Schumann,
Joachim and others are to go, after her hus-
bands death, to the Royal Gallery at Stock
holm.
The armory festival to be held in Troy. NJ.
Y, the coming May promises to be q grand
success. Fraulein Lii Lehman, Herr Paul
Kalisch, Miss Emily Winant and Theo Toedt,
are among the noted soloists already engaged.
This Is Lii Lehmann's first engagement fol-
the festival season Of the metropolis, and sha
will have the honor Of singing Dvork's in
America.
Theodore Thomas has made preliminary
arrangements for an European trip of hit
ing the exhibition months of 1889, and viii
visit London, Berlin, Vienna and other large
cities during its stay abroad. MIR. Rafaa
Josefty Will accompany the orchestra as the
principal, II not as the only soloist engaged
for the tour.
o'AtS' adhBiltI. pluiG
-Mousset, has Just found amona
her fathers manuscripts tho score of a two
act operetta, entitled tCocoletto,, which
was brought out with unsatisfactory results
at Ems and Berlin in 1865, but has not been
placed upon the stage elsewhere. A Partisan
manager is about to test the att. actiyeness Of
"Cocolettoh once more.
Nine. Minnie Hauk is at present singing in
'"Ihe Tanning of the Shrew," "L'Africaiae,"
''The Merry Wives of Windsor,n and, Of
courre, Carmen" in the principal cities Of
Germany, where she has been given a most
enthusiastic reception. In April she will sing
at the philharmonic concerts in Copenhagen
and Stockholm, and later in the season at
The Italian opera in London
And now the Lily is going to forswear
Chicago, wicked Chicago, the city of great
understandings and Natural Gas" ali be.
cause II failed to appreciate a beautiful wo.
mans acting. Mrs. Langtry, it is said, will
never go to the Lake City again, notwith.
standing Manager McVicker will exact with
Shylock acquisitiveness 81, 500 for each per-
formance that Americas naturalized citizen
was indisposed to give.
Ludwig Barnay, the eminent Irish TRACE
dian, was in his younger days Apprenticeship
a bricklayer. Like our W gifted John
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